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VICNET: 10 Years Journey of Digital Empowerment in Victoria

Explore the evolution of VICNET over the past decade - from inception to current projects and future initiatives. Discover how VICNET promotes digital inclusion and access through various programs and partnerships.

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VICNET: 10 Years Journey of Digital Empowerment in Victoria

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  1. VICNET:A brief overview Brendan Fitzgerald VICNET Projects Coordinator

  2. INTRODUCTION • VICNET FIRST 10 YEARS • How did we get here? • VICNET TODAY • What do we do now? • VICNET FUTURE • Where to from here?

  3. VICNET: First 10 years • The Big Idea • State Library of Victoria & RMIT

  4. VICNET: First 10 years • CONCEPTION & BIRTH • 1994: CSF Grant allocated ($340,000), • ISP and website established • 1995: VICNET launch • $1.2 million "Connecting all Victorians" from CSF Public Library partnership • 1996/97: • Online Public Access funding for Rural Libraries • Skills.net developed. Target to train 50,000 Victorians

  5. VICNET: First 10 years

  6. VICNET: First 10 years

  7. VICNET: First 10 years • CONSOLIDATION & GROWTH • 1998: Broadband technologies and big ICT projects • Libraries online funding from MMV ($1.8 million) • 1999 Rural Libraries Online Grant from Networking the Nation. ($3.47 million) • 2000: Satellite roll out to rural libraries & over 1000 public access workstations operational • Skills.net 2 - train and additional 40,000 Victorian

  8. VICNET: Cheap, Easy & Useful?

  9. VICNET: First 10 years • CONSOLIDATION & GROWTH • 2001-3 More growth • My Connected Community program, egaps - public access • Expand service provision to other community sectors and other states? • Community Networking project • 2004Review & Reassessment • Chief Information Officer – Dept of Premier & Cabinet • Kindergartens project ( DHS) – Connect 1300 • - State Library is focussing more on community engagement.

  10. VICNET: First 10 years • CONSOLIDATION & GROWTH • 2005 New Programmes & relationships • State Library is focussing more on community engagement. • VOMA WoVG Multilingual Website • Bandwidth survey- NBSIG • Multilingual Senior Surfers (OSV) • Vicnet/DHS ICT disability working group (DHS) • Skills.net roadshow (MMV) • PIAP (MMV)

  11. VICNET:First 10 years • The 10 year summary • VICNET Technical Crisis • VICNET Liquidity Crisis

  12. VICNET TODAY • VICNET is: • A division of the State Library of Victoria • A business unit of the State Library of Victoria • VICNET does: • Community Web publishing • ISP services and products – not for profit & Commercial • Public Library projects • Government ICT project deliverer

  13. VICNET TODAY DRAFT

  14. Vicnet.net.au VICNET TODAY

  15. Pic vic vvl VICNET TODAY

  16. Open road VICNET TODAY http://www.openroad.net.au/conferences/2006/

  17. www.mylanguage.gov.au

  18. VICNET FUTURE

  19. VICNET FUTURE Content & Applications More Online Engagement Access Skills More Usage More Demand

  20. VICNET What sort of information are they looking for? “libraries building community research”

  21. VICNET FUTURE Digital Divide : Eternal issues in society • Isolation at all levels • On-going government support role • The role that public libraries play in reaching the “digitally divided” • E-democracy versus E-government http://www.victorianedemocracy.info)

  22. VICNET FUTURE • VICNET has proved to be an extremely useful development and delivery arm for Government Info Society programs. • If VICNET didn’t exist it would have to be invented • Recurrent vs Project vs Trading balance • A changed and changing environment? • Consortiums and collaboration • Online expectations and growth and skills • Digitising growth & Content management needs

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