The Library delivers all its catalogue and reference databases to all users desktops from the Parliamentary Intranet. All internal and external databases are delivered from a single point so users do not have to remember where to find different resources.

The Library creates and maintains a number of digitised collections, these include a Newspaper Clippings collection, and Electorate Profile Collection and a collection of e-journals.

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The Library maintains a strong presence on the Parliament House Intranet. The majority of our electronic services are delivered from this page

Users can search the newspaper clippings collection using either keywords or author/title or subject headings

A brief listing of results is displayed. Users can access the clipping from here or they can look at the complete catalogue record.

Images of the articles are delivered to the users’ desktop

The Library’s digital collections are available for browsing online

The Electorate profiles contain demographic and voting information on each electorate

The Library maintains a gateway to information published in a variety of different formats such as cd-rom, web based and commercial databases

ELECTRONIC CURRENT AWARENESS SERVICES

Each month our users are sent an email that advises them that their newspaper clippings bulletin has been updated and gives them the URL. The subject coverage for the bulletins are individually tailored for users, and the bulletins are then generated automatically by the Library ILMS software

The Bulletin page is a list of citations with a link to the image of the article

The Library maintains a number of different web pages devoted to current information

Users are sent an email notice to alert them to the updated Current Information Service pages

New books bulletins are generated automatically by the Library software and updated each night

An Internet page with links to web sites dealing with topics of interest is maintained on the Parliament web site by Library staff

Automated searches on the newspaper clippings collection are generated on pre-defined topics and updated several times a day

Users are alerted to breaking news stories by email. These emails are created from articles appearing on breaking news web sites of the major media publications in NSW

The Library’s Media Monitoring Unit monitors the electronic media and we use web pages to deliver both transcripts and audio files of radio news broadcasts and

transcripts from the television news broadcasts. Audio files are digitised and

individual requests for copies are delivered by email.

Media Monitoring Unit