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PowerPoint slides for Chris Zammarelli's presentation for the "Digital Government Strategy" session at the 2014 SLA Conference in Vancouver, BC.
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eLibraryUSA
Digital Government Strategy: Building a 21st Century Platformto Better Serve Our Constituencies
Using Information Access in Public Diplomacy
SLA 2014: June 10, 2014
About the Office of American Spaces
Manages the corps of Information Resource Officers Supports over 700 American Spaces worldwide:o Budget supporto Physical and electronic resources
Types of American Spaces
U.S. Government owned and operated: Information Resource Centers American Centers
Partnerships with local institutions: Binational Centers American Corners
Goals for eLibraryUSA
Equal access to resources for all American Spaces Broad range of resources to support Department’s public
diplomacy goals Provide a sample of the type of information Americans can
access at their public libraries
What eLibraryUSA offers
Over 40 free and licensed resources Discovery-based catalog Guides to resources and research topics Access to all Spaces using a proxy server Information Resource Center members can get their own
account.
Challenges
Internet access varies among Spaces Difficulties in providing training Focus on English language resources limits audiences How do we show return on investment?
Solutions
Increased web-based training opportunities Training for staff at regional workshops Guides to help Spaces better incorporate resources into
programming Collection of statistics and anecdotes
Next steps
Survey to partner Spaces about usage Continued reevaluation of ROI data collection Platform evolution as user and stakeholder needs change
Thank you!
Chris ZammarelliATSG/U.S. Department of State@[email protected]
All opinions expressed in this presentation and on the internet are my own and not those of my employers or the U.S. government.