Innovation: using the digital Innovation: using the digital environment to open up access to environment to open up access to

collections and servicescollections and services

Assoc. of Assoc. of Parliamentary Parliamentary Libraries of Libraries of Australasia Australasia ConferenceConference

Canberra, July 2007Canberra, July 2007Mal Booth – Head,

Research Centre

Recent Digital InitiativesRecent Digital Initiatives

• First World War unit diariesFirst World War unit diaries

• Private records and unit Private records and unit historieshistories

• Official histories (published Official histories (published works)works)

• Digitisation on demand Digitisation on demand (sssshhhh!)(sssshhhh!)

WW1 Diaries scanning facilitiesWW1 Diaries scanning facilities

Approximately 200,000 high

res. images per year

WW1 Diaries – progressive uploadWW1 Diaries – progressive upload

Private records & unit Private records & unit historieshistories

Official Histories Official Histories (WW1&2)(WW1&2)

PDF – Image over textPDF – Image over text• Replicates the exact page layoutReplicates the exact page layout

• 30,000 pp in bundles30,000 pp in bundles

• Lets you select the text or search the Lets you select the text or search the documentdocument

Digitisation on demandDigitisation on demandCurrently running at 90,000 pp p.a.Currently running at 90,000 pp p.a.

New Digital New Digital Photography Photography

FacilitiesFacilities

Online InnovationsOnline Innovations

• ReQuest ReQuest – reference service– reference service

• Blogs Blogs – just doing it– just doing it

• Wikis, folksonomies, podcastsWikis, folksonomies, podcasts

ReQuestReQuest

Our BlogsOur Blogs

Wikis, wikipedia.org, Wikis, wikipedia.org, folksonomies, podcasts?folksonomies, podcasts?

One Enterprise Content One Enterprise Content Management SystemManagement System

• Extensive Extensive digital asset managementdigital asset management features features

• Excellent Excellent electronic document & record electronic document & record managementmanagement

• Intuitive Intuitive web content managementweb content management features features

• Facilitate simple and complex Facilitate simple and complex workflowworkflow processes processes

• Extensive and Extensive and unified searchingunified searching constructs constructs

• Scaleable Scaleable

• CompliantCompliant with all government recordkeeping with all government recordkeeping requirements & emerging requirements & emerging digital preservation digital preservation standardsstandards

• IntegrateIntegrate easily with existing Memorial systems easily with existing Memorial systems

• Simple to administerSimple to administer in terms of security, in terms of security, auditing & storage managementauditing & storage management

Other Corporate Systems

Digital AssetManagement

Electronic Document & Records Management

Record Management E:mailMemorial Intranet

Web Content Management

AJRPWebsite

Lotus NotesOAI InterfaceFIRST OPAC

MICA OPAC(CAS)

ECM - Conceptual OverviewECM - Conceptual Overview

CMS Digital ObjectMgmt System

DOMS

BiographicalDatabases &War Diaries

RecordSearchNAA

Collection MgmtMICA

Library SystemFIRST

Fund RaisingSystem

Raisers Edge

Financial & HRSystem

SAP

POS System,Advance Retail

CAS

InternalOrders

OnLine ShopSearch

PhotocopyQuotes

ReQuest

eSalesPICTION