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Electric Connections 2004
National Library of Scotland
Strategy | E-Services | Aspirations | Happening now | Coming soon
Electric Connections 2004
• We will develop the existing website into a Virtual National Library of Scotland– Digitisation– Online exhibitions– Remote access– Collaboration
• http://www.nls.uk/professional/policy/strategy.html
National Library of Scotland
Strategy | E-Services | Aspirations | Happening now | Coming soon
Electric Connections 2004
• Scottish Executive Cultural Review (http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Arts-Culture)– “The Commission will be asked to explore the notion of
cultural rights for the Scottish citizen…and define how these might be translated into a scheme of entitlements”
• Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003 http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts2003.htm– “as Scotland’s only Legal Deposit Library, NLS will be
making every effort to collect e-material relevant to the recorded knowledge and heritage of Scotland.”
National Library of Scotland
Strategy | E-Services | Aspirations | Happening now | Coming soon
Electric Connections 2004
National Library of Scotland
D ig ital C am era O p era tor(R ep rog rap hics)
D ig itisa tion O fficer S ys tem s L ib ra r ian
W eb S u p po rt O fficer
W eb D eve lo p er W eb Ed itor
M anag er
Strategy | E-Services | Aspirations | Happening now | Coming soon
– Digitisation– Digital preservation– Library systems
– Web content/editing– Web development– Intranet
Electric Connections 2004
National Library of Scotland
Strategy | E-Services | Aspirations | Happening now | Coming soon
Electric Connections 2004
• Services for remote users– Online registration– Remote access to secure resources
• Online payment system– High resolution images
• Federated searching across all resources• Increased digital content (from 30 000 to 0.5 million
by 2009)
National Library of Scotland
Strategy | E-Services | Aspirations | Happening now | Coming soon
Electric Connections 2004
• Digital preservation– Handheld materials – Online materials (e-journals, e-books etc.)– Websites
• UKWAC http://www.webarchive.org.uk/
– Legal Deposit Libraries Committee• Digital infrastructure; metadata; preservation; collection
management; shared secure access
• Interoperability– Metadata, standards and protocols
National Library of Scotland
Strategy | E-Services | Aspirations | Happening now | Coming soon
Electric Connections 2004
• Staff launch of ENCompass– Federated search– Digital image delivery– OpenURL resolution– Limited service
• Cross-searching work ongoing• Load testing
National Library of Scotland
Strategy | E-Services | Aspirations | Happening now | Coming soon
Electric Connections 2004
Strategy | E-Services | Aspirations | Happening now | Coming soon
Electric Connections 2004
• Web-mapping– Geographic interface to collection– ARCIMS, ColdFusion and OS data– Partnership with Map Library– http://geo.nls.uk/
National Library of Scotland
Strategy | E-Services | Aspirations | Happening now | Coming soon
Electric Connections 2004
National Library of Scotland
Strategy | E-Services | Aspirations | Happening now | Coming soon
Electric Connections 2004
• Website– The Word on the Street
• Google optimised• Positive feedback
– Accessibility work• CSS text-based navigation replacing graphics
– Market research• Interviews; usability labs; online questionnaire; stats
analysis
National Library of Scotland
Strategy | E-Services | Aspirations | Happening now | Coming soon
Electric Connections 2004
• Planned for 2004-2005– Paper-based remote registration– Pilot e-payment system– Remote access to online resources– Pilot digital preservation project– Digitisation projects
• ‘Scots Abroad’• Early map treasures• Early Scottish photographs• Genealogical, geographical and historical materials
National Library of Scotland
Strategy | E-Services | Aspirations | Happening now | Coming soon
Electric Connections 2004
• Questions?
Contact: [email protected]
National Library of Scotland
Strategy | E-Services | Aspirations | Happening now | Coming soon