Past projects
The following projects have been completed or have been absorbed by other projects, as indicated.
Changing Capability and Culture: developing a framework for new work environments.
Connecting and Discovering Content: enhancing metadata and making collection holdings more visible and linked online. Elements of this project are now part of Open Borders.
Description and Cataloguing: designing improved business processes for collection management. Elements of this project are now part of Archival Collections.
Do It Now: initiatives to improve our services immediately. Elements of this project are now part of the Copyright project.
Scaling-up Digitisation: demonstrating the economic benefits of mass digitisation and defining best practice in management of digital collections.
Virtual Reference Implementation: simplifying the process of seeking and obtaining research advice from library professionals. (Completed December 2011.)
Image: Cameron Murray, 2010, courtesy of State Library of Victoria
Publications
Progress report: Description and Cataloguing project
Update to NSLA on the progress of the Description and Cataloguing project, and proposal for a sub-project to develop models and guidelines for making collection lists searchable via Trove. (March 2010)
Project brief: Do It Now
Overview of the Do It Now project to enable immediate service improvements in NSLA libraries, making content easier to use and providing a welcoming environment with free wireless broadband access. (November 2008)
AskNow – notice of service closure
Notice advising of the closure of the AskNow chat reference service in December 2010.