Staff papers
Here you will find papers published and/or presented by National Library staff at public forums on a wide range of subjects.
2008
Single business discovery project
A paper presented by Dr Warwick Cathro to the Libraries Australia Advisory Committee. This paper provides extracts from the latest draft of the Project Initiation Document. It clarifies the scope of the overall Project, and the proposed scope of Stage 1.
The Australian Newspaper Plan (ANPLAN)
This paper was presented by Pam Gatenby at the IFLA International Newspaper Conference 2008 which was held at the National Library of Singapore.
Exploring the Roles of Digitisation and Microfilming in Preserving Australian Newspapers for Permanent Access
This paper was prepared by Hilary Berthon for the Microform & Imaging Review. It outlines some of the activities of the Australian Newspaper Plan.
User Tagging of Online Cultural Heritage Items
A paper written by Sarah Clayton, Suzanne Morris, Arun Venkatesha and Helena Whitton, participants in the 2008 Cultural Management Development Program, sponsored by the National Library
Web Archiving in Web 2.0 World - Paper by Edgar Crook presented at the ALIA Biennial Conference, Alice Springs, on 2 September 2008
This paper discusses the current state of web archiving in Australia, and how libraries are adapting their services in recognition of the expanding role that online material plays in their collections.
The Australian web domain harvests: a preliminary quantitative analysis of the archive data.
A report by Paul Koerbin on the size and characteristics of the content of the 2005, 2006 and 2007 archival harvests of the Australian web domain.
Developing a rights management system for the National Library of Australia's collections.
A paper prepared by Sandra Henderson and Matthew Walker for the 2008 VALA conference. The associated presentation was given by Sandra Henderson and Ingrid Finanne.
The Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program: Helping communities access and explore their newspaper heritage.
A paper given by Rose Holley (Manager of the Newspaper Digitisation Program) at the Australian Media Traditions Conference November 2007.
The paper outlines the work achieved so far on the National Newspaper Digitisation Program (http://www.nla.gov.au/ndp) which began in March 2007.
The Australian METS Profile – A Journey about Metadata
A paper by Judith Pearce, David Pearson and Megan Williams from the National Library of Australia and Scott Yeadon from the ANU. The paper talks about the development of the Australian METS (Metadata Exchange and Transmission Standard) Profile by the NLA in collaboration with Australian Partnership for Sustainable Repositories at the ANU. This paper was printed in D-Lib Magazine March/April 2008, Volume 14 Number 3/4.
AONS II: Continuing the Trend Towards Preservation Software ‘Nirvana’
A paper by David Pearson, National Library of Australia and presented at iPRES2007 (International Conference on Preservation of Digital Objects), hosted by the National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing (11-12th October 2007). The paper talks about the development of a preservation prototype software product developed by the NLA in partnership with the Australian Partnership for Sustainable Repositories at the ANU called AONS II (Automatic Obsolescence Notification System, version 2). This article was printed in New Technology of Library and Information Service (iPRES2007 Special Issue), 25 Jan 2008, Vol, No.1 pp.42-49.
