VALA2000 Session 11 Campbell

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Australian subject gateways – metadata as an agent of change

VALA 2000 CONCURRENT SESSION 11: Metadata
Friday 18 February 2000, 10:45 – 11:15

Debbie Campbell

Manager, Infrastructure Projects National Library of Australia
http://www.nla.gov.au


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Abstract

Although the concept of a subject gateway has only risen to prominence in Australia during the last two years, several university library consortia and other education- based initiatives, including EdNA Online and the Australian Digital Theses Project, have already been successful in achieving collaborative approaches for the delivery of national access to electronic resources. The critical success factors realised, including the deployment of metadata and the community approaches to problem solving, mean that Australia is positioned to participate in new initiatives exploring service provision in a national infrastructure for integrated research and information access.