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Doing our part to end the "book famine": UQ's eBook accessibility project

ALIA Information Online 2019 Conference, 11-15 February 2019 Sydney: Infinite Possibilities

This conference paper discusses a project undertaken by the University of Queensland library which explored the accessibility of a range of ebook platforms commonly encountered by students and how well these platforms serve library clients with a print disability.

Transforming collection description

ALIA Information Online 2019 Conference, 11-15 February 2019 Sydney: Infinite Possibilities

This conference paper explores how the National Library of Australia has transformed collection description and access for its digital heritage collections. The fundamental change from an item-by-item process, to large-scale data collection achieves efficiencies, enables rapid access, and allows the collection of previously complex electronic formats from publishers, photographers and donors.

National edeposit (NED): capturing and preserving the digital documentary history of Australia

ALIA Information Online 2019 Conference, 11-15 February 2019 Sydney: Infinite Possibilities

This paper "National edeposit (NED): an innovative solution meeting the challenge of capturing and preserving the digital documentary history of Australia" accompanied the talk on an online service for the deposit, archiving, management, discovery and delivery of published electronic material across Australia.

Adding bibliographic data to Wikidata using Zotero

ALIA Information Online 2019 Conference, 11-15 February 2019 Sydney: Infinite Possibilities

This conference paper provides an introduction to Wikidata and Zotero.

Wikidata is managed by the Wikimedia Foundation, the same group responsible for Wikipedia. According to the Wikidata website, “Wikidata is a free and open knowledge base that can be read and edited by both humans and machines. Wikidata acts as central storage for the structured data of its Wikimedia sister projects including Wikipedia, Wikivoyage, Wikisource, and others.”

ALIA information online 2019: conference program

ALIA Information Online 2019 Conference, 11-15 February 2019 Sydney: Infinite Possibilities

The ALIA Information Online Conference has been held since 1990 and attracts over one thousand influential professionals from all sectors of the library industry. The conference gives access to key library and information service professionals from Australia, New Zealand, Asia Pacific, and beyond.