Online Resources Forum

This will be  held on 21 October at the Rendezvous Hotel.  It is a chance to see new online resources and discuss issues with vendors and colleagues. 

Cost:  $60 including lunch,  morning and afternoon tea and a cocktail party at the end of the day.

To book go to:

http://events.mav.asn.au/?mav_conference_detail_UNID=336

Marketing online resources - a toolkit for Public Libraries

This Toolkit was developed to bring together the ideas which were discussed at the Marketing Online Resources Workshop held in July.  It brings  together the best ideas from libraries around the state.

 Online Resources Evaluation Form

If you would like to evaluate a resource for the benefit of other libraries you can use the Online Resources Evaluation Form which has been developed by the Online Resources Speical Interest Group.   Please send completed evaluations to execofficer@publiclibrariesvictoria.net.au and a link will be put on this website.

 A new free website -

Gulliver Consortium discontinued

On March 16th 2010 a general meeting of PLVN Members decided to discontinue the Gulliver consortium from July 2010. While we remain committed to the provision of online resources in libraries, it was felt that Gulliver's role could now be taken over by the National Library Electronic Resources Australia (ERA).  In addition, there are now a large number of free online resources which were not available at the time Gulliver was established.  The Online Resources (formerly Gulliver) Special Interest Group will continue and will evaluate databases, provide a forum for discussion and assist libraries to market online resources.  New interactive features will soon be added to  this section of the website.

 BRUCE will continue unchanged.  For BRUCE prices for 2010-11, members should log in to GulliverNet -see below.  Please note that ProQuest is no longer participating in BRUCE.  Contact ProQuest directly to get a quote for your library.   PLVN  continues  to arrange a state wide subscription to Ancestry Library Edition.

• History of Gulliver

• Links to databases
• Vendor details - BRUCE and other online resources
• GulliverNet
• Gulliver usage statistics for 2008-9
• Gulliver review report and recommendations

Online Database  Training Wiki

    Moonee Valley Library Service has produced a wiki for staff to improve their knowledge of online databases and to be able to answer reference inquiries confidently using the databases.  It includes 10 weeks worth of databases to review - approx 30 minutes per week.  Moonee Valley has the highest per capita use of databases in Victoria so they are obviously doing something right!

Access the wiki at http://mvls.pbworks.com/

ERL Blog

This is a work in progress to assist staff to become familiar with the online resources:

http://erlonlinelearning.blogspot.com/