1 / 8

Open Access to Deep Collections: Understanding Pennsylvania’s Statewide Library Resource Centers

Open Access to Deep Collections: Understanding Pennsylvania’s Statewide Library Resource Centers. Pennsylvania Library Association October 26, 2010. Overview of Session. Introduction – M Clare Zales Each Institution will review Recent acquisitions Digitization highlights

lucas-tillman
Download Presentation

Open Access to Deep Collections: Understanding Pennsylvania’s Statewide Library Resource Centers

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Open Access to Deep Collections:Understanding Pennsylvania’s Statewide Library Resource Centers Pennsylvania Library Association October 26, 2010

  2. Overview of Session • Introduction – M Clare Zales • Each Institution will review • Recent acquisitions • Digitization highlights • Service innovations for improving access for Pa. residents • Access to Our Services • Contact Information • Questions

  3. Statewide Library Resource CentersBackground • 1961 Library Code intent • Subject assignments

  4. Statewide Library Resource Centers Today • Current Status • Continue to provide ILL across the state without charge • Slight change was the elimination of the “Subject strengths” • Continue to permit walk-ins from all over the state • Two new emphases were: • Online Reference– The result was AskHere PA • Digitization -- efforts continue

  5. The Resource Center Libraries

  6. Accessing Our Services • Ask Here PA • ACCESS: PA Catalog • ACCESS: PA Content DM server • Digital Collections via Web pages • Free Library of Philadelphia http://www.freelibrary.org/ • State Library of Pennsylvania http://www.education.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/bureau_of_state_library/8811 • The Pennsylvania State University Libraries http://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/home.html • Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh http://www.clpgh.org/

  7. Contact Information M Clare Zales Deputy Secretary for Libraries PDE/Office of Commonwealth Libraries 717.787.2646 mzales@state.pa.us Alice Lubrecht Library Director State Library of Pennsylvania 717.783.5968 alubrecht@state.pa.us Siobhan Reardon Executive Director Free Library of Philadelphia 215.686.5300 reardons@freelibrary.org Sheila Jackson Assistant Director, Main Library Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh 412.622.3110 jacksons@carnegielibrary.org Barbara Dewey Dean of University Libraries and Scholarly Communications Penn State University Libraries 814.865.0401 bdewey@psu.edu

  8. Questions

More Related