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Title

Gulliver: head, shoulders (and knees) above the rest?

Author(s)

Whitehead, Derek;  Toohey, Rebecca

Abstract

First, Gulliver is described and put into a Victorian Government policy context---what is it, and what does it aim to achieve? Gulliver is part of Libraries Online, a Victorian Government program which links with the Commonwealth’s Rural Libraries Online. Gulliver builds on these development initiatives by adding content to the network. Gulliver is one of a group of Victorian Government information society initiatives. It will ensure that quality, easy-to-use and up-to-date information on a diverse range of topics is available to all Victorians. Second, the global context---is Gulliver head, shoulders (and knees) above the rest? The Gulliver initiative will be placed in a wider context and linked to the Virtual Victorian Library.

Publication type

Conference paper

Source

Paper presented at 'Books and bytes: technologies for the hybrid library', the 10th VALA Biennial Conference and Exhibition, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 16-18 February 2000

Publication year

2000

FOR Code(s)

080706 Librarianship;  160503 Communications and Media Policy

Keyword(s)

Australia;  Bibliographic databases;  Government policy;  Gulliver;  Libraries;  Online access;  Networked information;  Public libraries;  Victorian Government;  Virtual Victorian Library

Publisher

Victorian Association for Library Automation

ISBN

9780908478149, 0908478143

Publisher URL

http://www.vala.org.au/vala2000/2000pprs/wed2000.htm

Copyright

Copyright © 2000 Derek Whitehead and Rebecca Toohey.

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