Library Integrated Management System News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

1 July 2008 - 12:00 This paper explains some of the work done during the Rights Management project at the National Library of Australia, looking at the background to the project, the expected benefits, the process of design and development and user engagement, and explains how some of the many challenges encountered to date have been met. Background Rights, including copyright, are not the main thing people using the National Library are interested in, and many users struggle to understand why so many obstacles are placed in their way when they want a copy of an old manuscript, or want to per...

Processing and describing our collections Processing On acquisition, all items in the Library's collection are accessioned and recorded on the Library's Integrated Library Management System (ILMS). The Library currently uses the Voyager system. In addition, for manuscript and large picture archives, the collection management system Archive Space is used for the accessioning and detailed description of this material. All material is then catalogued according to the Library's Collection Description policy, with different levels of description employed for various categories of material. Descri...