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Libraries Online Projects Funding –MMV funded Projects 1 (Expanding the Library Network) and 2 (Networked Information) with a contribution of $1.7M over two years to June 2000 –NTN funded Rural Libraries Online, which was really a development out of Project 1, with a grant of $3.47M over 3 years to June 2002
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The Libraries Online/Rural Libraries Online Projects
Stuart HallManager, Online Projects
Frances SavageRural Libraries Online Coordinator
Libraries Online Projects
• Original Projects– 1. Expanding the Library Network– 2. Networked Information
• 3. Email for All Victorians• 4 . Statewide Library Membership• 5. The 24 Hour Library• 6. The Microlibrary
– 7. Disability and the Network– 8. Multilingual Access
Libraries Online Projects
• Funding– MMV funded Projects 1 (Expanding the Library
Network) and 2 (Networked Information) with a contribution of $1.7M over two years to June 2000
– NTN funded Rural Libraries Online, which was really a development out of Project 1, with a grant of $3.47M over 3 years to June 2002
Libraries Online Projects
• Sub Projects underway or finished– Libraries Online (MMVfunded)
• Project 1: Geelong/Corangamite Satellite Pilot• Project 1: Last Guys• Project 1: Workstations• Project 1: Melbourne Infrastructure• Project 2: Gulliver
Libraries Online Projects
• Current Projects 2– Rural Libraries Online (NTN funded)
• Project 1: Interim Works• Project 1: Tender for Satellite Dishes, etc• Project 1: Radio and Microwave links
– Statewide Projects (Funded via State Library)• Project 7: VOICEPRINT• Project 2: Hot Topics
Libraries Online Projects
• Possible New Funding– MMV likely to provide more funding for
Projects 1 (Expanding the Library Network) and 2 (Networked Information)
– MMV also likely to fund Projects 7 (Disability and the Network) and 8 (Multilingual Access) for the first time
Libraries Online Projects
• Proposed Project Structure– Project 1: Library Network Infrastructure
• Workstations– New, New for Old, Maintenance program
• LAN/WAN infrastructure– Firewalls, Proxies, Radio, Microwave
• Internet Bandwidth– Satellite
Libraries Online Projects
• Proposed Project Structure– Project 2: Victorian Virtual Library
• New Web Site (www.libraries.vic.gov.au) • Catalogue Searches, inc Z39.50 searches• Gulliver• Hot Topics/Homework Help• InfoNet
Libraries Online Projects
• Proposed Project Structure– Project 7: Disability and the Network
• EIA/Intellikeys sets in all libraries• VOICEPRINT
– Project 8: Multilingual Access• Appropriate fonts• Web page design
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Cisco 3640 RouterGeelong
Cisco 3640 RouterColac
Cisco 36740 RouterCamperdown
Satellite dish Satellite dish
Satellite
UUNet (USA)
NetConnect Router in USA
Satellite dishNapa USA
Satellite uplink in USA
Omnidirectional Antenna for Spread Spectrum Radio
Links to Branches
Links to Branches
PSTNDial-in
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PROPOSED NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE LIBRARIES ONLINE PILOT INSTALLATIONS ATGEELONG, COLAC AND CAMPERDOWN, MARCH 1999
AAPTFrame Relay
VICNET Internet Upstreamproviders
(connect.com.au, Ozemail/AccessOne)
64k ISDN
Outgoing (backchannel) TrafficIncoming (forward channel)Traffic
