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Find a Library	About ALG	Pathways to Australian Information
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What's News 21 January 1999 Update on punctuation & searching Search result sets Line length limits within update Who are your relations? ALG subjects and LC/Moys Classification Discussion lists a go-go ...

See you at Online & On Disc! Look for Karen in the Internet Lounge or at stands 105-107

Update on punctuation & searching

The Gateway may have had a bit of down time, but as soon as search and update return (we anticipate this happening before Friday 22 January), so too will have apostrophe's! You can now search the Australian Libraries Gateway using standard expressions, including apostrophe's and other punctuation marks which appear in a library's name.

Search result sets

When you next search the Gateway, your results will be displayed in sets of 50 libraries rather than the previous default of 100. The reason for this is to shorten the length of lists of libraries, to make scanning results easier for you, to speed up the loading of pages within your Web browser, and shorten the length of your printed downloads.

You can change the default from 50 to any number you like - eg, 20 libraries at a time or back up to 100 if you prefer. Simply click into the box and change the "chunk" value at the bottom of the Find a Library search screen from 50 to whatever you like.

Line length limits within update

The fields provided within the online update forms on the Gateway do have limitations - if you exceed the number of acceptable characters within the field, you will find yourself unable to update. For information, the limits are:

'Collection Information' update form
- URLs of Web-accessible and/or telnet catalogue: 100 characters
- opening hours: 500 characters
- conditions of access: 500 characters
- access aids

'Subject Collecting Levels' update form
- comments: 500 characters

'Online Services' update form
- comments: 1,000 characters

Please let us know if you think these limits are too restrictive for you to work within.

Who are your relations?

'Related Organisations' is the only new update form which is not yet available for use. This form a will be used mainly by large or dispersed organisations with a main library and branch/regional libraries. It's a way of consistently linking (for example) branch, regional office or campus libraries together.

Let ALG Administration know which libraries on the Gateway (as well as any which aren't on the Gateway - we'll add them) you have an administrative relationship with and we'll establish the links for you. As an example of how an entry looks with library relations established, have a look an entry for any of the libraries of The Spastic Cente of New South Wales, Australian National University or Brisbane City Council.

ALG subjects and LC/Moys Classification

The Library of Congress (LC) and Moys (for law) classification ranges have been added into our list of Subjects used in ALG - this will make the task of providing information about your collecting levels on the Gateway.

On the subject of subject collecting levels, congratulations to the Austin & Repatriation Medical Centre, Airservices Australia, BHP Research, the Maffra Sugarbeet Museum and John K. Avery Resource Centre - just a few of the many libraries on the Gateway who have made the effort to provide more detail about the nature of their collections.

Discussion lists a go-go ...

The Gateway's directory of Australian library discussion lists has been invigorated and we hope to hear from you about any correction and or additions!

We encourage you to send your comments on the ALG service and suggestions directly to:

ALG Administration
Australian Libraries Gateway (ALG)
National Library of Australia
CANBERRA ACT 2600
telephone: 02 6262 1137
fax: 02 6273 4535
email: alg@nla.gov.au

What was news ...

7 January 1999 | in 1998

Last modified: October 01 2004.

Last updated: 21 January 1999