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07/06/05 - Changes to E-Collection MARC records

From July 2005, the format in which MARC records for a number of Kinetica E-collections are provided will change. Further information is available at http://www.nla.gov.au/kinetica/ecolchange.html

31/05/05 - New version of Libraries Australia

A new version of Libraries Australia was released today.

Information on the changes and enhancements made to functionality can be found here:-

http://www.nla.gov.au/kinetica/librariesaustralia.html#releasenotes

25/05/05 - Small libraries can now search APAIS through LibrariesAustralia

Small libraries can now search APAIS through Libraries Australia and pay only for the searches they do. APAIS is the Australian Public Affairs Information Service, an online index to scholarly articles published in Australia since 1978 in the social sciences and humanities. Small libraries can search APAIS through LibrariesAustralia at a cost of $2.80 per search. Kinetica will bill each library and track usage of APAIS with regular reports. For the purpose of this offer, a small library is located in Australia and a member of LibrariesAustralia. The term “small library” does not include academic libraries, state libraries, the National Library or any of the libraries who are part of NSW.Net.

24/05/05 - KDD reciprocal defaults

Kinetica Document Delivery can now be configured to default a particular amount in the shipped cost field according to your library’s reciprocal inter-library loan agreements. For example, if your library has a reciprocal agreement with another library, and you do not charge each other for inter-library loans, you can now specify that the shipped cost default to $0 for that library.

This new feature will save libraries time and reduce the potential for error as you will no longer need to manually input the reciprocal cost. Non-reciprocal requests that your library supplies will continue to default a shipped cost according to the ILRS code. This service is only offered to supplying libraries.

If you are interested in taking up this offer, please email your expression of interest to the Kinetica Helpdesk (kinetica@nla.gov.au) and be sure to include your library's NUC symbol and name.

28/04/05 - New version of Libraries Australia

A new version of Libraries Australia was released today.

Information on the changes and enhancements made to functionality can be found here:-

http://www.nla.gov.au/kinetica/librariesaustralia.html#releasenotes

08/04/05 - New Pricing Model for Kinetica

The National Library is introducing a new pricing model for Kinetica effective from 1 July. Charging will be based on a subscription model, rather than on transactions. Letters have been sent to all Kinetica customer libraries explaining the changes and providing each library's fee.

The new pricing model FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions).

10/03/05 - Accessing Libraries Australia through EndNote

Creating bibliographies using the vast resources of Kinetica has never been easier. Library users and researchers with access to both Endnote software and Kinetica can now download a connection file to Libraries Australia from the EndNote web site at http://www.endnote.com/support/enconnections.asp

EndNote is a software tool which facilitates the creation, management and storage of bibliographic references. Researchers who have an EndNote licence can open and search a range of online bibliographic databases and import records in a bibliography-ready format.

The connection file will enable users to open and search Libraries Australia through EndNote and import records to easily create bibliographies and databases of personal references for use in reports, theses, assignments or any document. National Library staff have liaised with EndNote to establish searching options similar to those provided through Libraries Australia.

If your library provides end-user access to Libraries Australia, whatever you currently use for authentication will apply and you should notify your clients if a login and password is required. Libraries wishing to take advantage of this facility may need to liaise with their IT sections to set it up.

For problems and queries please contact EndNote directly, the Australian agent is:

Crandon Services Pty. Ltd.
P.O. Box 337
(1/27 Bold Street)
Laurieton NSW 2443
Australia

http://www.crandon.com.au
info@crandon.com.au
Phone: 61-2-6559-57-77
Fax: 61-2-6559-5577

02/03/05 - New version of Libraries Australia

A new version of Libraries Australia was released today, March 2nd 2005 at 7.30 a.m.

It includes the following improved functionality:

1. The ability to set default databases
2. The ability to set a default search screen eg Advanced

Please contact the Kinetica Helpdesk on kinetica@nla.gov.au or phone on 1800 026 155 with your preferences if you want to take advantage of this. You will need to provide your login details.

If you share a login with other people you will need to make sure that you will all want the same defaults set otherwise you will have to continue to change the defaults for each session.

Please note: PictureAustralia will be removed as one of the default databases, leaving Australian Library Collections (ANBD) as the only default database. If removing PictureAustralia is the only default that you would like changed, it is not necessary to contact the Kinetica HelpDesk.

3. The Limit "Not in my Library" has been added to the Advanced Search screen.

Training documentation and online help will be updated to accommodate these changes as soon as possible.

01/03/05 - Tips, Tricks and Information pages updated

The Kinetica Redevelopment FAQ page has been updated, Enhanced Requesting now has its own page as well.

There is now a page about Libraries Australia including Tips and Tricks.

18/01/05 - New Patch for the Kinetica Client

From the 24th of January a new patch for the Kinetica Client will be available.

The Kinetica client upgrade to AMICUS Professional Workstation version 3.3.4 bundles together a range of enhancements including:

  • Support for online input and editing of the new format International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
  • Support for online input and editing of the new format Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN)
  • Updated MARC21 compliance
  • Correction of a problem with the Open URL function
  • Correction of problems with the cataloguing of the International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
  • Preventing on input of obsolete MARC tags and indicators

For installation instructions and to download the patch: http://www.nla.gov.au/kinetica/software/upgrade3_3_4/

08/12/04 - Libraries Australia Available Today

Today Libraries Australia officially replaces the KineticaWeb Search Service.

http://librariesaustralia.nla.gov.au

For more information, please see the media release : http://www.nla.gov.au/kinetica/redevmedia.html

01/12/04 - Libraries Australia Gratis Test Day and FAQ

Questions relating to the Libraries Australia service and z39.50 access have now been added to the Kinetica Redevelopment FAQ (http://www.nla.gov.au/kinetica/redevfaq.html). This includes connection details to databases other than the NBD via z39.50

Today is an official testing day for Libraries Australia. A notification message was sent to all Kinetica related lists. If not subscribed to these lists, you can read the archived version of this message here: http://listserver.nla.gov.au/wws/arc/kinetica-l/2004-11/msg00029.html

18/11/04 - Libraries Australia Presentation to the State Users Groups, November/December 2004

There is now a PowerPoint presentation available on the Kinetica Redevelopment page demonstrating the Libraries Australia interface and functionality : http://www.nla.gov.au/kinetica/download/KSUGnovdec04.ppt

25/10/04 - Draft Minutes for the Kinetica AUM 2004

Draft minutes of the Kinetica Annual Users Meeting for 2004 are now available in PDF and HTML form here:

http://www.nla.gov.au/kinetica/aum/aum04/aum04.html#document

19/10/04 - Kinetica Redevelopment FAQ

For a list of frequently asked questions concerning the Kinetica Redevelopment, resulting from the recent Kinetica Search Service Options form mailed to customers see http://www.nla.gov.au/kinetica/redevfaq.html

21/09/04 - National Library selects OCLC PICA to underpin Kinetica

The National Library of Australia has selected OCLC PICA’s Central Library System (CBS) software as the product to support the Bibliographic system to underpin the Kinetica service. The software will be implemented over the next year and will be operational from December 2005. CBS is an automated library system designed by OCLC PICA, based in The Netherlands. For more information see http://www.nla.gov.au/kinetica/redevprosep04.html

13/09/04 - Guidelines for the description of non-book print resources in Visual Arts collections

From discussions with the Visual Arts library community it appears there is a need for guidelines to cover art catalogues, posters/promotion material and material relating to artists and galleries at a collection level. More specifically, this includes art catalogues and collections of catalogues; collections of material relating to individual artists (including programs, invitations, posters, catalogues, press clippings and material which is distributed through events) and special non-book materials such as posters, publicity material relating to collections, artists and galleries, and items in unusual formats.

The guidelines can be found here: http://www.nla.gov.au/kinetica/manuals/nonbook.html

1/09/04 - KDD Online Training

Find out more about online training in Kinetica Document Delivery here:

http://www.nla.gov.au/kinetica/training/online.html

31/08/04 - Searching the SCIPIO : Art and Rare Books Sales Catalogs Database

You are able to search the SCIPIO database via KineticaWeb. SCIPIO is made available through the RLG Gateway. As with other databases accessible from KineticaWeb, we have tried to configure SCIPIO to be consistent with search strategies used in searching other databases.

Find out more about searching SCIPIO here:

http://www.nla.gov.au/kinetica/manuals/scipio.html

18/08/04 - Issues Raised at Recent Cataloguing Workflows Workshops

Questions and responses from the Cataloguing Workflows Workshops can be found here:

http://www.nla.gov.au/kinetica/cataloguing/issues.html

17/08/04 - 2004 Annual Users Meeting Innovation Award

The Australian Music Centre was awarded the Kinetica Innovation Award at the Kinetica Annual Users Meeting held in Canberra on 13th August. The Innovation Award, in its second year, recognises those who have made an outstanding use of Kinetica for innovation or improvement to library practice or service.

The Australian Music Centre was established in 1974 to facilitate and encourage the performance and understanding of music by Australian composers throughout the world. It has an extraordinarily rich collection, including over 12 000 printed scores and 1800 sets of performance parts of works by Australian composers and 1200 CDs, 3500 tapes, 130 LPs and a small collection of DATs. Much of the collection is unique unpublished material which underpins music performance and research in Australia. Over the past year the Centre has, in partnership with the National Library, used the new OAI standard to harvest the rich records from the Australian Music Centre’s AdLib catalogue and convert the records through MODS (Metadata Object Description Schema) into MARC for inclusion in the National Bibliographic Database and MusicAustralia. This project has demonstrated a very innovative use of new technology to significantly improve access to this very special collection through sharing resource descriptions through two major resource discovery services.

Mr John Arfield, Chair, Kinetica Advisory Committee presented the Award noting: “This project represents a significant step forward in providing access to a unique collection on national significance. The award recognises the important use of innovative technology in improving access to resources in Australia.”

John Davis, General Manager and Judith Foster, Music Resources Manager, Australian Music Centre, accepted the award and commented “The Centre’s Library catalogue will now be available online to Australian libraries through Kinetica for the very first time. The development was a highly cooperative one with significant technical work required, but the benefits in national access are enormous for our largely unique collection.”

Two highly commended applications were also received. The National Occupational Health and Safety Commission (NOHSC) has, through participation in the Commonwealth Metadata Project, successfully developed the harvesting of records for its online publications and inclusion of these records in the National Bibliographic Database. After harvesting these AGLS (a Dublin Core based standard) records are converted through MODS to MARC and then resupplied to the NOHSC for inclusion in their library catalogue to significantly improve resource discovery. The Australian Bureau of Statistics Library was also commended for its work with their Publications Branch to record URLS for links to main features pages for all ABS publications. ABS Library has also worked with Kinetica on the development of record sets of titles in the AusStats collection which can be supplied to Australian libraries to improve their utilisation of this service.

12/08/04 - 2004 Annual Users Meeting PowerPoint Presentation

This year's KAUM uses one presentation for the entire day. You can find the presentation here:

http://www.nla.gov.au/kinetica/aum/aum04/aum04.html#presentation

09/08/04 - Getting records from the National Bibliographic Database

Getting records from the NBD can reduce the time and the cost of creating bibliographic records yourself from about $65 to around $18 an item. You can get records from the NBD by copying records from the NBD to add to your library system.

More information on getting records from the NBD can be found at: http://www.nla.gov.au/kinetica/kineticadoc.html#getting

02/08/04 - 2004 Annual Users Meeting, 13 August 2004 - Draft minutes 2003, Agenda & Reports

    All six files
KAUM Agenda  KAUM Agenda PDF  Zip of all files Zip
List of KAUM Delegates  KAUM Agenda PDF 
Minutes of the KAUM 2003  Minutes of the previous AUM PDF 
Kinetica Annual Report  Kinetica Annual Report PDF 
Kinetica Redevelopment Report  Kinetica Redevelopment Report PDF 
Questions With Notice  Kinetica Redevelopment Report PDF 
Draft Minutes 2004  Kinetica Redevelopment Report PDF HTML  

30/07/04 - New Advanced Search interface for the KineticaWeb Update database

In March this year, a new Advanced Search screen was implemented to enable searches on the Search database to be limited to particular material types and/or categories of material by way of checkboxes.

Following strong user support for this enhancement to be extended to the Update database, the redesigned screen has now been implemented to search on the Update database as well.

Online documentation on the new screen interface currently exists, and is accessible at : http://www.nla.gov.au/kinetica/newsearch.html

Please report any difficulties to me on 02 6262 1683, or contact the Kinetica Help desk on 1800 0260 155.

20/07/04 - Contributing to the NBD

The National Bibliographic Database is the heart of the Kinetica service, with holdings of the majority of Australian academic, research, state, national, public and special libraries.

More information on contributing to the NBD can be found at: http://www.nla.gov.au/kinetica/kineticadoc.html#contribute

01/07/04 - Accessing Kinetica through EndNote

Creating bibliographies using the vast resources of Kinetica has never been easier. Library users and researchers with access to both Endnote software and Kinetica can now download a connection file to Kinetica from the EndNote web site at http://www.endnote.com/support/enconnections.asp

EndNote is a software tool which facilitates the creation, management and storage of bibliographic references. Researchers who have an EndNote licence can open and search a range of online bibliographic databases and import records in a bibliography-ready format.

The connection file will enable users to open and search Kinetica through EndNote and import records to easily create bibliographies and databases of personal references for use in reports, theses, assignments or any document. National Library staff have liaised with EndNote to establish searching options similar to those provided through KineticaWeb.

If your library provides end-user access to Kinetica, whatever you currently use for authentication will apply and you should notify your clients if a login and password is required. Libraries wishing to take advantage of this facility may need to liaise with their IT sections to set it up.

For problems and queries please contact EndNote directly, the Australian agent is:

Crandon Services Pty. Ltd.
P.O. Box 337
(1/27 Bold Street)
Laurieton NSW 2443
Australia

http://www.crandon.com.au
info@crandon.com.au
Phone: 61-2-6559-57-77
Fax: 61-2-6559-5577

21/06/04 - State User Group Presentations

The Powerpoint presentation delivered to State User Groups in mid 2004 can be found here. The presentation gives an overview of the Kinetica Redevelopment Project and highlights other developments in Kinetica, including steps that Kinetica is taking to address Database Quality issues and the Kinetica Annual Users Meeting.

18/06/04 - Database Quality Improvement Plans

Kinetica has an ongoing program of quality improvement tasks in relation to both the National Bibliographic Database (NBD) and the the Chinese Japanese and Korean (CJK) Database. A wide variety of tasks have been prioritised for action and are particularly important in relation to the migration of data to the redeveloped Kinetica system. Quality Improvement Plan for the NBD and CJK - http://www.nla.gov.au/kinetica/manuals/nbdqual.html

11/06/04 - Kinetica Training Survey

The National Library seeks your feedback and advice on training needs for the Kinetica Cataloguing Client, Kinetica Web and Kinetica Document Delivery. Your survey responses will help us provide timely and effective training and training support materials and will be particularly useful in identifying training needs in light of the Kinetica Redevelopment project.

The survey has now finished.

News Archive

To find out about previous news items on the suite of Kinetica products and services, you can look up the archive here.