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If you're tired of using the same old search box on your local library website for research projects, it might be time to broaden your horizons. Try out one of these in-the-works betas sponsored by world-class libraries around the world.

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These protocols are intended to guide libraries, archives and information services in appropriate ways to interact with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the communities which the organisations serve, and to handle materials with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander content. They are a guide to good practice which will need to be interpreted and applied in the context of each organisation's mission, collections and client community.

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The American Society of Indexers (ASI) is the only professional organization in the United States solely devoted to the advancement of indexing, abstracting, and database building.

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AskNow is a virtual reference service staffed by librarians in Australia and New Zealand. It aims to provide high quality information to users, with the convenience of immediate, online communication. Using purpose-built software, it allows librarians and users to interact in real time.

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The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Protocols for Libraries, Archives and Information Services were originally published in 1995 and then updated in 2005. This website provides recommendations for good practice and a place for sharing the 'how to'.

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This draft report is the first guide for determining whether a digital repository can be certified as a trusted location for digital collections. Developed by a task force of experts assembled by RLG and National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). RLG and NARA spearheaded this initiative as part of our continuing commitment to the needs of developing reliable repository certification procedures. As part of this goal, we will also play a key role in the auditing and certification of digital archives project undertaken by the Center for Research Libraries. This hands-on test of the audit checklist, supported by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, runs through October 2006. For further information about digital repository certification. For staff working within repositories: The checklist is useful in helping them to determine the criteria they need to plan for and to meet for safely storing and migrating digital materials. For producers of digital materials: It also serves producers of digital materials by helping them know what to expect from the repositories they work with and how to streamline interactions with the repositories. For those considering outsourcing their digital materials storage: The checklist will help organizations considering an external agency to serve their digital preservation needs to ensure that contracted organizations are executing the task adequately.

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This service aims to record and make accessible information about digitisation projects undertaken by Australian cultural organisations for those working in Australian art galleries, libraries, museums, archives and other public and private institutions who are engaged in cultural projects involving digitisation. It includes links to the Corporate Information Technology Working Group Digitisation Subgroup's document on Principles of digitisation, and can be used to keep up to date with developments in digitisation and to locate other institutions within the country in order to share expertise and experience.

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The Australian Pictorial Thesaurus (APT) is a collection of topic terms for indexing Australian images. The APT uses contemporary Australian terminology to describe objects, people, places and structures, activities and concepts depicted in an image. It ensures the common description of pictorial collections across Australian libraries, museums and archives.

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The tools listed on this page are useful for indexing pictorial and heritage collections.

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A standardised vocabulary in the area of education. It reflects terminology used to describe research and practice in Australian education. The Thesaurus is developed and maintained by ACER Cunningham Library. It is the preferred thesaurus in evaluating online higher education resources for the EdNA databases.