sue sutherland
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Sue Sutherland Deputy Chief Executive Actin Director National Digital LibraryTRANSCRIPT
Next Library UnConferenceJune 2009
Sue SutherlandDeputy Chief ExecutiveActin Director National Digital Library
Context
•NZ population 4.4 million
•Geographical features – long narrow country, sparsely populated in parts, small rural and provincial towns – one large urban conurbation (one third of the population)
•73 local authorities – 287 libraries – majority serve populations less than 50k
Context
• National Library of NZ – has no authority over public libraries
•2003 Act – purpose is “to support and further the work of other libraries”
•Funding for public libraries – from local property taxes – no central government funding in to librariies
Two projects
http://www.peoplesnetworknz.org.nz
http://www.digitalnz.org/
Enabling New Zealanders in the digital world
Free internet, digitisation, research, portable media,and networking through your Public Library
www.peoplesnetworknz.org.nz
•Enabling New Zealanders in the digital world
•Free internet, digitisation, research, content creation, portable media, and networking through your Public Library
• Managed network – remote management of over 500 PCs from Kaitaia to Stewart Island
• Wifi• Content kete• Governance group
Aotearoa People’s Network in 2009
kawerau
tararua
wairarapa
west coast
hamilton
southland
hurunui waimakaririselwyn
wanganui
new plymouth stratford
south taranaki east coast
waitomo & otorohanga
hauraki & thames-coromandel
timaru
mackenzie
marlborough tasman nelson
rodney
• Current sites
Phase 3
waikato
APN Libraries in NZ
south waikato
far north
rangitikei
eastern bay of plenty
kaipara
nature coast
otago gore
matamata piako
papakura franklin
ruapehu
Outcomes•New customers – new learning
•Huge uptake of wifi
•New skills and approaches needed
Open source – working with the developer community
Content partners contributing metadata – best practice advice – interactive community of practice
•Test lab approach
•Open source, standards based, inter operable
•Agile development path
•Having fun at the same time!
