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Victorian Parliamentary LibraryInmagic User Group Meeting

Peter Neish23 June 2011

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Who are our clients?• Members of Parliament

• Members’ staff (electorate officers, party staff, ministerial staff)

• Parliamentary staff (especially parliamentary committees)

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Library Services• Client Support• Technical Services• Research Service• Reference and Current Information

Services• Electronic Library Services

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Electronic Services

• Supports clients & library staff via the development & maintenance of databases and applications as well as the Parliament’s internal intranet

• Engages with the broader community through the Parliament’s public website.

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Electronic Services• Art and Heritage

– Images & publications– Heritage Collection Management

• Electronic Systems– Horizon LMS, DB/Textworks databases, Hansard database

• Research & implement new technologies eg twitter @VicParlLibrary, wiki, RSS feeds

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DB/Textworks at the library

• DB/Textworks version 12

• WebPublisher version 11

• 21 DB/Textworks databases– News Archive (171K)– Media Releases(66K)– Broadcast News (50K)

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DB/Textworks at the library

• Databases :– Policies– Artworks– Reference Knowledge Base– Byelections– Government Agencies

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What is this jQuery thing all about?

• jQuery is a javascipt framework• Allows you to make webpages dynamic

– Can update the page without reloading– Add in pre-built widgets and plugins

• Date selector, tooltips

– Send and fetch information via XML (AJAX)– This can be done asynchronously

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Demo of databases

• Library Intranet and feedback form (results)• Absence Board• Broadcast News• Reference Knowledge Base• Media Releases (tagged)• MetaSearch• Statistics

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More Info

• http://jquery.com/

• http://code.google.com/p/dbtext-tools/– jQuery plugins for DB/Textworks– Open Source licence– Wiki and bug tracking