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Saturday, 6th March 2010

New Zealand: Library Delivery in the Digital Age: An Editorial from the National Library Te Puna Newsletter

From the Editorial by Jenny McDonald:

Over 90% of the New Zealand population between age 12 and 40 use the internet, over 80% of that usage is broadband and 80% see internet as an important source of information (The ‘Internet in New Zealand, 2009’ report from the World Internet Project).

Between the 2000 and the 2003 research reports produced by Berkley, new information stored on paper grew globally by 36% and new information stored electronically, by 87%.

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Metadata continues to play a key role in bringing the customer to the content in libraries, either on virtual or physical shelves. There have been efficiencies in scale since the 1940’s with the National Union Catalogue that enabled resource- sharing in New Zealand. Those efficiencies were further expanded in 2007 when New Zealand Libraries partnered with OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) to use WorldCat services.

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Source: Te Puna Newsletter, National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa


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