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FUTURE AGENDA

The subject matter of this Guideline is futuristic as a whole. Some of the technologies described in this guideline may take a decade or more to be fully realised. Some will be woven into the framework of library services through existing library automation companies, or will have to be developed by yet-to-come firms. Other technologies may need to be integrated as part of customised local projects.

The overall goal - the creation and delivery of content-rich libraries, museums and archives services through the Internet and mobile, digital TV and other channels, on a personalized, user-friendly and universal basis will require more than one – indeed more than all - of the technologies described in this guideline

LINKS
The criterion for inclusion is the adoption for use by a public library, even if on a preliminary basis, of technologies discussed in this guideline.

Austria
Vienna City Public Library
Since 8th May 2000, accessible from any WAP compatible mobile phone or PDA.
http://wap.wstlb.at/

Canada
Toronto Public Library
Provides a good list of Internet sites and gateways combined with an e-mail enquiry service http://vrl.tpl.toronto.on.ca.

Denmark
Users can order a book from anywhere in Denmark to be sent to their local library. There is also an e-mail enquiry form for reference enquiries.
http://www.bibliotek.dk/

Chat reference
a Danish Chat-based reference service:
www.biblioteksvagten.dk

Finland
Sonera Oyj
The Finnish telecommunications operator has opened its 3G mobile-phone network in four urban centres in Finland. It is expected that 3G service will be available on a wider scale in Finland in 2004-2005 in the Helsinki metropolitan area and the cities of Oulu, Tampere and Turku.
http://www.sonera.fi/

Germany
RABE
Some German public libraries have established this mutual internal Internet reference service called hosted in a regional union catalogue centre in Cologne (HBZ).
http://www.hbz-nrw.de/fortbildung/rabe/set_rabe.html

Singapore
The Singapore National Library eLibraryHub, a public library service, provides a Mobile Service via SMS.
http://www.elibraryhub.com/frontpage.asp

Spain
COVAX (Contemporary Culture Virtual Archive in XML) in Spain
To provide access to documents of archives, libraries and museums filed in XML databases via WWW. Residencia de Estudiantes (co-ord.)
http://www.archivovirtual.org

Software Ag Spain (partner), Menéndez Pelayo library (partner), Open University of Catalonia (partner). This virtual archive provides access to more than 200.000 documents, belonging to different collections, which has digitised more than 750.000 images.
http://www.covax.org/

Library Network websites
The setting-up and maintenance of a web site for a group of libraries or library network. Good examples of this type of co-operative planning are the reference pages of catalogues of the State public libraries in the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport ( http://www.mcu.es/bpe/bpe.html ) , the general access site for the Andalusian libraries, or the D.I.B.A. web page on library networks.

Travesía
Spanish Public Libraries Portal: This web site is meant to act as a shared communication and information retrieval tool with information on new developments, projects, etc. in libraries but also links to interesting publications, statistics, reports, etc.
http://travesia.mcu.es/

Directories of Web resources
Using links of general information which may be of interest to users: Sistema de Lectura Pública de Catalunya, the Barcelona Provincial Council "Diputació de Barcelona", and the General Library of the Barcelona City Council. And more specialised for librarians: Library Department of the Valencia Autonomous Community. The regional library of Castile and Leon offers a guide to Internet resources produced in its territory.

United Kingdom
Derbyshire Library Service
Has developed wireless connectivity in three mobile libraries.
http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/librar/libindex.htm

Hertfordshire County Council
Offered information about its services to residents via digital cable TV from December 2001 including details of local public services.
http://www.hertsdirect.org/infobase/docs/archived/10921491.

The Isle of Wight Library service
Has satellite Internet on its mobile library, see
http://www.iwight.gov.uk/library/libraries/default.asp

Walsall Library Service
Has a Library Link vehicle which provides online access via mobile phone to people living in residential homes and sheltered accommodation at 56 sites. http://www.walsall.gov.uk/cultural_services/library/default.htm

Worcester County Library's comput@bus
A mobile with a satellite link, instruction in computer use, disabled access and access to lifelong learning courses.
http://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/home/index/cs-index/cs-computa-bus-index.htm

USA
Library of Congress
Collaborative Digital Reference Service system routes enquiries live to other libraries at
http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/digiref

Info Connect LIS Directory
Offers WAP sites of interest to librarians and information professionals, and accessible with WAP-enabled mobiles phones and Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs).

The WAP address is http://www.geocities.com/infolibrary/wap.wml.

The short form of this address is http://wappy.to/infoconnect

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