The arrangement
calls for the installation of the ALEPH 500 library system as
well as Metalib/SFX and DigiTool for Curtin's Library and
Information Service. Work will begin immediately
and is expected to be completed before the start
of the second semester in 2002.
 Leverage investment on scholarly
information
"Curtin
University of Technology's Library and Information Service is
Ex Libris's first Premier Partner in Australia, and our first
partner world wide to use the full product range offered by Ex
Libris to support teaching, learning, and research. The
partnership offers the University the opportunity to leverage
its investment in scholarly information through the innovative
use of technology to support flexible, online learning. Curtin
University will become a reference site for other libraries
and archives around the world through its participation in the
leading edge work of designing scholarly information systems
for the twenty-first century," Mr. McLellan said.
Dr. Vicki
Williamson, University Librarian, commented, "We look forward
to a most productive partnership with Ex Libris that will
benefit our clients and take LIS staff down new and exciting
pathways. This arrangement is key to the future of Curtin's
Library and Information Service and our role in supporting the
University's strategic directions for the development of
on-line learning.
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Early adoption of a digitisation
strategy
"The
establishment of the partnership recognises our early adoption
of a digitisation strategy," Dr Williamson added. "Our work on
the Electronic Research Archives (ERA) at the John Curtin
Prime Ministerial Library, digital theses, Web-based delivery
of exam papers, and online information literacy programmes has
Curtin LIS staff well placed to make a significant
contribution to the development work of Ex Libris."
The Ex Libris
Premier Partner Program has been designed for those libraries
that have shown leadership in the provision of library and
information services and that wish to develop a mutually
beneficial and productive working relationship with their
primary library system vendor. Premier partnerships are
normally developed for the specific goal of doing mutual work
towards a common set of goals, typically in the area of
product development. "We are very excited about working in
partnership with such a forward-looking and dynamic company
that shares our vision for the future of electronic library
services," Dr Williamson
concluded.
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