Libraries Tasmania
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Libraries Tasmania, formerly LINC Tasmania, is the Tasmanian state government-run organisation that operates libraries in Tasmania, including the state's reference library, a network of public lending libraries, archives, heritage, adult education, and adult literacy services. Earlier predecessors of the network were HuonLINC and the Community Knowledge Network.
History
LINC Tasmania was an initiative of the Tasmanian Department of Education. It brought together the services of the State Library of Tasmania, the Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office (TAHO), Adult Education Tasmania, and online access centres (public access internet and computer facilities).{{cite web |url=http://www.linc.tas.gov.au/global/aboutlinc/information/linctasstory |title=About LINC: The LINC Tasmania story, so far|accessdate=2012-02-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308155143/http://www.linc.tas.gov.au/global/aboutlinc/information/linctasstory |archivedate=2012-03-08 }}
In late 2005, HuonLINC opened as a fully integrated service. In October 2006, the State Library, the Archives Office, Adult Education and all online access centres were integrated as the Community Knowledge Network. In 2008, TAHO was established to provide a single entry point into Tasmanian social history, government records and cultural artefacts, and in the following year, seven urban LINC locations were established. In late 2009, the Community Knowledge Network was renamed LINC Tasmania.
In mid-2018, it changed its name to Libraries Tasmania.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/5444117/lincs-going-back-to-libraries/|title=LINCs going back to libraries|last=Bailey|first=Sue|date=2018-06-03|website=The Advocate|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129114203/https://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/5444117/lincs-going-back-to-libraries/|archive-date=2019-01-29|url-status=|access-date=2019-01-29}}{{Citation | author1=State Library of Tasmania | title=Libraries Tasmania | publication-date=2001 | publisher=State Library of Tasmania | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8309470 | accessdate=8 February 2019 }}{{Citation | author1=LINC Tasmania | title=LINC Tasmania: learn, discover, access: strategic directions 2018-2021 | publication-date=2018 | publisher=Department of Education | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/230662669 | accessdate=8 February 2019 }}
Description
Services provided to the Tasmanian community include:
- Public library services and facilities
- Research resources and support
- Adult education courses
- Adult literacy skills support (since 2009)
- Access to historical, archival and contemporary information about Tasmania's Heritage
- Access to Tasmanian Government records and resources
Libraries Tasmania facilities received over 3,500,000 in-person visits in the Australian financial year 2018–19.{{cite web |url=http://www.education.tas.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/340111/DOE_AnnualReport_10-11_LINC-Tasmania.pdf |title=LINC Tasmania – Output Group 3|publisher=LINC Tasmania|accessdate=2012-02-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321154254/http://www.education.tas.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/340111/DOE_AnnualReport_10-11_LINC-Tasmania.pdf |archivedate=2012-03-21 }}
Locations
Libraries Tasmania has facilities in 50 locations across the state, including 12 major urban libraries, and 33 smaller branch libraries in regional and rural centres.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}
NSLA and NED
As a member library of National and State Libraries Australia, the organisation collaborated on the creation of the National edeposit (NED) system, which enables publishers from all over Australia to upload electronic publications as per legal deposit requirements, and makes these publications publicly accessible online (depending on access conditions) from anywhere.{{cite web | title=What is National edeposit (NED)?| website=NED | url=https://ned.gov.au/resources/about.html | access-date=6 May 2020}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://libraries.tas.gov.au/}}
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Category:Education in Tasmania
Category:Libraries in Tasmania