Improving Access to Online Multilingual Resources by Adopting the My Language Portal in the City of Greater Dandenong Libraries

Autor/inn/en	Bogdanovic, Marijana; Johanson, Graeme
Titel	Improving Access to Online Multilingual Resources by Adopting the My Language Portal in the City of Greater Dandenong Libraries
Quelle	In: Australian Library Journal, 56 (2007) 2, S.135-151 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0004-9670
Schlagwörter	Multilingualism; Marketing; Academic Libraries; Information Literacy; Foreign Countries; Online Searching; Online Systems; Electronic Libraries; Immigrants; Second Languages; Library Services; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; College; Colleges; University; Universities; Libary; Libraries; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Universität; Bibliothek; Hochschulbibliothek; Informationskompetenz; Ausland; Online-Recherche; Online; Digitale Bibliothek; Elektronische Bibliothek; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Second language; Zweitsprache; Bibliotheksarbeit; Australien
Abstract	This paper reports on the implementation of "My Language Portal" in the City of Greater Dandenong Libraries (CGDL), Melbourne, Victoria, through the development of a "My Language Portal Project Plan" in 2006. It discusses how the aims of the designers of My Language Portal (MLP) are fulfilled in the exceptional, changing demographics of Dandenong. It provides a rationale for the adoption of MLP, by evaluating census and library statistics, and through local assessment of usability features. Wide consultation led to the creation of a user guide in the form of a fact sheet for users of CGD Libraries, and collaborations with IT and marketing staff are strongly recommended to facilitate smooth implementation. MLP offers a powerful online multilingual resource that bridges the inevitable gap in collections caused by an inability to immediately provide in-house appropriate resources for recently-arrived and diverse migrant communities. Analysis of service provision in Dandenong highlights the need for extra resources, for improved information literacy training, and marketing, and for increasing the number of public access terminals. (Contains 7 figures and 6 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10