The next meeting of the Inmagic Museum User Group will be held at the Yarra Ranges Regional Museum on 2nd December2014. The Museum collection of more than 8,000 items includes the internationally significant Dame Nellie Melba collection and objects reflecting the rich cultural heritage of the Yarra Ranges region. It is a focal point for more than 17 historical societies and heritage groups across the Shire, a gathering space, and a source of professional educational and public programs.
About 40 people thoroughly enjoyed the User Group meeting at the RACV Club Library on October 13. This library was set up from scratch when the Club moved into their new premises in 2004. Lisa Sukkel, who has been the librarian from the start, hosted us and gave us a good history of how it came to be what it is, and the unique challenges they face, as a library in a hospitality environment.
The next Melbourne User Group meeting will be held at the RACV City Club Library. Having just celebrated its tenth anniversary, the Library is one of several club libraries in the heart of Melbourne but is unique in its size, range of services and number of users.
The Library has used Inmagic TextWorks products since its inception, with the suite of databases evolving alongside the library over the past decade, to incorporate new services such as loans, extended research classes and extensive reporting.
On 4 December 26 people met at the Whitehorse Art Space in Box Hill Town Hall to attend the final IMUG (Inmagic Museum user Group) meeting for the year. Those present came from diverse organisations including galleries, school archives, museums, historical societies and specialist research libraries illustrating the range of smaller organisations using DB/TextWorks. Three people travelled from Daylesford to attend the meeting.
“IAM is a collaborative event between various widely respected bodies within the records, archives, library and information management communities and is intended to increase awareness of the information industry through a series of events. By connecting information and people the aim is to demonstrate the importance of properly maintaining good records and information as it relates to everyone; from global Corporations through to small business and even the homemaker.”
The Italian Historical Society (IHS) was established in 1980 to collect, preserve and promote the history of Italian immigration to Australia. The IHS photographic collection has been online, accessible via Web Publisher Pro, for about two years, and IHS has long wanted to make the large and varied collection better known and more widely available online. Read More →
The Clearinghouse at Women’s Health Victoria (WHV) has constructed and is maintaining a simple Geographic Thesaurus using Inmagic Text Works. Read More →
The Transport and Logistics Industry Skills Council (TLISC) has implemented Inmagic Presto for its elibrary to provide access to a growing number of documents and resources for the Transport and Logistics Industry Skills Council (TLISC). Read More →