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Open Access to Deep Collections:Understanding Pennsylvania’s

Statewide Library Resource Centers

Pennsylvania Library AssociationOctober 26, 2010

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Overview of Session

• Introduction – M Clare Zales• Each Institution will review– Recent acquisitions– Digitization highlights– Service innovations for improving access for Pa.

residents• Access to Our Services• Contact Information• Questions

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Statewide Library Resource CentersBackground

– 1961 Library Code intent– Subject assignments

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Statewide Library Resource Centers Today

• Current Status– Continue to provide ILL across the state without

charge – Slight change was the elimination of the “Subject

strengths”– Continue to permit walk-ins from all over the state– Two new emphases were:• Online Reference– The result was AskHere PA• Digitization -- efforts continue

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The Resource Center Libraries

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Accessing Our Services

• Ask Here PA• ACCESS: PA Catalog• ACCESS: PA Content DM server• Digital Collections via Web pages

– Free Library of Philadelphia http://www.freelibrary.org/ – State Library of Pennsylvania

http://www.education.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/bureau_of_state_library/8811

– The Pennsylvania State University Libraries http://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/home.html

– Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh http://www.clpgh.org/

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Contact InformationM Clare ZalesDeputy Secretary for Libraries

PDE/Office of Commonwealth Libraries717.787.2646mzales@state.pa.us

Alice LubrechtLibrary DirectorState Library of Pennsylvania717.783.5968alubrecht@state.pa.us

Siobhan ReardonExecutive Director Free Library of Philadelphia215.686.5300reardons@freelibrary.org

Sheila Jackson Assistant Director, Main LibraryCarnegie Library of Pittsburgh412.622.3110 jacksons@carnegielibrary.org Barbara DeweyDean of University Libraries and Scholarly

CommunicationsPenn State University Libraries814.865.0401bdewey@psu.edu

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Questions