Libraries Tasmania, formerly LINC Tasmania, is the Tasmanian state government-run organisation that operates the state's reference library, a network of public lending libraries,

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, heritage,

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, and

adult literacy Adult education, distinct from child education, is a practice in which adults engage in systematic and sustained self-educating activities in order to gain new forms of knowledge, skills, attitudes, or values. Merriam, Sharan B. & Brockett, Ralp ...

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 State Reference Library is the reference library in the state of Tasmania, Australia. It is part of Libraries Tasmania. Libraries Tasmania includes a state-wide network of library services, community learning, adult literacy and the State� ...

, the Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office (TAHO), Adult Education Tasmania, and online access centres (public access internet and computer facilities). 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

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, government records and

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s, 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.

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

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2018-19.

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.

NSLA and NED

As a member library of

National and State Libraries Australia National and State Libraries Australia (NSLA), formerly National and State Libraries Australasia, is the peak body that represents the national, state and territory libraries of Australia. The libraries collaborate on and support working groups a ...

, the organisation collaborated on the creation of the

National edeposit National edeposit (NED) is a collaboration between Australia's nine national, state and territory libraries which provides for the legal deposit, management, storage and preservation of, and access to, published electronic material across Aust ...

(NED) system, which enables publishers from all over Australia to upload electronic publications as per

legal deposit Legal deposit is a legal requirement that a person or group submit copies of their publications to a repository, usually a library. The number of copies required varies from country to country. Typically, the national library is the primary reposit ...

requirements, and makes these publications publicly accessible online (depending on access conditions) from anywhere.

References

External links

* {{Authority control Education in Tasmania Libraries in Tasmania Organisations based in Hobart 2018 establishments in Australia