Annual Report 2011 - Roscommon County Council

Libraries, Arts, Culture and Heritage
Information Communication Technologies
Considerable ICT infrastructure developments were undertaken as part of the County Library
refurbishment, to facilitate the introduction of stock management, security and self service
options, to provide greater access to online resource technologies and to accommodate
future e-learning facilities, which included further upgrading of the Library Management
System, implementation of RFID stock management, introduction of WiFi access, the PC
Reserve, managing system for public PCs and security controls. The online Newspaper
Digitization Project for the Roscommon Herald and Roscommon Champion was completed and
launched in 2011.
Local Authority Records and Archives
The local authority carries a statutory responsibility and a commitment for the management,
custody, care, preservation and delivery of all aspects of the archives and local records
and access by the public. Further development work was conducted in 2011 in relation to
refurbished storage, introduction of an appointment only system for access, preservation,
conservation, microfilming, oral history and appropriate listing of items in collection.
Children’s and Schools Library Service
The Library Service continues the provision of support to the 96 primary schools in the
county in 2011 a centralised support from the County Library for stock requests and a further
range of supports in terms of visits, author visits, reading promotions, summer activities,
workshops and participation in national events were organised during the year.
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