Evaluation of Liverpool Library

Evaluation of Liverpool Library

The Liverpool Library uses the following web 2.0 technologies.

• Facebook
• Twitter
• space.com
• Tumblr
• Trove
• Blog

The Liverpool Public Library has the above web 2.0 technologies 
that assist it's users to connect with the library. The library continues to 
use these technologies for customer interaction and content creation.  
But i feel the library is not using enough web 2.0 technologies. It could 
be due to reasons such as inadequate funding to improve technology, 
staffing issues, maintenance and of these services and equipment, the 
libraries patrons being more traditional. 

Web 2.0 technologies in the following areas: 

LOCAL STUDIES

Acquisition focus: Liverpool City area community archives:-business archives, 

family papers and photographs, society archives, maps and newspapers. Local 

information such as the following:

Bigge Park heritage fact sheet_bigge park

Georges River heritage fact sheet_georges river

Heritage Research Guide This Guide includes valuable information to assist with research of the Liverpool  local heritage.

Liverpool A Tale of Two Cities Two cities, one in Australia and the other in Britain

The Governor List of items which were displayed at Liverpool City Library January 2011.

Time Line This Time Line has images and information which put the history of Liverpool in  perspective.

United by Colour Vintage Fashion from around the world.

Youth off the Streets

Officer in charge is the Local Studies Librarian

Hours & facilities include:

Open Mon-Fri 9am-5pm by appointment only; closed public holidays. General 
reference assistance available. Copying services available for books, journals, 
original records to A3, microfilms, photographs and newspapers. Referral to paid 
researchers is available.

Access : 1 week's advance notice of visit required.

 

The library has the online facility for it's users to access an on-line database which 

gives them a  wealth of information on various local Newspaper archives, records on 

'find my past Australia' etc. Further there are suggested websites from A-Z, which has 

access to Ancestry library for records, Aboriginal Biographical index, Belfast cemetery 

records, etc. The popular searches section gives access to information on church records, 

family records to name a few. There's also access through the library website to a photo 

gallery. There's also access to Liverpool Library's community Services directory. Users 

can search the databases.

 

Users will also find a wealth of information in a variety of sources including pamphlets 

and Council minutes. 

 

CHILDREN/ TEENAGERS & YOUTH:

Liverpool City Library provides a variety of services for children aged 3-12 years across 

Council's library branches including:

• Story time
• Reading corner
• Songs
• Homework help
• Educational games
• School holiday programs
• Computer and internet facilities

The Library also has a dedicated Young People's Librarian that organizes a range of 
activities for families and children.The Library has online 'Hang outs at Book Chats' for 
the youth. The libraries' My playground contains games, story times,  playground for 
specifically for young children. This connects them to literacy planets, world book, busy 
things, tumble books, & book flix. There is also other online section s such as My 
playground which gives access to games, story times, songs and  a reading corner and 
homework help. My search enable the users to search the library catalogue. My space is 
useful for anyone who has any interest in  areas such as music, sports, reading. If you go 
into the reading section it lets the young users search youth fiction, graphic novels and 
information books.

The users also have the provision to borrow audio books by downloading them to their 
iPods and mp3s in the library website's 'my elibrary' section. And there's a whole youth 
fiction section that young users can borrow from by downloading these as eBooks. Also 
through the library's website the young can search youth fictions in their catalogue. 

ADULT FICTION/ REFERENCE:

Liverpool City Library's Adult fiction is 41% of it's collection. My search enable the 

users to search the library catalogue for adult fictions and other reads. Through it's 

catalogue the users can search for 

The reference section in the library includes wide variety of dictionaries, encyclopedias, 
handbooks, directories, indexes, abstracts, statistics, government  and other tools. These 
can be searched through their online catalogue system.