This document provides an overview and introduction to resources available through the State Library of Victoria, including: - The ergo website which provides education resources linked to the VELS curriculum. - The SLV catalogue which contains bibliographic details and links to digitized items from the collection. Subject searches can be restricted to online resources. - Historypin, an interactive map that allows overlaying historical photos onto modern street views. - iPad/iPhone apps like 360 to take panoramic photos for use in Historypin. - Screencasts on the slavbrightideas YouTube channel demonstrating how to use Historypin.

1. Melbourne through the decades
GTAV annual conference
27 August 2012

2. Session outline
• Introduction to the SLV
• ergo website
• Resources on the SLV catalogue
• Historypin
• iPad and iPhone apps
• Screencasts: slavbrightideas
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3. About the State Library of Victoria
• Victoria’s premier reference and research library, founded in 1854
• collections include: books, newspapers, artefacts, pictures, maps, and digital
and online resources
• provides a range of information services, learning programs, events and
exhibitions
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4. ergo
ergo website
http://ergo.slv.vic.gov.au
Information on for students
on study skills and
SLV collection items that are
linked to common curriculum
areas at VELS level 5 & 6, and
also VCE
• Learn skills
• Explore history
• For teachers
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5. ergo
For teachers:
Ready-made education kits for topics
like deforestation
High-res versions of all maps and
images used available to download
Series of worksheets for evaluating
information
Worksheets include Map Study
templates
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/ergo/uploads/docs/
map_study.pdf
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6. Resources on the SLV catalogue
Images in ergo all have links to
the catalogue record for each
item,
eg. A plan of Melbourne Port
Phillip (Melbourne city grid)
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7. Resources on the SLV catalogue
The record will contain all
bibliographic details,
background/description of the
item, and the subjects that it has
been catalogued in.
Subjects are hyperlinked
to searches for other items
in that subject set,
eg. Melbourne (Vic.) Maps
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8. Resources on the SLV catalogue
Once you have searched for a
subject, we recommend that you
restrict your search to online
resources so you can use them
remotely.
You can do this from at the top
of the search results, or under
the ‘Show only’ heading in the
left column
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9. Resources on the SLV catalogue
You can view the items by
clicking on the ‘View online’
link.
Some are available to download
in high-res tiff format
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10. Resources on the SLV catalogue
Doing a catalogue search
http://search.slv.vic.gov.au
Different tabs are
to search for
different item types
The search bar is like a search engine on the web. Just
type in what you’re looking for and click ‘Search’
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11. Research guides
SLV research guides
http://guides.slv.vic.gov.au/
Browse by subject  Maps & charts
•How to read the MMBW 40ft to the
inch detail plans
•Maps for local history
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12. Historypin
The Historypin website is produced in partnership with Google and works best
on Google Chrome
http://www.historypin.com
It is an interactive Google
Mapthat allows you to
pin content, including
historical photos and
overlays onto modern
streetview.
Like this, but better!
http://bit.ly/fkmH0e
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13. iPad and iPhone apps
Historypin is available as a free iPad or iPhone app.
For taking modern day streetview pictures to overlay onto Google streetview, we
recommend an app to take panoramic photos. There are many free apps available
for this, eg. 360.
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14. Using Historypin
Rather than write notes about using Historypin, it is much easier for us to
show you!
We have created
screencasts about using
Historypin for the Bright
Ideas blog:
http://slav.global2.vic.edu.au/
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15. Using Historypin
They are on the slavbrightideas Youtube channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/slavbrightideas
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16. Contact details
Bethany Leong,
Education Programs Coordinator
Email: bleong@slv.vic.gov.au
Phone: (03) 8664 7268
SLV website: http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/
This presentation is also on Slideshare at: http://www.slideshare.net/slveducation
Feel free to download a copy and share it with your colleagues
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