VICNET and the web in the wider Victorian community

VICNET is a joint project of RMIT Libraries and the State Library of Victoria. The project has been established by a grant from the Community Support Fund, which is administered by the Victorian State Government Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism. The project will be officially launched late April 1995. VICNET has two aims: (1) To promote equitable access to the Internet for all Victorians, and (2) To mount Victorian information on the Internet. To achieve these aims we are pursuing a number of complementary strategies as follows: (1) Develop a network of suburban and regional nodes throughout Victoria, to provide cheap dial-up access; (2) Install free public access terminals in public libraries throughout Victoria; (3) Promote the establishment of community information servers, and (4) Actively seek Victorian information resources and find ways to mount them on the Internet.