VICNET Internet Services 

  Internet Access Accounts

  Training

  Web publishing: hosting, training & design 

Free webspace and HTML training is offered to Victorian non profit organisations and

VICNET dial up customers. Also host and design commercial websites. 

  Hardware 

  Software 

  Mailing Lists 

  Consulting 

VICNET s objectives are to: 

  promote awareness, skills and capabilities of Victorian citizens and community

groups in using the Internet. 

  provide all Victorians with affordable access to networked electronic information

and services as rapidly as possible. 

  enable Victorian libraries, community groups and non commercial services to deliver

electronic information and services to the community and the world effectively and

efficiently. 

  encourage use of the Internet to support online communities of interest working

together across Victoria and the world. 

  stimulate local communities and groups to develop their capabilities for publishing

information electronically. 

Key engagement feature

VICNET showed the way for online services in Australia. The vision of the early 

pioneers (Derek Whitehead, Don Schauder and Gary Hardy) placed Vicnet in an 

unrivalled position in pushing the provision of online services in Victoria. VICNET s

strong library connections have ensured that Victorian public libraries have benefited

from the expertise built up in the past seven years. Gary Hardy attributes VICNET s

success to being at the right place at the right time, plus developing productive partner 

ships with key organisations   including the public library network of Victoria and 

Multimedia Victoria. Their developing skills and capacity matched the needs of both

key partners at a key point in time, which has accounted for much of the success of the

endeavour. The environment is rapidly developing, and has become much harder edged.

Mr. Hardy believes that the key requirement is to articulate the value and extent of what

has been achieved more clearly than he has been able to do so far. 

The VICNET website is located at: http://www.vicnet.net.au

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