Today, many libraries are embracing mobile satellite connectivity for their roaming services. This is particularly true in cases where the council is providing a mobile library service to its remote or incapacitated community members.

To be efficient, librarians need online access to the library's central database from any stop along the mobile library's journey.

Until recently, the mobile library could only connect to the central database at limited times and from limited locations.

CalibreNet, a Melbourne-based integrator sourced an appropriate solution by installing a fully automated, NewSat MVS Series satellite dish on the roof of the mobile library vehicles.

As a consequence, at any location in Australia, the librarian can stop, press one button to kick-start the satellite dish, and within five minutes be ready to use high-speed Internet.