The Australian Library Journal articles from August 2000

The Australian Library Journal archives from August 2000

The nature of research in `our' profession.
August 1, 2000... AS I TYPE THAT WORD `PROFESSION' IN THE TITLE OF THIS EDITORIAL I confess to a slight feeling of unease. Not on the customary ground of whether we are or aren't a profession. In my view we [whoever we are] crossed that particular semantic...

Information literacy programs and research: An international review.
August 1, 2000... This paper provides an overview of contemporary information literacy research and practice. While the content is highly selective, the intention has been to highlight international and Australian developments which have achieved significant...

Information literacy lessons from EdNA Online.(Education Network Australia)
August 1, 2000... The National Rifle Association's slogan Guns don't kill people. People kill people is a telling example of what we might call the myth of neutral technology, the idea that artefacts are not political because they can not do anything on their...

Institutional in sites: The role of the National Library of Australia.
August 1, 2000... The cultural politics associated with the National Library of Australia (NLA) as a storehouse of the national textual capital, are today infused with a symbolism and rhetoric that exert considerable power in any discourse concerning the...

Graduate employment outcomes for qualifying library and records management courses at Curtin University of Technology.
August 1, 2000... This paper reports on the results of a postal survey of graduating students from courses offered by the Department of Information Studies at Curtin University of Technology for the years 1993-1997. The survey recorded, inter alia, categories of...

Racist disinformation on the World Wide Web: initial implications for the LIS community.(library and information studies)
August 1, 2000... This paper has emerged from an Australian-based doctoral research program investigating the presence of racist disinformation on the World Wide Web (WWW) and the extent to which, if any, such material can be balanced by the content of...

Evidence-based medicine: an opportunity not to be missed.
August 1, 2000... EBM (Evidence Based Medicine), is now an unavoidable issue within healthcare. It is dependent upon accessing `evidence', that is, both published and unpublished research, and as traditional suppliers of information services, health librarians...

Dealing with difficult people in the library.(Review)
August 1, 2000... Willis, M R Dealing with difficult people in the library. Chicago: American Library Association, 1999. 195p US$28.00 soft ISBN 0838907601 AT LAST WE HAVE A BOOK WITH ENTIRE CHAPTERS ON DEALING WITH THE MENTALLY ILL and what to do about...

Art information and the Internet: how to find it, how to use it.(Review)
August 1, 2000... Jones, L S Art information and the Internet: how to find it, how to use it. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 1999. 279p US$45.00 hard ISBN 1573561622 (available from DA Information Services) THIS BOOK IS EXACTLY WHAT IT CLAIMS, A COMPLETE `HOW TO'...

Public library materials fund and budget survey 1997-99.(Review)
August 1, 2000... Public library materials fund and budget survey 1997-99. Comp. by Alison Murphy, David Davies and Gavin Cox. Sheffield: University of Sheffield, Library and Information Statistics Unit, 1998. 265p 22.50 [pounds sterling] spiral bound ISBN...

The Gower handbook of management.(Review)
August 1, 2000... The Gower handbook of management. 4th ed. Lock, D, ed. Aldershot: Gower Publishing, 1998. 1253p price not reported hard ISBN 0566079380 (available from Gower Publishing Australia) TIPPING THE SCALES AT MORE THAN 1250 PAGES, THIS FOURTH...

Gatekeepers of knowledge: Journal editors in the sciences and the social sciences.(Review)
August 1, 2000... McGinty, S. Gatekeepers of knowledge: Journal editors in the sciences and the social sciences. Westport, CT: Bergin and Garvey, 1999. 143 pp. US$55.00 hard ISBN 0897896645 (available from DA Information Services) THESE TWO BOOKS HAVE...

Silencing scientists and scholars in other fields: Power paradigm control, peer review and scholarly communication.(Review)
August 1, 2000... Moran, G. Silencing scientists and scholars in other fields: Power paradigm control, peer review and scholarly communication. Contemporary Studies in Information Management, Policy and Services. Greenwich, CT: Ablex Publishing Corporation,...

Communicating professionally: a how-to-do it manual for library applications.(Review)
August 1, 2000... Ross, C S, and Dewdney, P. Communicating professionally: a how-to-do it manual for library applications. 2nd ed. How-to-do-it manuals for librarians, 58. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 1998. 322p US$49.95 soft ISBN 1555703402 (available...

Promoting reading to adults in UK public libraries.(Review)
August 1, 2000... Kinnell, M, and Shepherd, J. Promoting reading to adults in UK public libraries. British Library research and innovation reports, 72. London: Taylor Graham, 1998. 126p 22.00 [pounds sterling] soft ISBN 0947568743 THIS ATTRACTIVELY SET OUT...

The new review of information networking.(Review)
August 1, 2000... The new review of information networking. Vol. 4-; annual. London: Taylor Graham, 1998-. 65.00 [pounds sterling] ISSN 13614576 EDITED BY MICHAEL BREAKS AND RODERICK MACLEOD, this is the fourth volume of what is an annual publication devoted...

Interdisciplinary information seeking in women's studies.(Review)
August 1, 2000... Westbrook, L. Interdisciplinary information seeking in women's studies. Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Company, 1999. 219p US$39.95 hard ISBN 0786405686 LYNN WESTBROOK IS A FACULTY MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL OF LIBRARY and Information Studies...

Practical information policies.(Review)
August 1, 2000... Orna, E. Practical information policies. 2nd ed. Aldershot: Gower Publishing, 1999. 375p 50.00 [pounds sterling] hard ISBN 0566076934 TO THIS REVIEWER, USED TO THE TERM `POLICIES' AS REFERRING PARTICULARLY TO government activities, the...

The role of ARL libraries in extension/outreach.(Review)
August 1, 2000... Lee, T, and Jenda, C, comps The role of ARL libraries in extension/outreach. SPEC kits, 233. Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries, Office of Leadership and Management Services, 1998. 156p US$28.00 soft ISSN 01603582 THIS SPEC...

Experimentation and collaboration: creating serials for a new millennium.(Review)
August 1, 2000... Simser, C N, and Somers, M A, eds Experimentation and collaboration: creating serials for a new millennium. Proceedings of the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc. 12th annual conference, May 29 - June 1, 1997, University of Michigan,...

The amazing internet challenge: how leading projects use library skills to organise the Web.(Review)
August 1, 2000... Wells, A T; Calcari, S; and Koplow, T The amazing internet challenge: how leading projects use library skills to organise the Web. Chicago: American Library Association, 1999. 279p US$45.00 (US$40.50 ALA members) soft ISBN 0838907660 THE...

The concise AACR2.(Review)
August 1, 2000... The concise AACR2. 1998 revision. Ed. by Michael Gorman. Chicago: American Library Association; Ottawa: Canadian Library Association; London: Library Association Publishing, 1999. 176p 24.95 [pounds sterling] soft ISBN 0838934943 (US) ISBN...

A Service to users with disabilities.(Review)
August 1, 2000... De Candido, G A A Service to users with disabilities. SPEC Kits, 243. Transforming libraries, 8. Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries, Office of Leadership and Management Services, 1999. 31p US$28.00 soft ISSN 01603582 THE...

US government on the web: getting the information you need.(Review)
August 1, 2000... Hernon, P; Shuler, J A; and Dugan, R E US government on the web: getting the information you need. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1999. 349p US$47.50 soft ISBN 156308757X THE AMOUNT OF GOVERNMENT INFORMATION ON THE WEB is increasing...

Quality in library service.(Review)
August 1, 2000... Burrell, J and McGrath, B Quality in library service. Canberra: DocMatrix, 1999. 219p loose-leaf + disc A$135 ISBN 1876283157 THE INTRODUCTION OF THE CONCEPT OF `NATIONAL COMPETENCIES' poses some key management-issues for libraries....

Concept, challenge, conundrum: from library skills to information literacy.(Review)
August 1, 2000... Concept, challenge, conundrum: from library skills to information literacy. Proceedings of the fourth; national information conference conducted by the University of South Australia Library and the Australian Library and Information Association...

Hooked on horror: a guide to reading interests in horror fiction.(Review)
August 1, 2000... Fonseca, A J and Pulliam, J M. Hooked on horror: a guide to reading interests in horror fiction. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1999. 332p US$66.00 hard ISBN 1563086719 (available from James Bennett Pty Ltd) THIS IS ANOTHER...

Staying legal: a guide to issues and practice for users and publishers of electronic resources.(Review)
August 1, 2000... Armstrong, C J, ed Staying legal: a guide to issues and practice for users and publishers of electronic resources. London: Library Association Publishing, 1999. 266p 49.95 [pounds sterling] hard ISBN 1856042766 (available from James Bennett Pty...