The Australian Library Journal articles from August 2001

The Australian Library Journal archives from August 2001

Keeping in touch. (Editorial).
August 1, 2001... I AM SOMETIMES TOLD: `BEING THE EDITOR OF THE JOURNAL MUST MEAN THAT YOU ARE VERY well informed...?' and at one time I would have answered in the affirmative without equivocation. I routinely received sets of the General Council papers and...

The Australian Library Journal: refereeing policy -- a clarification.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... We have recently been made aware that DETYA requires that articles should be refereed by persons who are not members of the relevant journal's editorial board, that is, by independent peers. This in fact, has been this Journal's policy since...

Ross Harvey's article, `Losing the quality battle in Australian education for librarianship'. (Letters to the editor).
August 1, 2001... Ross Harvey's article, 'Losing the quality battle in Australian education for librarianship' (Australian library journal Vol. 50, no. 1) continues to stimulate debate. Editor In response to your editorial in May's ALJ `A resounding...

In response to Ross Harvey's article, `Losing the quality battle in Australian education for librarianship'. (Letters to the editor).
August 1, 2001... In response to Ross Harvey's article, `Losing the quality battle in Australian education for librarianship' (Australian library journal Vol. 50, no. 1), I have several comments: Education for librarianship has been affected by the changes...

From the president. (Letters to the editor).
August 1, 2001... On behalf of the Board of Directors, thank you for your contribution to the spirited and healthy debate on educational issues in the Australian library journal. In the May 2001 editorial of ALJ, you challenge ALIA's Board of Education to...

More poetry please ... (Letters to the editor).
August 1, 2001... A bouquet for you! This e-mail is to let you know how much I enjoyed reading Martha Morseth's excellent poem in the May 2001 issue of ALJ. Come on all you poets out there -- more poetry please. Being a librarian in the automotive engineering...

Disturbed by something you've read?
August 1, 2001... Alarmed by current trends? Angry about the editorial? Curious about the future? Spotted a ripe literal? Got something you want to share? Write a letter to the editor. Get your name into the record. See it in print. Acquire a kind...

Double Fold: Libraries and the assault on paper. (Trusting librarians too blindly? A review-article).
August 1, 2001... Manuscript received August 2001 Baker, Nicholson: Double Fold: Libraries and the assault on paper. New York, Random House, 2001. xii, 371 p., illus. ISBN 0 375 50444 3. Price: $US25.95 (hardback), Introduction DOUBLE FOLD IS NOT...

When libraries made headlines.
August 1, 2001... LESSONS FROM THE PAST Famous Report Points the Way BACK TO THE FUTURE Long before `public relations' and `marketing' became terms commonly employed in librarianship, the Munn-Pitt Report of 1935, Australian libraries: a survey of...

The Northeast coast of Papua New Guinea: a bibliographic survey.
August 1, 2001... National bibliographies for Papua. New Guinea have been compiled in the past and more may be completed in the future; there is also a need for regional or provincial bibliographies to help researchers working at these levels. This paper stems...

Disability information: from knowledge to power.
August 1, 2001... This paper was originally presented at a Community Summit organised by the NSW Council of Social Service in Sydney on 9th April 2001 Manuscript received May 2001. Introduction THE AIM HERE IS TO LOOK AT THE PROVISION OF DISABILITY...

The search for the philosopher's stone: balancing librarianship education in core and evolving knowledges.
August 1, 2001... Manuscript received August 2001 The question posed ROSS HARVEY'S ARTICLE, `LOSING THE QUALITY BATTLE IN AUSTRALIAN EDUCATION FOR LIbrarianship' (2001), may be read as a lament for all things past, a jeremiad in which the prophet cries...

Library and information professionals and knowledge management: conceptions, challenges and conflicts.
August 1, 2001... The level of interest suggests that knowledge management needs to be taken seriously as an issue for information professionals and for the fields of librarianship and information science. Knowledge management is perceived to offer a substantial...

Remarkable occurrences: The National Library of Australia's First 100 Years 1901-2001. (Sine pretio ...).
August 1, 2001... Peter Cochrane, Remarkable occurrences: The National Library of Australia's First 100 Years 1901-2001, Canberra, National Library of Australia, 2001, pp. XIII + 283, $59.95, ISBN 0 642 10730 0 HISTORIES OF LIBRARIES ARE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF...

Partners in learning and research: changing roles for Australian Technology Network libraries. (Partnerships).
August 1, 2001... Frylinck, John, ed Partners in learning and research: changing roles for Australian Technology Network libraries. Adelaide: University of South Australia Library for Librarians of the Australian Technology Network, 2001. 131p $40.00 soft ISBN...

Science fiction, fantasy and horror: a reader's guide. (`In space ...').
August 1, 2001... Sheppard, Roger Science fiction, fantasy and horror: a reader's guide. London: Career Development Group of The Library Association, 1999. 416p 25.00 [pounds sterling] soft ISBN190135301X SCIENCE FICTION IS NOTORIOUSLY HARD TO DEFINE AS A...

Open to all? The public library and social exclusion. (Another urban myth exposed?).
August 1, 2001... Muddiman, Dave et al Open to all? The public library and social exclusion. 3 vols. library and Information Commission research reports, 84. London: Resource:The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries, 2000. price not reported soft ISBN...

The library in the twenty-first century: new services for the information age. (Compulsory reading).
August 1, 2001... Brophy, Peter The library in the twenty, first century: new services for the information age. London: Library Association Publishing, 2001. 219p 39.95 [pounds sterling] hard ISBN 1856043754 (available from James Bennett Pry Ltd) PETER...

The Medical Library Association guide to managing health care libraries. (Comprehensive, competent).
August 1, 2001... Holst, Ruth, ed The Medical Library Association guide to managing health care libraries. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2000. 371p US$75.00 soft ISBN 1555703976 (available from DA Information Services) THIS TITLE IS THE UPDATED AND...

Museum librarianship. (Bedraggled? Paper-based? Certainly not).
August 1, 2001... Bierbaum, Esther G Museum librarianship. 2nd ed. Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Company, 2000. 189p US$39.95 soft ISBN 0786408677 OFTEN EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT OUTDATED STEREOTYPICAL IMAGES OF LIBRARIES AND librarians are never more...

Knowledge management: the bibliography. (Much is omitted ...).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Burden, Paul, comp Knowledge management: the bibliography ASIST monograph series. Medford, NJ: Information Today for the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2000. 181p price not reported soft ISBN 157387101X ...

Library instruction: a peer tutoring model. (Peer power).
August 1, 2001... Deese-Roberts, Susan, and Keating, Kathleen Library instruction: a peer tutoring model. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2000. 212p US$55.00 soft ISBN 1563086522 (available from James Bennett Pty Ltd) VERY THOROUGH IN ITS OUTLOOK, THIS...

Support for adult learners in libraries. (Blemished but useful).
August 1, 2001... Drodge, Stephen Support for adult learners in libraries. London: Career Development Group of The Library Association, 2000. 96p price not reported soft ISBN 1901353079 WRITTEN BY A LIBRARIAN, THIS PUBLICATION IS A VERY POOR EXAMPLE OF...

Fee-based services. (Fees: not the answer?).
August 1, 2001... Jenda, Claudine. Fee-based services. SPEC Kits, 259. Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries, Office of Leadership and Management Services, 2000. 115p US$40.00 (US$30.00 ARL members) ISSN 01603582 THIS PUBLICATION, DEALS WITH THE...

Internet searching and indexing: the subject approach. (Plus ca change?).
August 1, 2001... Thomas, Alan, and Shearer, James R, eds Internet searching and indexing: the subject approach. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Information Press, 2000. 217p US$24.95 soft ISBN 0789010313 (also published as Journal of Internet Cataloging) THIS IS A...

Closing an era: historical perspectives on modern archives and records management. (An essential text for records managers).
August 1, 2001... Cox, Richard J Closing an era: historical perspectives on modern archives and records management. New directions in information management, 35. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2000. 252p US$65.00 hard ISBN 0313313318 (available from DA...

Colonial editions in Australia, 1843-1972. (Myth-cracker).
August 1, 2001... Johanson, Graeme Colonial editions in Australia, 1843-1972. Wellington: Elibank Press, 2000. 346 pp. A$62.50 soft ISBN 0958349630 (available from Elibank Press, PO Box 1463, Wagga Wagga 2650) ALL TOO OFTEN, STUDIES OF PRINT CULTURE IN THE...

Manual of online search strategies. (Sources or strategies?).
August 1, 2001... Armstrong, C J, and Large, Andrew Manual of online search strategies. Aldershot: Gower Publishing, 2001. 3 vols 225.00 [pounds sterling] hard ISBN 0566079909 THIS THIRD EDITION OF THE WELL-ESTABLISHED MANUAL OF ONLINE SEARCH STRATEGIES...

True to type. (The universal art?).
August 1, 2001... McLean, Ruari True to type. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press; London: Werner Shaw, 2000. US$39.95 hard ISBN 1884718965 RUARI MCLEAN IS ONE OF BRITAIN'S MOST EMINENT TYPOGRAPHERS. TRUE TO TYPE IS HIS autobiographical account of his life and...