The Australian Library Journal articles from August 2003

The Australian Library Journal archives from August 2003

The professional duet: ALJ and inCite.(Editorial)(Editorial)
August 1, 2003... ALJ AND INCITE ARE HALVES OF a WHOLE: the vehicle by which the objectives and business of the Australian Library and Information Association are recorded, carried forward known made known to members and wider environment. The Australian...

Education directions for new information professionals.
August 1, 2003... Caveat: The views expressed in this paper are mine alone (except where cited), and do not represent those of the University of South Australia. Information professionals and those who educate them face enormous challenges. Increasingly...

Truth and libraries.
August 1, 2003... The postmodernist model of librarianship is a threat to libraries. Voices calling for a revolutionary change in librarianship are a sign of disturbing broader trends in modern societies. There is a clear tendency towards relativism and even...

A keyhole to the collection: the AIATSIS Library Digitisation Pilot Program.
August 1, 2003... The AIATSIS Library Digitisation Pilot Program (LDPP) commenced in 2001 with funding for two years. Prior to the LDPP the Library had few electronic holdings, no equipment dedicated to digitisation and no policies to deal with the management of...

Australian university libraries: collections overlap study.
August 1, 2003... In 2002, the Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST), Higher Education Information Infrastructure Advisory Committee commissioned the National Library of Australia to analyse the uniqueness and overlap of Australian university...

Opportunities for the new generation: the formation of a networking group.
August 1, 2003... Graduates in the library and information profession face a challenging environment. There are few employment opportunities and work is often at a lower level than that appropriate to the qualifications gained. New graduates to the profession...

Librarians are the ultimate knowledge managers?
August 1, 2003... LIBRARIANS ARE THE ULTIMATE KNOWLEDGE MANAGERS. We all know that. After all, haven't we been the custodians of documented knowledge for centuries? Who could possibly do it better than us? Well, then why aren't people knocking down our doors,...

Academic or community resource? Stakeholder interests and collection management at Charles Sturt University Regional Archives, 1973-2003.
August 1, 2003... This analysis of the transformation of the Charles Sturt University Regional Archives from a library special collection to a multi-function regional repository highlights the importance of stakeholder interests in determining institutional...

Change: the only constant.(Book Review)
August 1, 2003... Bluh, Pamela J, ed Managing electronic serials: essays based on the ALCTS Electronic Serials Institutes 1997-1999. ALCTS papers on technical services and collections, 9. Chicago: American Library Association, 2001. 190p US$38.00 (ALA members...

By invitation.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
August 1, 2003... Mabry, Celia Hales, ed Doing the work of reference: practical tips for excelling as a reference librarian. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press, 2001. 387p price not reported soft ISBN 0789013231 (also published as The reference librarian 72/73) ...

'Some yearning excellence ...'.(Book Review)
August 1, 2003... Holt, Elizabeth, and Perkins, Elizabeth, eds The poems of Charles Harpur: an analytical finding list. Occasional publications series, 2. Canberra: Australian Scholarly Editions Centre, 2002.224p A$80.00 hard ISBN 0731703715 A DFA's...

Illuminating manuscripts.(Book Review)
August 1, 2003... Beal, Peter, and Ioppolo, Grace Manuscripts and their makers in the English renaissance. English manuscript sudies 1100-1700, Volume 11. London: British Library, 2002. 247p 45.00 [pounds sterling] hard ISBN 0712347712 THE SERIES ENGLISH...

If it isn't broken ...(Brief Article)(Book Review)
August 1, 2003... Barnett, Andy Libraries, community and technology. Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Company, 2002. 166p US$35.00 soft ISBN 0786413794 THE AUTHOR, A LOCAL PUBLIC LIBRARIAN IN WISCONSIN WHO CALLS HIMSELF a 'neo-traditionalist', writes in a...

And by way of contrast ...(Book Review)
August 1, 2003... Edwards, Brian, and Fisher, Biddy Libraries and learning resource centres. Oxford: Architectural Press, 2001. 227p A$204.60 hard ISBN 0750646055 (available from Harcourt Australia) This book commences with the statement that there are three...

The library as campus.(Book Review)
August 1, 2003... Allan, Barbara E-learning and teaching in library and information services. London: Facet Publishing, 2002. 288p 34.95 [pounds sterling] hard ISBN 1856044394 (available from James Bennett Pry Ltd) EDUCATION AND TRAINING ARE CHANGING...

Quantifying quality ...(Book Review)
August 1, 2003... DeWitt, Donald, ed Evaluating the twenty-first century library: the Association of Research Libraries New Measures Initiative, 1997-2001. Binghamton NY: Haworth Press, 2001. 98p price not reported soft ISBN 078901985X (also published as Journal...

Not your conventional festschrift.(Book Review)
August 1, 2003... Roy, Loriene, and Cherian, Anthony, Getting libraries the credit they deserve: a festschrift in honour of Marvin H. Scilken. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2002. 155p. US$59.00 soft ISBN 0810844559 IN ITS SPECIAL 'END OF THE CENTURY HISTORY...

No one right answer ...(Book Review)
August 1, 2003... Hill, Gary L; Sears, Dennis S; and Lyman, Lovisa, eds Teaching legal research and providing access to electronic resources. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press, 2001. 224p price not reported soft ISBN 0789013703 (also published as Legal reference...

'Deep background'? Perhaps.(Book Review)
August 1, 2003... Schlembach, Mary C, and Mischo, William H, eds Electronic resources and services in sci-tech libraries. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Information Press, 2001. 152p US$29.95 soft ISBN 0789019353 (also published as Science & Technology Libraries 20,...

Garrulous narrations.(Book Review)
August 1, 2003... Shuman, Bruce A Case studies in library security. Westport CT: Libraries Unlimited, 2002. 225p US$40.00 soft ISBN 156308936X (available from DA information Services) IF THE MAKERS OF E.R. EVER DECIDE TO SET A NEW DRAMA IN A LARGE PUBLIC...

Comprehensive, engaging and funny!(Book Review)
August 1, 2003... Buker, Derek M The science fiction and fantasy readers' advisory: the librarian's guide to cyborgs, aliens and sorcerers. ALA readers' advisory series. Chicago: American Library Association, 2002. 230 pp. US$38.00 (ALA members US$34.20) soft...

PP McGuiness: take note.(Book Review)
August 1, 2003... Gorman, G E, gen ed The digital factor in library and information services. International yearbook of library and information management, 2003-2003. London: Facet Publishing, 2002.394p 60.00 [pounds sterling] hard ISBN 1856044521 (available...

Incoherent.(Book Review)
August 1, 2003... Witt, Maria and Ihadjadene, Majid Archives, libraries and museums convergence: 24th European Library Automation Group Library Systems Seminar, Paris, 12-14 April 2000. Paris: Cite des sciences et de l'industrie, 2001. 454p price not reported...

Floreat!(Book Review)
August 1, 2003... Florey, Cecil. A passion for books and people: creating public library services for the City of Stirling and the State of Western Australia, 1958--1987. Stirling, WA: City of Stifling, 2002. ix, 105 pp. $15.00 + $3.75 postage (incl. GST) soft...

Libraries for labour.(Book Review)
August 1, 2003... Schmidle, Deborah j, ed 'Services to the labor community'. Library trends 51 [1] (2002): 1-139. US$25.00 soft ISSN 00242594 STILL GOING STRONG AFTER HALF A CENTURY, THE QUARTERLY PROFESSIONAL JOURNAL, Library Trends (published by the...

Under the bonnet.(Book Review)
August 1, 2003... Tara Callshain and Rael Dornfest Google Hacks: 100 Industrial-Strength Tips & Tools With a foreword by the Google Engineering Team O'Reilly & Associates Inc., 2003 WHO ISN'T ALREADY FAMILIAR WITH THE NAME GOOGLE? You may be less familiar...

Rated but dated.(Book Review)
August 1, 2003... Billings, Harold Magic and hypersystems: constructing the information-sharing library. Chicago: American Library Association, 2002. 160p US$38.00 (US$34.20 ALA members) soft ISBN 0838908349 HAROLD BILLINGS HAS HAD AN EMINENT CAREER IN...

Comprehensive and readable.(Book Review)
August 1, 2003... Jenkins, David. A refuge in peace and war. The National Library of Wales to 1952.Aberystwyth: National Library of Wales, 2002. 306p 29.95 [pounds sterling] soft ISBN 1862250340 A refuge in peace and war is an extremely detailed and...

Fresh and original in a well-trodden field.(Book Review)
August 1, 2003... Eva Hemmungs Wirten No trespassing: authorship, intellectual property rights, and the boundaries of globalization. University of Toronto Press ISBN: 080208835X (hard cover) [2003?] np EVA HEMMUNGS WIRTEN IS AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN LIBRARY...