The Australian Library Journal articles from August 2005

The Australian Library Journal archives from August 2005

The 'war on terror' and its implications for libraries.(Editorial)
August 1, 2005... LEAVING ASIDE THE SEMANTIC DIFFICULTIES CONTAINED IN THE DEFINITION OF THE immediate conflict, we can accept that for whatever reasons, there are individuals who wish to advance their arguments regarding the ancient divide between Christianity...

Letter to the editor.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
August 1, 2005... Roslynn Cousins writes: HAVING SPENT THE MORNING DRAFTING A THIRD ROUND OF RESPONSES TO A LIBRARY member wanting Attitude magazine removed from the shelves of the Toowoomba City Library. I read Kim Moody's article 'Covert censorship in...

High level learning by design: the nuts and bolts of assessment and evaluation in a Doctorate of Business Administration program.
August 1, 2005... In 2003 two librarians at the University of Wollongong faced the challenge of designing and delivering a crucial subject in a pilot Doctorate of Business Administration program which sought to prepare a group of successful business leaders for...

Charles Sturt University's Matching users with information Community of Scholars.
August 1, 2005... Introduction THE ARTICLES BY MEMBERS OF CSU STAFF WHICH FOLLOW REFLECT a SELECTION OF the research being conducted by members of the Library and Information Management (LIM) group in the School of Information Studies at Charles Sturt...

No man (or woman) is an island: information literacy, affordances and communities of practice.
August 1, 2005... Current understandings of information literacy are drawn from research within library and educational contexts, in which information literacy is identified as a suite of skills that facilitate the learning process. In these contexts,...

A collection development policy for digital information resources?
August 1, 2005... Library collections are, increasingly, hybrids of print and digital materials. This paper considers whether library collection development policies, whose 'golden age' in Australia was in the 1980s and 1990s, are still required for today's...

Information systems evaluation and the search for success: lessons for LIS research.
August 1, 2005... Libraries and other information agencies have highly developed systems, skills, and techniques for delivering information to users. There is, nevertheless, a need to improve the delivery systems and discusses the means by which web-based...

Coding online information seeking.
August 1, 2005... This paper reports on a coding scheme devised during preliminary data collection of online searching using Camtasia, and compares this scheme with one recently developed by Hargittai for a similar purpose. The author's scheme is put forward as...

Still lost in cyberspace? Preservation challenges of Australian internet resources.
August 1, 2005... Ensuring the longevity of web-based information is a significant preservation issue with wide implications for the future of scholarship. This paper describes a longitudinal study of fifty websites through which the determination of survival...

Lost and missing Australian documentary heritage: is there any?
August 1, 2005... The Memory of the World (MOTW) Program identifies and protects significant documentary heritage. Part of the Australian MOTW program seeks significant Australian documentary heritage that can no longer be located. The Australian Lost and...

Case studies and codes of ethics: the relevance of the ACS experience to ALIA.(Australian Computer Society and Australian library and Information Association)
August 1, 2005... This paper comments on a recent Code of Ethics project conducted on behalf of the Australian Computer Society, and proposes a similar project for the Australian library and Information Association (ALIA). It reviews the scope and methodology of...

Associate Professor Joseph John Hallein academic and consultant.(Obituary)
August 1, 2005... Born Needham, Massachusetts, 10 February 1943 Died Mackay, Queensland, 26 April 2005, aged 62 THERE WAS AN AIR ABOUT JOE HALLEIN THAT PEOPLE INSTINCTIVELY LIKED. SOMETHING of a rough diamond, he was both an inspired university teacher...

Outreaching--or overstretching?(From Outreach to Equity: Innovative Models of Library Policy and Practice)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... Osborne, Robin, ed From outreach to equity: innovative models of library policy and practice. Chicago: American Library Association, Office for literacy and Outreach Services, 2004. 160p US$32.00 soft ISBN 0838935419 The overall goal often...

Social theory and empirical observation: hard to beat it.(Technology and Social Inclusion: Rethinking the Digital Divide)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... Warschauer, Mark Technology and social inclusion: rethinking the digital divide. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2003. 260p price not reported hard ISBN 0262232243 The 'digital divide' has become the mantra of the decade among information...

Clean and clear.(Dictionary for Library and Information Science)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... Reitz, Joan M Dictionary for library and information science. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, 2004. 788p US$50.00 soft ISBN 1591580757 The Dictionary for library and information science began life in 1994 as a four-page handout on...

Putting LIS in the frame.(Foundations of Library and Information Science, 2nd ed.)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... Rubin, Richard E. Foundations of library and information science. 2nd ed New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2004. 579p US$46.50 soft ISBN 1555705189 The first edition of this text appeared in 2000, and it is a sign of the speed with which...

A dense topic sensitively handled.(Complete Copyright: An Everyday Guide for Librarians)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... Russell, Carrie Complete copyright: an everyday guide for librarians. Chicago: American Library Association, Office for Information Technology Policy, 2004. 202p price not reported spiral binding ISBN 0838935435 Complete copyright is an...

For the professional serials librarian.(Transforming Serials: The Revolution Continues)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... Scheiberg, Susan L, and Neville, Shelley eds Transforming serials: the revolution continues. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press, 2003. 365p US$34.95 soft ISBN 0789022826 (also published as The Serials Librarian 44, 1/2, 3/4) This title is a...

A useful textbook?(Human Resource Management in Today's Academic Library: Meeting Challenges and Creating Opportunities)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... Simmons-Welburn, Janice, and McNeil, Beth, eds Human resource management in today's academic library: meeting challenges and creating opportunities. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, 2004.181 p US$45.00 hard ISBN 0313320764 This...

A world apart: but aesthetically proximate.(The Beinecke Library of Yale University, Treasures of The State Library of Victoria)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... Parks, Stephen, ed The Beinecke Library of Yale University. New Haven, CT: Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, 2003 237p US$50.00 hard ISBN 0845731505 (distributed by University Press of New England) Roberts, Bev...

In search of a great-great-grandmother.(The Librarian's Guide to Genealogical Services and Research)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... Swan, James The librarian's guide to genealogical services and research. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2004. 359p + CD-ROM US$75.00 soft ISBN 1555704913 What do you do when a patron comes to the enquiry desk and asks you to help her...

Medline's grandchildren.(Exploiting Knowledge in Health Services)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... Walton, Graham and Booth, Andrew, eds Exploiting knowledge in health services. London: Facet Publishing, 2004. 288p 49.95 [pounds sterling] hard ISBN 1856044793 With 45 years experience as health information professionals between them and...

Can be recommended.(Understanding information systems: What they do and why we need them)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... Ratzan, David Understanding information systems: what they do and why we need them. Chicago: American Library Association, 2004. 1272p US$58.00 soft ISBN 0838908683 Studies relating to information systems have become specialised and...