The Australian Library Journal articles from February 2004

The Australian Library Journal archives from February 2004

Guest editorial.(Margaret Trask, University of Technology, Sydney)(Obituary)
February 1, 2004... OVER THE COURSE OF HER LONG AND DISTINGUISHED CAREER, Margaret Trask was involved intimately, creatively and in many cases for extensive periods with nearly every aspect of Australian librarianship. Latterly as a member of the Council of the...

Margaret Trask.(Obituary)
February 1, 2004... MARGARET TRASK WAS A GREAT BENEFACTOR TO HER PROFESSION, her University and her friends. Librarianship and information studies were advanced by her insights and her innovative teaching. She captured the minds of a generation of students and...

Oh Margaret, would you be able to ...?(Margaret Trask)(Obituary)
February 1, 2004... I FEEL VERY PRIVILEGED TO HAVE BEEN ASKED TO OFFER A FEW WORDS OF REMINISCENCE about my association with Margaret Trask. My first contact with Margaret was shortly after I commenced as principal of the Kuring-gai College of Advanced Education...

Margaret Trask, AM: 27 April 1928-19 November 2002.(Obituary)
February 1, 2004... LIKE MOST OF US, MARGARET HAD TWO LIVES: A PRIVATE, AND A PUBLIC ONE. Margaret revealed her inner self to few but her public life is a matter of record. What follows is a broad outline of her; career in order to give some background to the more...

Enduring ideas: the contribution of Margaret Trask to education for the profession.
February 1, 2004... This article acknowledges and celebrates the contribution of Margaret Trask to education for beginning professionals in library and information work. It identifies four concepts or themes which underpinned the award courses developed and taught...

IFLA and professional ethics.(International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)
February 1, 2004... SOME THOUGHTFUL INDIVIDUALS HAVE RECOGNISED A NEED TO GO BEYOND the traditional ethical concerns of professions. This paper explores some of the ethical dimensions of modern librarianship by considering the establishment of the Free Access to...

Four decades of library automation: recollections and reflections.
February 1, 2004... The author reflects on some of the events and personalities which have had an impact on library automation in Australia. No attempt to take stock of developments in Australian librarianship during the course of Margaret Trask's long...

Valuing libraries.
February 1, 2004... This paper is a selective review of recent publications, focused on the economic value of public and special libraries which are treated separately, since context and organisational objectives differ widely for different types of libraries....

School libraries in Australia.
February 1, 2004... YEARBOOK AUSTRALIA 2003 REPORTS THAT IN AUGUST 2001 THERE WERE 9596 schools in Australia (2003:305). It can be claimed with confidence that each of these has a library and that a member or members of the school staff have specific...

Researching Australian children's literature.
February 1, 2004... WHEN IN 1962 I BEGAN TO RESEARCH THE HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN'S literature, access to the primary sources was limited and difficult. From a catalogue drawer in the Mitchell Library of hand-written cards marked 'Children's books' I could...

Glory days? Reflections on the 1988 Australian Libraries Summit and its aftermaths.
February 1, 2004... Background BY THE 24TH BIENNIAL CONFERENCE OF THE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA (LAA) in Darwin in July 1986, Warren Horton had been in office as director-general of the National Library of Australia (NLA) for just over one year. In an...

Margaret Trask: a bibliography.
February 1, 2004... [The compiler acknowledges the assistance provided by Belle Alderman, Mairead Browne, Alex Byrne, Lee Evans, Sue Johnson, Oliver Jones, Joyce Kirk and Maurice Saxby.] 1961 1. 'Upon this rock...': a centenary booklet: Penrith...

The electronic condolences book.(Obituary)
February 1, 2004... In the aftermath of Margaret's death, the ALIA website opened an electronic condolences book. The comments it contained are unique and personal: individually and in total they show how extensive Margaret's circle of friends in the profession...