The Australian Library Journal articles from May 2001

The Australian Library Journal archives from May 2001

Editorial.
May 1, 2001... A resounding silence? IN OUR PREVIOUS ISSUE, DR ROSS HARVEY RAISED SOME FAIRLY SERIOUS QUESTIONS REGARDING the quality of education for librarianship at the professional level, as well as expressing concern about the academic quality of...

The incredible treachery of words.(Poem)
May 1, 2001... Words are crafty. They slip away, follow children into classrooms, squeeze themselves through pencils onto paper where they smile from child-fresh drawings pinned to walls. Others clatter up cathedral steps, hide in books of liturgy, couch in...

Letters to the editor.
May 1, 2001... The public library as archive: a comment I noticed in your editorial [ALJ 49 [4] your assertions that `the largest repository of images, verbal and graphic, of [our] cultural identity was the libraries of Australia' and that `against this...

Libraries and literary outcomes: a crucial intersection in the cultural field.
May 1, 2001... The author examines the critical nexus between libraries and literary outcomes' and reviews the concept of a national library network as an `elaborate national public memory system`, a `knowledge commons', a `public domain of information'. This...

Narrative identity as a central theme in an ethics of librarianship.
May 1, 2001... The theory of narrative identity presented by Paul Ricoeur is suggested as a basis for understanding the notion of person. The action of reading is considered as an analogy to understand not only how we make an account of an individual or...

Virtual libraries -- long overdue: the Digital Agenda Act and Australian libraries.
May 1, 2001... `Here, then, is the point at which I see the new mission of the librarian rise up incomparably higher than all those preceding. Up until the present, the librarian has been principally occupied with the book as a thing, as a material object....

Customer services in the National Library of Australia: leading edge or dragging the chain?
May 1, 2001... Customer service in commonwealth government agencies has come a long way in the last decade. The growth of awareness of consumer affairs has led to the development of a service charter and complaints handling process in the National Library of...

The role of the internet for people with disabilities: issues of access and equity for public libraries.(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2001... This article reports two studies, which, although separate, focus on related issues concerned with online access for people with disabilities in the context of information and library provision. The first project concerns the potentialities of...

Mould: the invasive intruder!(library collections)
May 1, 2001... Being situated in the north tropics of Australia is an experience in itself, for someone who has never lived in this environment it is a daunting experience to realise your collection is now growing mould. When the collection is a valuable...

A semester in Palestine: volunteering in Birzeit University main library.
May 1, 2001... Manuscript received January 2001 LIBRARIES ARE AN ESSENTIAL RESOURCE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND PRESERVATION of cultures and societies. Sharing in the advancement of another society is an exciting activity that gives the opportunity to learn...

The Australian Library Journal: refereeing policy -- a clarification.
May 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...

Success at the enquiry desk.(Review)
May 1, 2001... Owen, Tim Success at the enquiry desk. 3rd ed. The successful LIS professional. London: Library Association Publishing, 2000. 87p 13.50 [pounds sterling] soft ISBN 1856044041 (available from James Bennett Pty Ltd) THE POPULARITY OF THIS...

The college student's research companion.(Review)
May 1, 2001... Quaratiello, Arlene R The college student's research companion. 2nd ed. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2000. 153p price not reported soft ISBN 1555703852 THIS BOOK IN NINE BRIEF CHAPTERS GUIDES THE READER SYSTEMATICALLY THROUGH THE...

Becoming a fundraiser: the principles and practice of library development.(Review)
May 1, 2001... Steele, Victoria, and Eider, Stephen D Becoming a fundraiser: the principles and practice of library development. 2nd ed. Chicago: American Library Association, 2000. 138p US$38.00 soft ISBN 0838907830 THE FOCUS OF THIS BOOK IS RAISING...

Buying and maintaining personal computers.(Review)
May 1, 2001... Howden, Norman. Buying and maintaining personal computers. How-to-do-it manuals for librarians, 98. New York, Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2000. 129pp. US$45.00 soft ISBN 1555703763 (available from DA Information Services) THIS BOOK SETS OUT...

Managing knowledge in health services.(Review)
May 1, 2001... Booth, Andrew, and Walton, Graham, eds Managing knowledge in health services. London: Library Association Publishing, 2000. 357p 45.00 [pounds sterling] hard ISBN 1856043215 THIS BOOK IS A SUCCESSOR TO MICHAEL CARMEL'S HEALTH CARE...

Systems analysis for librarians and information professionals.(Review)
May 1, 2001... Osborne, Larry N, and Nakamura, Margaret Systems analysis for librarians and information professionals. 2nd ed. Library and information science text series. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2000. 261 p US$54.00 soft ISBN 156308693X THIS...

Library outreach, partnerships and distance education: reference librarians at the gateway.(Review)
May 1, 2001... Arant, Wendi, and Mosley, Pixey A, eds Library outreach, partnerships and distance education: reference librarians at the gateway. New York: Haworth Information Press, 1999. 328p US$24.95 soft ISBN 0789009536 DISTANCE EDUCATION HAS EMERGED...

The romance readers' advisory: the librarian's guide to love in the stacks.(Review)
May 1, 2001... Bouricius, Ann The romance readers' advisory: the librarian's guide to love in the stacks. Chicago: American Library Association, 2000. 107p US$28.00 (US$25.20 ALA members) soft ISBN 0838907792 LIKE MANY COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE WORLD, I MET...

The human face of the book trade: print culture and its creators.(Review)
May 1, 2001... Isaac, Peter, and McKay, Barry, eds. The human face of the book trade: print culture and its creators. Print networks. Winchester: St Paul's Bibliographies; New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 1999. 228p. price not reported hard ISBN 1873040547...

Journeys through the market: travel, travellers and the book trade.(Review)
May 1, 2001... Myers, Robin, and Harris, Michael, eds Journeys through the market: travel, travellers and the book trade. Publishing pathways. Winchester, St Paul's Bibliographies; New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 1999. 152p price not reported hard...

Medicine, mortality and the book trade.(Review)
May 1, 2001... Myers, Robin, and Harris, Michael, eds Medicine, mortality and the book trade. Publishing pathways. Winchester, St Paul's Bibliographies; New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 1998. 158p price not reported hard ISBN1873040504 ONE OF THE...

Recollections: a life in bookbinding.(Review)
May 1, 2001... Middleton, Bernard C Recollections: a life in bookbinding. London: British Library; New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2000. 126p 25.00 [pounds sterling] hard ISBN 071234683X TO ANY PRACTISING BOOKBINDER OR HISTORIAN OF THE BOOK ARTS, THE...

Library trends.(Review)
May 1, 2001... Martin, Susan K, ed `Development and fund-raising initiatives'. Library trends 48, 3 (2000): 525-637. US$18.50 soft ISSN 00242594 SUSAN MARTIN, LIBRARIAN OF GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, HAS EDITED AN ISSUE OF LIBRARY Trends specifically related...

Building libraries for the 21st century: the shape of information.(Review)
May 1, 2001... Webb, T D, ed Building libraries for the 21st century: the shape of information. Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Company, 2000. 270p US$55.00 hard ISBN 0786406658 WEBB'S COMPILATION OF ESSAYS ON NEW LIBRARY BUILDINGS IS A CURIOUS POTPOURRI....

Library buildings: renovation and reconfiguration.(Review)
May 1, 2001... Jones, William G Library buildings: renovation and reconfiguration. Transforming libraries, 9. SPEC kits, 244. Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries, Office of Leadership and Management Services, 1999. 31 p US$28.00 soft ISSN...