The Australian Library Journal articles from May 2004

The Australian Library Journal archives from May 2004

On celebration.(Australian Library Journal)
May 1, 2004... WHILE PREPARING COPY FOR THIS ISSUE, I CAME ACROSS THE FOLLOWING amongst the book reviews: In an age when students taking first degrees in library and information studies readily accept the fallacious assertion from some writers (who...

The end of history: censorship and libraries.
May 1, 2004... Libraries have vital roles in protecting heritage, offering individuals and societies opportunities to improve the quality of their lives, and contributing to civil society. They play an important role in the free exchange of ideas within...

Collaboration plus! The development of an information literacy and communication program.
May 1, 2004... This paper is a discussion of the processes involved in the evolution of an information literacy and communication unit (CO115 Health Communications) for College of Health students at the University of Notre Dame Australia, a collaboration...

Graduate information literacy skills: the 2003 ANU skills audit.(Australian National University)
May 1, 2004... This article looks at the information literacy (ILS) skills of graduate students and is based on an audit at the ANU in 2003 which included database searching, web searching, information management and word processing skills--vital to all...

Web usability testing in a polytechnic library.
May 1, 2004... The Temasek Polytechnic Library in Singapore launched its new digital library portal in December 2002. Circumstances precluded usability testing prior to this so it was with some concern that the library web team monitored its use. A few months...

Research in school librarianship 1991-2000: Australia in an international setting.
May 1, 2004... One aspect of a wider ongoing longitudinal study of 'Research and researchers in school librarianship' is discussed here. Research articles and conference papers published in English over the ten-year period 1991 to 2000 in the field of school...

A book in search of readers?(Learn basic library skills)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... Andersen, Elaine; Gosling, Mary and Mortimer, Mary Learn basic library skills. Lanham MD: Rowman and Littlefield/DocMatrix, 2002. 232p US$34.95 soft ISBN 0810844982 THIS VOLUME, WRITTEN BY AUSTRALIAN LIBRARIANS, DESCRIBES THE SKILLS NEEDED...

That critical nexus.(Puzzles and essays from "The exchange': tricky reference questions)(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... Anderson, Charles R Puzzles and essays from "The exchange': tricky reference questions. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Information Press, 2003. 215p US$14.95 soft ISBN 0789017628 'THE EXCHANGE' WAS A COLUMN WHICH RAN IN THE JOURNAL RQ (later...

Challenging an urban myth.(Teaching and marketing electronic information literacy programs)(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... Barclay, Donald A Teaching and marketing electronic information literacy programs. How-To-Do-It Manuals for Librarians, 125. New York: NeaI-Schuman Publishers, 2003. 250p +CD-ROM US$59.95 soft ISBN 1555704700 (available from DA Information...

Archival soundings.(Orinoco flow: culture, narrative, and the political economy of information)(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... Belton, Benjamin K Orinoco flow: culture, narrative, and the political economy of information. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2003. 224p US$35.00 soft ISBN 0810848317 (available from James Bennett Pty Ltd) THIS IS A SCHOLARLY EXPLORATION OF...

Tour de force.(The Lindisfarne gospels: society, spirituality and the scribe)(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... Brown, Michelle P The Lindisfarne gospels: society, spirituality and the scribe. British Library studies in medieval culture. London: British Library, 2003.479p 19.95 [pounds sterling] soft ISBN 0712348077 MICHELLE BROWN, A CURATOR AT THE...

Astonishing.(Painted labyrinth: the world of the Lindisfarne gospels)(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... Brown, Michelle P. Painted labyrinth: the world of the Lindisfarne gospels. London: British Library, 2003.48p 5.95 [pounds sterling] soft ISBN0712348115 THE LINDISFARNE GOSPELS, PRODUCED MORE THAN 1300 YEARS AGO AT THE MONASTERY of...

A head start.(Metadata fundamentals for all librarians)(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... Caplan, Priscilla Metadata fundamentals for all librarians. Chicago: American Library Association, 2003. 192p US$59.00 soft ISBN 0838908470 LIBRARIANS WILL IMMEDIATELY REALISE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN CREATING 'METADATA', or data bout data, in...

Down to earth.(Looking for information: a survey of research on information seeking, needs and behavior)(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... Case, Donald O Looking for information: a survey of research on information seeking, needs and behavior. San Diego, CA: Academic Press/Elsevier Science, 2002. 350p 62.00 [pounds sterling] hard ISBN 012150381X THIS IS NOT A PROFOUND WORK,...

Concise and sought-after.(Introduction to Modern Information Retrieval, 2nd ed.)(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... Chowdhury, G G Introduction to modern information retrieval. 2nd ed. London: Facet Publishing, 2003. 488p 39.95 [pounds sterling] soft ISBN 1856044807 (available from James Bennett Pry Ltd) WITH THIS BOOK CHOWDHURY HAS PRODUCED A VERY...

Good policy: flawed argument?(Empowering your Library: A Guide to Improving Service, Productivity and Participation)(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... Christopher, Connie Empowering your library: a guide to improving service, productivity and participation. Chicago: American Library Association, 2003.88p US$30.00 (ALA members $27.00) soft ISBN 0838908586 CHRISTOPHER BEGINS BY DEFINING...

Coming soon: the virtual librarian.(Going Live: Starting and Running a Virtual Reference Service, with Contributions )(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... Coffman, Steve Going live: starting and running a virtual reference service, with contributions by Michelle Fiander, Kay Henshall and Bernie Sloane. Chicago: American Library Association: 2003.182p US$42.00 soft ISBN 0838908500 IF IT IS...

Erials?(E-serials Cataloguing: Access to Continuing and Integrating Resources via the Catalog and the Web)(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... Cole, Jim, and Jones, Wayne, eds E-serials cataloguing: access to continuing and integrating resources via the catalog and the web. New York : Haworth Information Press, 2002.329p soft ISBN 0789017113 (also published as The Serials Librarian,...

The archivist-philosopher.(Cook, Terry, and Dodds, Gordon Imagining Archives: Essays and Reflections)(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... Cook, Terry, and Dodds, Gordon Imagining archives: essays and reflections by Hugh A. Taylor. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2003. 254p price not reported soft ISBN 081084771X (available from James Bennett Pty Ltd) Imagining archives is aptly...

Guerilla librarianship.(Biblia's Guide to Warrior Librarianship: Humour for Librarians Who Refuse to be Classified)(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... Credaro, Amanda Biblia's guide to warrior librarianship: humour for librarians who refuse to be classified. Illus. by Peter Lewis. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, 2003. 150p US$25.00 soft ISBN 1591580021 (available from DA Information...

Annual excellence.(Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, vol. 37)(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... Annual review of information science and technology. Volume 37, 2003. Ed. by Blaise Cronin. Medford, N J: Information Today for the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2002. 588p price not reported hard ISBN 1573871540 ...

Brief lives, obscure motives?(Dictionary of American Library Biography. Second Supplement)(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... Dictionary of American library biography. Second supplement. Ed. by Donald G Davis, Jr. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, 2003. 250p US$60.00 hard ISBN 1563088681 (available from DA Information Services) IN AN AGE WHEN STUDENTS TAKING...

Open here ...(Each of us is a Book: Poems for the Library Minded)(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... Drake, David Each of us is a book: poems for the library minded. Jefferson NC: McFarland and Company 2003. 133p US$25.00 soft ISBN 0786415681 THIS COLLECTION OF POEMS FOR THE LIBRARY MINDED APPARENTLY GREW OUT THE POET our library world'...

Skills for life.(Teaching the Library Research Process)(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... Kuhlthau, Carol C Teaching the library research process. 2nd ed. Lanham MD: Scarecrow Press, 2002. 190p US$24.95 soft ISBN 0810844192 (available from James Bennett Pty Ltd) HOW DO WE PREPARE CHILDREN TO LIVE FULL, PRODUCTIVE LIVES IN AN...

For the moral and educational benefit of society.(Libraries to the People: Histories of Outreach)(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... Freeman, Robert S, and Hovde, David M, eds Libraries to the people: histories of outreach. Jefferson: McFarland and Company, 2003. 255p US$39.95 soft ISBN 078641359X THE BULK OF THIS COLLECTION OF HISTORICAl ESSAYS WAS 0RIGINALLY PRESENTED...

Every student should be given one.(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... MLA handbook for writers of research papers. 6th ed. By Joseph Gibaldi. New York: Modern Language Association, 2003. 361p US$17.00 soft ISBN 0873529863 THIS HANDBOOK IS AIMED AT STUDENTS WHO ARE UNFAMILIAR WITH THE DEMANDS of writing a...

The educators' dilemma writ large.(Education for Cataloging and the Organization of Information: Pitfalls and the Pendulum)(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... Education for cataloging and the organization of information: pitfalls and the pendulum. Ed. by Janet Swan Hill. New York: Haworth Information Press, 2003.398p US$49.95 pap. ISBN 0789020297 (also published as Cataloging & Classification...

Immensely pragmatic.(The Power to Name: Locating the Limits of Subject Representation in Libraries)(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... Olson, Hope A. The power to name: locating the limits of subject representation in libraries. Dordrecht: Kluwer, 2002. 261p A$187.75 hard ISBN 1402007760 (available from DA Information Services) CRITIQUING THE 'PROBLEMATIC LEGACY' OF...

Informing our choice.(Library Information Systems: From Library Automation to Distributed Information Access Solutions)(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... Kochtanek, Thomas R, and Matthews, Joseph R Library information systems: from library automation to distributed information access solutions. Westport CT: Libraries Unlimited, 2002. 287p US$47.50 soft ISBN 1591580188 KOCHTANEK AND MATTHEWS...

If you want to talk about the books you love, this is for you.(The Booktalker's Bible: How to talk About the Books you Love to any Audience)(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... Langemack, Chapple The booktalker's Bible: how to talk about the books you love to any audience. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, 2003. 199p $US30.00 pap. ISBN 18002255800 HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE VERB 'BOOKTALK'? AS IN, 'I BOOKTALKED...

Bibliotheca Alexandrina: a library to spur peace and understanding in the Middle East.
May 1, 2004... We were in Egypt in October 2002 when Bibliotheca Alexandrina was opened, followed the lavish opening ceremony coverage on Nile TV and enjoyed the entertainment as well as televised library tours. This long-awaited event was attended by...

Celebrating Margaret Trask.(Letter to the Editor)
May 1, 2004... Thank you so much for the two copies of the issue of the Australian Library Journal that celebrates the life of Margaret Trask. While I was most interested and in full agreement with the tributes paid to Margaret herself I was fascinated with...