The Australian Library Journal articles from November 2002

The Australian Library Journal archives from November 2002

Margaret Trask AM BA, MLib, FLAA.(librarian)(Obituary)
November 1, 2002... As this issue of the journal was going to press, word came in that Margaret Trask had died: a future issue will contain a fuller account of Margaret's life and her immense contribution to the Association and the profession. With permission, we...

Editorial.(Editorial)
November 1, 2002... ALL NEW ENTERPRISES, LIKE THIS EDITORIAL, START WITH A BLANK PAGE. The organizers of this year's Biennial Conference Powering the future began, however long ago (three years?) with a page with nothing on it. From this in due course emerged the...

Ever thought of becoming a referee for ALJ?
November 1, 2002... It's not an onerous task, and intermittent, rather than continuous. Our referees tell us that it is an interesting and occasionally challenging job, and that it stimulates reflection on their particular areas of expertise. Articles submitted at...

Information futures--professional issues.(Australian Library and Information Association conference)
November 1, 2002... This paper was delivered as a prelude to the ALIA biennial conference Powering the Future, Sydney, May 2002 Introduction THIS PAPER AIMS TO PROVIDE CONTEXT FOR ONE OF THE PRIMARY PURPOSES OF THE conference, which is to develop a...

Australia at a turning point.(report at the Australian Library and Information Association conference)(Transcript)
November 1, 2002... This is the text of an address given to the ALIA Biennial Conference Powering our future, Sydney NSW 20-22 May 2002 IT IS THE GREATEST OF ALL CLICHES TO SAY THAT AUSTRALIAN SOCIETY IS CHANGING. It is a bit hard to talk about contemporary...

Ideas to dollars--science, technology and innovation.(Australian Library and Information Association conference)(Transcript)
November 1, 2002... This paper was given at the ALIA National Conference Powering our future, Sydney NSW 20-22 May 2002 EVERYBODY AGREES THAT INNOVATION, BASED ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, is vital for the future of Australia. We have the word of the nation's...

The tyranny of ignorance.(Australian Library and Information Association conference)(Transcript)
November 1, 2002... This paper was given at the ALIA Biennial Conference Powering our future, Sydney NSW 20-22 May 2002 THE TITLE OF THIS TALK CAME TO ME SOME MONTHS AGO when I was listening on ABC radio to my old sparring partner Geoffrey Blainey addressing...

An invitation to contribute.
November 1, 2002... The Australian Library Journal is ALIA's journal of record. As such it reflects a cross-section of issues critical to the profession at any given time. Published continuously for over fifty years it now represents the most substantial and...

The librarian and the management of information overload.
November 1, 2002... This paper was given at the ALIA Biennial Conference Powering our future, Sydney NSW 20-22 May 2002 FIRST, I MUST THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION TO ADDRESS THIS CONFERENCE. It is a great privilege, though I have to tell you that I was...

Business, knowledge, information: where's the value proposition?
November 1, 2002... This is the abridged text of a paper given at the ALIA Biennial Conference Powering our future, Sydney NSW 20-22 May 2002; the full PowerPoint version may be found at http://www.alia.org.au/...

Information futures.(Australia Library and Information Association biennial conference report)(Transcript)
November 1, 2002... This is the text of an address reviewing contributions to the ALIA Biennial Conference Powering our future, Sydney NSW 20-22 May 2002 WELL, WHAT A CONFERENCE! WHAT ORGANISATION AND WHAT A SURVEY of key values relevant to powering our future...

Information futures: a conference summary.(Transcript)
November 1, 2002... This paper was delivered as a conclusion to the ALIA Conference Powering the Future, Sydney, May 2002 THIS BRIEF PAPER CONTAINS A SUMMARY OF THE PROFESSIONAL ISSUES out Of the conference of importance to the development of an information...

Pulling the threads together: agenda for action.(Australian Library and Information Association conference)(Transcript)
November 1, 2002... In which the then president-elect of ALIA identifies an agenda for the Association arising from issues emerging during the ALIA Biennial Conference Powering our future, Sydney NSW 20-22 May 2002 This has been a very exciting and stimulating...

Review article: Seymour Lubetzky Writings on the classical art of cataloguing.('Writings on the Classical Art of Cataloging')(Book Review)
November 1, 2002... Luhetzky, Seymour. Writings on the classical art of cataloging, compiled and edited by Elaine Svenonius, Dorothy McGarry. Englewood, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, 2001. xxi, 443p. ports. ISBN 1 56308 932 7. Price not given This volume is...

The story continues ...('Annual Review of Information and Science Technology (ARIST), Volume 36')(Book Review)
November 1, 2002... Annual Review of Information and Science Technology (ARIST), Volume 36. Ed. by Blaise Cronin. Medford, NJ, Information Today, 2002. 693 pp. US$99.95 ($US79.95 ASIST members) hard ISBN 1573871311 THIS IS THE LATEST IN AN ESTABLISHED SERIES...

The paper GP.('The Medical Library Association Consumer Health Reference Service Handbook')(Book Review)
November 1, 2002... Barclay, Donald A and Halsted, Deborah D, The Medical Library Association consumer health reference service handbook. New York: Neal-Shuman Publishers, 2001. 200 pp. + CD-ROM US$59.95 soft ISBN 1555704182 THE MEDICAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION...

More than you need, perhaps?('Neal Schuman Complete Internet Companion for Librarians, 2nd ed.')(Book Review)
November 1, 2002... Benson, Allen C Neal-Schuman complete Internet companion for librarians. 2nd ed. New York: Neal. Schuman Publishers, 2001. 566p + CD-ROM US$79.95 soft ISBN155570414X (available from DA Information Services) IT IS DIFFICULT TO ARGUE WITH...

`Joshua fit the battle of Jericho ...'.('Libraries Without Walls 4: the Delivery of Library Services to Distant Users' )(Book Review)
November 1, 2002... Brophy, Peter; Fisher, Shelagh, and Clarke, Zoe Libraries without walls 4: the delivery of library services to distant users. London: Facet Publishing, 2002. 320p 39.95 [pounds sterling] hard ISBN 185604436X AS THE INFORMATION AGE GAINS...

Who, indeed?('The Mystery Reader's Advisory: the Librarian's Clues to Murder and Mayhem')(Book Review)
November 1, 2002... Charles, John; Morrison, Joanna; and Clark, Candace The mystery reader's advisory: the librarian's clues to murder and mayhem. Chicago: American Library Association, 2002. 225p US$30.00 (ALA members $27.00) ISBN 083890811X THIS SLIM VOLUME...

Pointing the reader in the right direction.('Running an Indexing Business' and 'Glossary of Terminology in Abstracting, Classification, Indexing and Thesaurus Construction')(Book Review)
November 1, 2002... Perlman, Janet, ed Running an indexing business. Medford, NJ: Information Today in association with the American Society of Indexers, 2001.79p US$31.25 soft ISBN 1573871125 Wellisch, Hans J Glossary of terminology in abstracting,...

Another gem from Library trends.('Technological Advances in Reference: a Paradigm Shift?')(Book Review)
November 1, 2002... Curry, Evelyn L, ed Technological advances in reference: a paradigm shift?, Library trends 50, 2:165-307. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2001. US$25.00 soft ISSN 00242594 HAS THE INCREASED RELIANCE ON TECHNOLOGY BROUGHT...

Remote but still connected.('Attracting, Educating, and Serving Remote Users Through the Web')(Book Review)
November 1, 2002... Curtis, Donnelyn, ed Attracting, educating, and serving remote users through the Web. How-to-do-it manuals for librarians, 114. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2002. 262p US$55.00 soft ISBN 1555704360 (available from DA Information Services)...

In the beginning ...(Book Review)
November 1, 2002... Davis, Donald G Jr; Carpenter, Kenneth E; Wiegand, Wayne A and Aikin, Jane Winsor, Dewey and Putnam: the Boston experience. Occasional papers, 212. Urbana-Champaign, IL: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Graduate School of Library and...

You choose ...('Coaching in the Library: a Management Strategy for Achieving Excellence')(Book Review)
November 1, 2002... Metz, Ruth F Coaching in the library: a management strategy for achieving excellence. Chicago: American Library Association, 2002. 168p US$45.00 (ALA members US$40.50) soft ISBN 0838908098 RUTH METZ CONTENDS THAT `EVERY INDIVIDUAL WHO WORKS...

Pay your money: take your choice.('Information Delivery in the 21st Century: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Fee. based Information Services in Libraries')(Book Review)
November 1, 2002... Information Delivery in the 21st Century: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Fee. based Information Services in Libraries. Ed. by Suzanne M. Ward, Yem S. Fong and Tammy N. Dearie. New York: Haworth Information Press, 1999....

Sydney: from A to Z.('Historical Dictionary of Sydney' )(Book Review)
November 1, 2002... Emerson, Arthur Historical dictionary of Sydney. Historical dictionaries of the world, 10. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2002. 563p hard US$85.00 ISBN 0810839997 FROM `ABORIGINES' TO `ZOOS' IN 450 PAGES, THIS HANDY ENCYCLOPAEDIC WORK was...

Good, but US-centric.('Television and Film: An Annotated Bibliography of Research Materials')(Book Review)
November 1, 2002... Hoffmann, Frank W., and Pitts, Michael R. Television and Film: An Annotated Bibliography of Research Materials. Mobile, AL: Infosential Press, 2000. CD-ROM price not reported no ISBN HOFFMANN AND PITTS HAVE COMPILED A SUBSTANTIAL...

Not for everyone.('Library Trends')(Periodical Review)
November 1, 2002... McGrath, William E, ed `Current Theory in Library and Information Science'. Library Trends 50, 3: 309-574. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2002. US$25.00 soft ISSN 00242594 LIBRARY TRENDS IS A QUARTERLY JOURNAL THAT AIMS TO...

For cyber scribes.('Super Searcher, Author, Scribe: Successful Writers Share Their Internet Research Secrets')(Book Review)
November 1, 2002... Page, Loraine Super searcher, author, scribe: successful writers share their Internet research secrets. Medford, NJ: Information Today, 2002. 186p $US24.95 soft ISBN 0910965i87 THIS VOLUME IN THE SUPER SEARCHERS SERIES IS AIMED AT...

Prodigiously informative.('The ASLIB Directory of Information sources in the United Kingdom, 11th ed.')(Book Review)
November 1, 2002... The Aslib directory of information sources in the United Kingdom. 11th ed. Ed. by Keith W. Reynard. London: Aslib IMI, 2000. 1559p price not reported hard ISBN 0851424309 WHAT CAN ONE SAY ABOUT A BOOK WHICH CONSISTS OF 11 600 ENTRIES for...

But at US$55?('Microsoft Outlook: a How-To-Do-It Manual and CD-ROM Tutorial')(Book Review)
November 1, 2002... Sauers, Michael P Using Microsoft Outlook: a how-to-do-it manual and CD-ROM tutorial. How-to-do-it manuals for librarians, 112. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2001. 175p US$55.00 soft ISBN 1555704204 THIS BOOK CATERS FOR THE BEGINNER AS...

Comprehensive but not complete.('Libraries, the Internet, and Scholarship: Tools and Trends Converging')(Book Review)
November 1, 2002... Thomas, Charles F Libraries, the internet, and scholarship: tools and trends converging. New York: Marcel Dekker, 2002.216p price not reported hard ISBN 0824707729 THIS WORK ANALYSES THE MOST CURRENT TRENDS AND TOOLS that affect how...

Leadership: not management.('Leadership in the Library and Information Science Professions')(Book Review)
November 1, 2002... Winston, Mark D, ed Leadership in the library and information science professions. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press, 2001. 198p US$44.95 hard ISBN 0789014157 (also published as the Journal of Library Administration, 32, 3/4) LEADERSHIP 1S...