Australian Academic & Research Libraries articles from December 1999

Australian Academic & Research Libraries archives from December 1999

Information Literacy: The 21st Century Educational Smartcard.
December 1, 1999... Australian higher education in the late 1990s has the following characteristics, shared to a lesser or greater degree with higher education in other developed countries: * mass participation--enrolments in Australian universities increased...

IFLA Honours Warren Horton.(International Federation of Library Associations)(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999... The International Federation of Library Associations has awarded an Honorary Fellowship to Warren Horton, recently retired Director General of the National Library of Australia, `in recognition of his distinguished record of service... As a...

Things Are Not Always as They Seem: Perceptions of the Role of Librarians in TAFE.
December 1, 1999... The librarian's role in vocational education and training has been viewed by teachers and management as one of service provision. Activities which centre on finding and locating material on shelves; acquiring and managing resources; checking...

New Executive Committee for CAUL.
December 1, 1999... In the 1999 CAUL election Felicity McGregor (University of Wollongong) and Earle Gow (LaTrobe University) were elected to the CAUL Executive Committee. Their term is initially for two years. They join Helen Hayes (University of Melbourne and...

Switched on Searching in a Wired World: Information Retrieval in the New Millennium (or Riding the Crest of the Wave without Drowning): 20 years on from MIDAS.
December 1, 1999... In April 1979, for the first time Australian libraries were able to dial-up and access electronic resources from multiple vendors through one service, MIDAS, the Multimode International Data Acquisition Service. This was launched by OTC to...

Jennefer Nicholson appointed Executive Director of ALIA.
December 1, 1999... Jennefer Nicholson was appointed Executive Director of ALIA in September. Jennefer has been Deputy Executive Director since 1993, and has acted as Executive Director from the beginning of the year. AARL extends its congratulations to Jennefer,...

The Discourse of the Internet and World Wide Web: Examples from Three Australian Groups.(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 1999... In 1978, James Martin predicted that a new age of universal computer use would soon arrive where we `... will have access to vast networks of program and data libraries' and that these `... systems will grow, multiply and interlink.'(1) At that...

An `Eccentric' Paper Edited for the Unwelcome Aliens.(The Chinese Advertiser)
December 1, 1999... A study of the earliest Australian Chinese newspaper, The Chinese Advertiser In the Australian gold fields last century the Chinese diggers were so industrious and frugal, and their alien costume, language and habits so unfamiliar to the...

Boyd Rayward Retires.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999... Professor Boyd Rayward has retired from the University of NSW, where he was Professor of Librarianship at the School of Information, Library and Archive Studies from 1986 to 1992 and Dean of the Faculty of Professional Studies from 1993 until...

Alex Byrne to go to UTS.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999... Alex Byrne, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Information Resources) at the Northern Territory University and a member of the AARL Editorial Board, has been appointed University Librarian at the University of Technology, Sydney. He is expected to take up...

CAUL/CONZUL Meeting.
December 1, 1999... 7-8 November 1999 Auckland The CAUL/CONZUL joint meeting was held in Auckland and included contributed papers and reports by 17 CAUL members, the CONZUL President Helen Renwick and the CAUDIT President Barbara Olde. Issues addressed...

National Scholarly Communications Forum Round Table on Archives.
December 1, 1999... 1-2 November 1999 Since 1993 the National Scholarly Communications Forum has worked to develop strategies responding to changes in copyright, new digital technologies, library provision, networking, scholarly publishing and higher...

Bucher, Menschen und Kulturen: Festschrift fur Hans-Peter Geh zum 65.(Review)
December 1, 1999... Bucher, Menschen und Kulturen: Festschrift fur Hans-Peter Geh zum 65. Geburtstag Herausgegeben von Birgit Schneider land others] Munich Saur 1999 xxxii 432p illus (some in colour) ISBN 3598113994 Australian librarians attending IFLA...

Libraries for the New Millenium: Implications for Managers.(Review)
December 1, 1999... Libraries for the New Millenium: Implications for Managers edited by David Raitt. London Library Association Publishing 1997 288p ISBN 185604257X To begin at the beginning. `The focus of this book is on how and why libraries and...

Management of Serials in Libraries.(Review)
December 1, 1999... Management of Serials in Libraries by Thomas E. Nisonger. Englewood Libraries Unlimited 1998 433p ISBN 1563086107 US$66.00 hard (available from James Bennett Pty Ltd) Management of Serials in Libraries focuses on the changes and challenges...

The Manager's Pocket Guide to Project Management.(Review)
December 1, 1999... The Manager's Pocket Guide to Project Management by Michael Greer. Amherst HRD Press 1999 188P + appendices ISBN 0874254884 US$7.95 One of the more significant challenges facing managers responsible for library and other information...

Profiles: Australian Women Scientists.(Review)
December 1, 1999... Profiles: Australian Women Scientists compiled by Ragbir Bhathal. Canberra National Library of Australia 1999 191p ISBN 0642107017 $24.95 After publishing a book on eminent Australian astronomers, Dr Bhathal now documents the contribution...

Publications Received.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999... The Aged in Australia: A Research Guide and Select Bibliography of Australian Publications complied by Roy Jordan. Canberra National Library of Australia 1999. ISBN 0642107092 $15.00 Exploring the Contexts of Information Behaviour edited by...