Australian Academic & Research Libraries articles from December 2001

Australian Academic & Research Libraries archives from December 2001

Australian government publications: the challenge of discovery in the digital age.
December 1, 2001... ABSTRACT Australian government publishing has had a rich and diverse history. There have been periods of decentralisation, commercialisation and now digitisation. Accessing Commonwealth government publications has become more complex than in...

Information literacy -- an institution-wide strategy.
December 1, 2001... ABSTRACT This paper argues that effective information literacy in the current rapidly changing social context is field and discipline specific and needs to be embedded in the usual teaching and learning arrangements of a course. In order to...

Australian professional library and information education: structural changes in the 1990s.
December 1, 2001... ABSTRACT Impacts of the substantial changes in Australian higher education during the 1990's on LIS professional education are discussed. The study draws on documentary and statistical data from the annual returns of LIS schools to the...

Themes and sub-themes in managers' work.(in an academic library)
December 1, 2001... ABSTRACT An academic library manager's job is characterised by the expression of various aspects of at least four core themes and other themes. The `other' themes include some which would be considered major themes in various contexts. The four...

Rewards, recognition and knowledge sharing: seeking a causal link.
December 1, 2001... ABSTRACT Knowledge sharing is the fundamental requirement of a knowledge-based organisation. Some of the greatest challenges for organisations moving down the knowledge management path stem from well established practices of hoarding knowledge,...

Measuring the performance of libraries in the knowledge economy and society.
December 1, 2001... ABSTRACT Infrastructure, lifelong learning, a knowledge culture, innovation, and information renewal and reinvestment are key components of a knowledge economy and society. This paper explores the value of libraries and information services in...

Treasures from the World's Great Libraries: a celebration of libraries and human endeavour.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... The National Library of Australia has opened a new international exhibition, Treasures from the World's Great Libraries. `This free entry exhibition is our gift to the nation at the conclusion of the Centenary of Federation and the National...

Miles and Briony Blackwell.(Obituary)
December 1, 2001... Miles Blackwell was known to and admired by many Australian librarians of my era. From the time he joined the family firm (known affectionately as `The Firm' to the family and `Blackwells' to the rest of us) in 1966 until his untimely death in...

Publishers and librarians promote common principles on copyright in the electronic environment.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... The joint Steering Group of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and the International Publishers Association (IPA) is working to promote common principles on copyright in the electronic environment. ...

Derek Fielding and the University of Queensland.(Letter to the Editor)
December 1, 2001... I would be grateful if this missive could be published as a letter to the editor to update the previous article. I am writing in relation to the article I prepared for the Fielding Festchrift produced as a special issue of Australian...