Australian Academic & Research Libraries articles from December 2005

Australian Academic & Research Libraries archives from December 2005

Vale atque ave: passing the AARL editorial Baton.(Editorial)
December 1, 2005... This will be my last issue as Editor of Australian Academic & Research Libraries. I served an apprenticeship as Associate Editor and Book Review Editor under Peter Biskup from 1992 to the beginning of 1997, and then took over from him as...

Aligning information literacy with the faculty teaching and learning agenda.
December 1, 2005... The Science Library at the University of Tasmania (UTAS) was established in 1999 as the result of the amalgamation of two, smaller branch libraries, and is situated in Hobart's main campus,, Sandy Bay. The Faculty of Science, Engineering...

Embedding information literacy in the sociology program at the University of Otago.
December 1, 2005... The origins of information literacy (IL) can be found in both information science and bibliographic instruction (1) and the concept now features prominently in a very wide cross-section of education-related academic literature. (2) Although...

Actions and reactions: exploring international students' use of online information resources.
December 1, 2005... The parallel trends in higher education towards internationalisation and increasing dependence on ICTs (information and communication technologies) are contributing to the diversification of the student population and their learning needs. (1)...

Tech ed students strut their stuff: information literacy and a practical assignment.
December 1, 2005... This study seeks to explore the experience of technology education students in finding and using information for a practical assignment. This engineering assignment required students to design, manufacture and test a strut, then complete a...

Informing decision-making in libraries: informetric research as input to LIS education and practice.(Library and Information Science)
December 1, 2005... In his article about the challenges for library research, Michael Buckland emphasises the importance of gaining deeper understanding of important, but inadequately understood, phenomena that might improve library service, theory, design, or...

Rethinking what we do and how we do it: systems thinking strategies for library Leadership.
December 1, 2005... Library leaders at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly--SLO) facilitate an organisational learning process grounded in systems thinking and fortified by information literacy. This 'thought leadership' approach...

An exploratory study of collaboration in New Zealand tertiary libraries.
December 1, 2005... In New Zealand during the 1980s and into the 1990s, the public sector, including tertiary institutions and their associated libraries, was faced with decreased funding and government policies based on competitive business principles....

Wilma Radford 1912-2005.(Obituaries)(Obituary)
December 1, 2005... Wilma Radford was born at Warragul, Victoria on 31st July 1912 and died in Sydney on 27th August 2005 after a short illness. She was the fourth child of Walter and Emily Radford, and she had two older brothers, an older sister and a younger...

Laurel Anne Clyde.(Obituaries)(Obituary)
December 1, 2005... The international library and information community has been much saddened to learn of the sudden death of Professor L Anne Clyde in Reykjavik. Anne has been a great friend and colleague to many of us in IFLA and the library and information...

International evidence-based librarianship conference, Brisbane, 16-19 October 2005.(Conference Report)(Library and Information Science )
December 1, 2005... A relatively new area of librarianship, evidence-based practice owes its genesis to the move to evidence-based medicine and to a move to develop more scientifically valid means of LIS research. Evidence-based librarianship (EBL) is an...

CAUL report.(Council of Australian University Librarians)
December 1, 2005... The Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL) has met twice in 2005. At its first meeting in Auckland, New Zealand, a joint meeting with the Council of New Zealand University Librarians (CONZUL), it was agreed to develop guidelines in...

The Advanced Internet Searcher's Handbook.(Brief article)(Book review)
December 1, 2005... The Advanced Internet Searcher's Handbook 3rd ed by Phil Bradley. Facet Publishing 2004 257pp ISBN 1856045234 The internet is a bit like a treadmill because once you're on it, it's hard to get off and it just gets faster, says Bradley in...

Essential Dewey.(Brief article)(Book review)
December 1, 2005... Essential Dewey by J H Bowman. London Facet Publishing 2005 150p ISBN 1856045196 Essential Dewey is a simple introduction to Dewey Decimal Classification. It is easy to read and is a perfect aid for the student of classification. The...

Pioneers in Library and Information Services.(Brief article)(Book review)
December 1, 2005... Pioneers in Library and Information Services editor W Boyd Rayward Library Trends vol 52 no 4 Spring 2004 ISSN 0024-2594 $US28 (single copy) The essays in this issue of Library Trends discuss the roles of some pioneers in the field of...

Managing Information in the Digital Age: The Australian Technology Network Libraries Respond.
December 1, 2005... Managing Information in the Digital Age: The Australian Technology Network Libraries Respond editor Ann Huthwaite. Adelaide University of South Australia Library 2005 178pp The rapid growth of digital information creates a wide range of...

Planen und Gestalten. Festgabe fur Gunter Baron anlasslich seube Ausscheidens aus dem Amt des Standigen Vertreters des Generaldirektors der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin.(Festschriften, presenting special collection of writings upon the retirement of librarians)
December 1, 2005... Planen und Gestalten. Festgabe fur Gunter Baron anlasslich seube Ausscheidens aus dem Amt des Standigen Vertreters des Generaldirektors der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Herausgegeben yon Antonius Jammers unter Mitarbeit yon Martin Hollender und...

Qualitative Research for the Information Professional: A Practical Handbook.(Brief article)(Book review)
December 1, 2005... Qualitative Research for the Information Professional: A Practical Handbook 2nd ed by G E Gorman and Peter Clayton, with contributions from Sydney J Shep and Adela Clayton. London Facet Publishing 2005 282pp ISBN 1-85604-472-6 This book...

Vandals in the Stacks? A Response to Nicholson Baker's Assault on Libraries.(Book review)
December 1, 2005... Vandals in the Stacks? A Response to Nicholson Baker's Assault on Libraries by Richard J Cox. (Contributions in Librarianship and Information Science no 98) Westport CT Greenwood 2002 219p ISBN 0 313 32344 5 $US79.00 This is an eagerly...

Publications received.(Bibliography)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... The Learning Connection. Information Literacy and the Student Experience M Lupton Auslib Press Adelaide 2004 ISBN 1875145575 Archives: Recordkeeping in Society eds Sue McKemmish et al Wagga Wagga NSW Centre for Information Studies Charles...