Australian Academic & Research Libraries articles from December 2006

Australian Academic & Research Libraries archives from December 2006

Redesigning the OPAC: moving outside the ILMS (1).(Online Public access Catalogue, Integrated Library Management System)
December 1, 2006... Recent years have seen the emergence of strong competitors to the role of the library as an information provider. These competitors include search engines, online encyclopedias and bookstores, and, unlike libraries, they have been able to...

A method of predicting queuing at library online PCs.
December 1, 2006... The ongoing pursuit of excellence in service delivery by La Trobe University Library (LTU) is monitored partly by periodic client satisfaction surveys. (1) These surveys are justified as being rewarding when the library gets it right, as well...

Publications received.
December 1, 2006... Knowledge Management S Debowski Milton Qld John Wiley 2006 ISBN 0470805382 Long-term Preservation of Digital Documents UM Borghoff, P Rodig, J Scheffczyk and L Schmitz (eds) New York Springer 2006 ISBN 3540336397 The Nuremberg Trials:...

'Arrogant conceit and impertinence': John Metcalfe's secondment to the University of Sydney Library.(Biography)
December 1, 2006... In the mid 1950s the University of Sydney Library, the oldest and largest university library in Australia, officially comprised the Fisher Library and three branch libraries--a law library and two medical libraries--all of them under the...

Globalisation and internationalisation: models and patterns of change for Australian academic librarians.
December 1, 2006... Whatever specific characteristics we tend to associate with the concept of 'globalization', it is an expression of 'new geopolitics' in which a control over territory is of lesser importance than the control of and access to all kinds of...

Marian Elizabeth Bate, BSc MSc Syd., DipLib UNSW, AALIA 1946-2006.(Obituary)
December 1, 2006... Marian Bate's considerable achievements in librarianship spanned a relatively short library career of 28 years, from 1973 to 2001. Marian passed away in June 2006, nearly five years after her retirement from the position of University Librarian...

Handbook of Electronic and Digital Acquisitions.(Book review)
December 1, 2006... Handbook of Electronic and Digital Acquisitions Thomas W Leonhardt (ed) New York Haworth Press 2006 xvi + 160p ISBN 9780789022929 Though unlike many Haworth Press publications in not being published simultaneously as an issue of a journal,...

Ida Leeson: A Life.(Book review)
December 1, 2006... Ida Leeson: A Life Sylvia Martin Crows Nest NSW Allen & Unwin 2006 242p ISBN 9781741148503 $29.95 Ida Leeson was born in Sydney in 1885 and lived in the working-class suburb of Leiehhardt. Her entry as a history honours student in the...

Libr@ries: Changing Information Space and Practice.(Book review)
December 1, 2006... Libr@ries: Changing Information Space and Practice Cushla Kapitzke and Bertram C Bruce (eds) Mahwah NJ Lawrence Erlbaum 2006 308p ISSN 0805854819 US$120 This collection brings together a stimulating and spirited set of essays that reflect...

Networking for Digital Preservation: Current Practice in 15 National Libraries.(Book review)
December 1, 2006... Networking for Digital Preservation: Current Practice in 15 National Libraries Ingeborg Verheul IFLA Publications 119 Munchen K G Saur 2006 269pp ISBN 3598218478 The foreword of Networking for Digital Preservation makes two key points:...

2005 Australian and New Zealand Academic Library (CAUL) statistics.(Council of Australian University Librarians)
December 1, 2006... Introduction The Australian and New Zealand academic library statistics are collected and published annually for CAUL (Council of Australian University Librarians). GAUL has engaged CAVAL Collaborative Solutions to collect and compile the...

Australian and New Zealand academic libraries listed by state.(Directory)
December 1, 2006... * Australian Catholic University Australian Capital Territory Australian Defence Force Academy (University of NSW) (a) Australian National University University of Canberra New South Wales Charles Sturt University ...