Australian Academic & Research Libraries articles from December 2008

Australian Academic & Research Libraries archives from December 2008

Editorial.(Editorial)
December 1, 2008... This is my final editorial as the editor of Australian Academic & Research Libraries. I am now living outside Australia and consider it inappropriate for an Australian journal to be edited from abroad: an editor based outside the country cannot...

Indigenous digital collections: an early look at the organisation and culture interface.
December 1, 2008... In 2004, researchers from the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) conducted a review of the ATSILIRN (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Libraries and Information Resource Network) Protocols for Libraries, Archives and Information...

The importance of understanding statistics: an analysis of document supply statistics at Macquarie University Library.
December 1, 2008... Macquarie University, established in 1964, is today a modern research-based university that aims to serve the needs of industry and the community. The university is located strategically within the technology corridor of Sydney's north-west....

A new era of open access?
December 1, 2008... Prior to the 2007 Australian Federal election, the Howard Government's new funding model for research in the higher education sector, the Research Quality Framework (RQF), was being implemented. The RQF was a 'work in progress' and a means of...

Research information needs of public policy oriented researchers at a regional university: issues emerging from a pilot study.
December 1, 2008... The creation of social research to inform the development of public policy is a topical issue for academic social scientists. (1) The issue has gained momentum through the evidence-based policy movement originating in the United Kingdom. (2) In...

A re-evaluation of the South Australian Literary and Scientific Association Library.
December 1, 2008... Following passage of the South Australia Act 1834, various groups were established to promote the proposed settlement. One of these was the South Australian Literary and Scientific Association (SALSA) (1) whose object was 'the Cultivation and...

Owen E Slight, 1924-2008: a tribute.(In memoriam)
December 1, 2008... Owen Slight, who died on 10 September 2008, was one of the talented band of librarians who contributed so much during the expansionary era of Australian academic librarianship after the Murray Report of 1957. (1) Born in New Zealand, he was...

Building Your Portfolio: The CILIP Guide.(Book review)
December 1, 2008... Building Your Portfolio: The CILIP Guide Margaret Watson London Facet 2008 xix 131pp ISBN 9781856046121 This slim volume, written by a former President of the UK Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP),...

Google and the Myth of Universal Knowledge: A View from Europe.(Book review)
December 1, 2008... Google and the Myth of Universal Knowledge: A View from Europe Jean-Noel Jeanneney Chicago University of Chicago Press 2007 xvi 92pp ISBN 9780226395777 This short volume is a translation of Jean-Noel Jeanneney's influential...

The Teaching Library: Approaches to Assessing Information Literacy Instruction.(Book review)
December 1, 2008... The Teaching Library: Approaches to Assessing Information Literacy Instruction Scott Walter (ed) New York Haworth 2007 230pp ISBN 9780789031495 (Also published as Public Services Quarterly vol 3 nos 1/2 2007) This collection...

Metadata.(Book review)
December 1, 2008... Metadata Marcia Lei Zeng & Jian Qin London Facet 2008 300pp ISBN 9781856046558 This excellent primer on all things metadata is intended as both a textbook (with supporting website and CD-ROM) and an instructional guide for...

Introduction to Health Sciences Librarianship.(Book review)
December 1, 2008... Introduction to Health Sciences Librarianship M Sandra Wood (ed) New York Haworth 2008 493p ISBN 978-0-7890-3596-7 M Sandra Wood, a retired US medical librarian of some 35 years standing, has filled a niche with the publication of...

Publications received.
December 1, 2008... Digital Images for the Information Professional Melissa M Terras Aldershot Hants Ashgate 2008 ISBN 9780754648604 Doctorates Downunder Carey Denholm and Terry Evans (eds) Melbourne ACER 2007 ISBN 0864314299 Information...