Australian Academic & Research Libraries articles from June 2000

Australian Academic & Research Libraries archives from June 2000

Benighted! How the University Library Survived the Auckland Power Crisis.(lessons learned from power failure in February 1998 helped library to prepare for possible disasters of Y2K)
June 1, 2000... No doubt all New Zealand and Australian academic librarians were well prepared for potential problems or disasters resulting from Y2K, and felt a mixture of relief and possibly even some disappointment when none occurred. It is probably true to...

Passive Environmental Control for Small Cultural Institutions in Australia.(author suggests many small institutions probably have no need for HVAC systems)
June 1, 2000... Over the past decades it has been custom in Commonwealth and State cultural institutions in Australia including museums, galleries, libraries and archives, to install heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, to provide...

Improving Access for the Public to the Collection of the National Archives of Australia.
June 1, 2000... Up to ten years or so ago the National Archives of Australia, under its then name of Australian Archives, was a service agency of government. It was located in the Department of Administrative Services along with agencies responsible for things...

Information Literacy Research: Dimensions of the Emerging Collective Consciousness.(analysis of the field of information literacy research)
June 1, 2000... Information literacy research (IL research) is still in its infancy. The number of studies that identify themselves as belonging to the domain is still relatively small, and the research endeavour is somewhat scattered. Nevertheless material...

Horst Kunze and Living History.(career of German library scholar and teacher has spanned second world are and beyond)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... The German librarian, scholar and teacher, Professor Horst Kunze, has just celebrated his ninetieth birthday and was honoured in a ceremony held on 2 October 1999 in the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, the successor to the Prussian State Library...

IFLA/FAIFE report of the Kosova Libraries Mission.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... The IFLA/FAIFE report of the joint Unesco, CoE and IFLA Kosova Library Mission is now available on the FAIFE website at: http://www.faife.dk/faife/kosova/kosorepo.htm. The report provides a general assessment and proposes a short and...

Acquired Tastes: Celebrating Australia's Culinary History.(Review)
June 1, 2000... Acquired Tastes: Celebrating Australia's Culinary History by Colin Bannerman Canberra National Library of Australia 1998 ISBN 0642106932 $29.95 Bannerman has written a lively and stimulating overview of Australia's culinary history. It is...

Caliber-99: Academic Libraries in Internet Era.(Review)
June 1, 2000... Caliber-99: Academic Libraries in Internet Era edited by PSG Kumar and CP Vashishth. Ahmedabad Information and Library Network Centre (INFLIBNET) 1999. Papers presented at the Sixth National Convention for Automation of Libraries in Education...

Globalization of Information: The Networking Information Society.(Review)
June 1, 2000... Globalization of Information: The Networking Information Society. The Hague The Netherlands Federation Internationale d'Information et de Documentation 1998 FID Congress (48th 1996 Graz Austria) FID Publication No 718 xiii 647p ISBN 9266007188...

Library Speak: A Glossary of Terms in Librarianship and Information Management.(Review)
June 1, 2000... Library Speak: A Glossary of Terms in Librarianship and Information Management compiled by Mary Mortimer Canberra DocMatrix 2000 142p ISBN 1876283165 $17.95 Library Speak definitely speaks to me. As a student who has recently commenced...

OZBIB: A Linguistic Bibliography of Aboriginal Australia and the Torres Strait Islands.(Brief Article)(Review)
June 1, 2000... OZBIB: A Linguistic Bibliography of Aboriginal Australia and the Torres Strait Islands by Lois Carrington and Geraldine Triffitt. Canberra Department of Linguistics Research School of Pacific Studies Australian National University 1999 ISBN...

Research Methods for Students and Professionals: Information Management and Systems.(Review)
June 1, 2000... Research Methods for Students and Professionals: Information Management and Systems Kirsty Williamson with Amanda Bow [and others]. Wagga Wagga: Centre for Information Studies, Charles Sturt University, 2000. ISBN 0 949060 89 5 xvii + 325p ...

Sue Kosse.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... ANU is pleased to announce that Sue Kosse will join the ANU Library from 1 June as Associate Director, Strategic Planning and Marketing. In her new role Sue will be coordinating strategic planning, knowledge management, quality assurance,...

Publications Received.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... ARL Annual Salary Survey 1999-2000 compiled and edited by Martha Kyrillidou and Michael O'Connor. Washington Association of Research Libraries 2000. ISSN 0361-5669 126p US $79 ($39 for ARL members) Change in Australian Technology Network...

SwetsNet content to expand.(Swets Blackwell adds more publishers)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Swets Blackwell has announced a number of agreements with publishers to provide access to online journal content through SwetsNet, the electronic journal `gateway' service. These signings take the number of primary publishers now participating...