Australian Academic & Research Libraries articles from June 2004

Australian Academic & Research Libraries archives from June 2004

AskNow!--evaluating an Australian collaborative chat reference service: a project manager's perspective.
June 1, 2004... The advent of the internet, innovative technology and the increased availability of electronic resources have impacted dramatically and globally on the provision of reference and information services. As the number of people 'living online'...

Do virtual reference librarians dream of digital reference questions?: A qualitative and quantitative analysis of email and chat reference.
June 1, 2004... In 1984 when the internet was just a shadow of its later self, Maurice B Line noted that because of the increasing possibilities of information technology, libraries will 'devote less attention to storage and more to transmission'. (1) Perhaps...

Wine on the Web: Australian wine information on the web and its prospects for long-term preservation and access: most Web publications are lost forever and can never be retrieved again. We are wasting our digital heritage (1).
June 1, 2004... The way information is created and used changed significantly in the final decade of the 20th century. Digital information, in physical format or online, is the medium of choice for many producers, publishers and users of information. The...

New Zealand University Library Acquisitions Consortium for the supply of print monograph resources.
June 1, 2004... An increasing proportion of academic library budgets for resources and access are being committed to subscription-based electronic resources. Add to this the expenditure on print subscriptions, and the result is an increasing proportion of...

Natural language thesaurus: a survey of student research skills and research tool preferences.
June 1, 2004... Over the past ten years there has been an increase in various research tools such as databases, online journals, and the internet. Students experience difficulties using databases, library catalogues, online journals and the internet because of...

Eoin Howitt Wilkinson.(Obituary)(Obituary)
June 1, 2004... Those who knew and admired Eoin Wilkinson feel keenly the loss of such a complete professional and gentle man from among the ranks of leading Australian librarians. Although since July 1987 Eoin had been retired from his position as...

Collection Management: a Concise Introduction.(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... Collection Management: A Concise Introduction John Kennedy. Wagga Wagga NSW Centre For Information Studies Charles Sturt University 2002 vi 144pp (Topics in Australasian Library and Information Studies No 19) ISBN 1-876938-18-8 ...

Journal of Access Services: Innovations for Electronic and Digital Library and Information Resources.(Periodical Review)
June 1, 2004... Journal of Access Services: Innovations for Electronic and Digital Library and Information Resources Lori Driscoll ed (effective with vol 2, no 1, Spring 2004). Haworth Information Press ISSN 1536-7967 When I picked up the first issue of...

La Veritable Histoire de la Grande Bibliotheque.(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... La Veritable Histoire de la Grande Bibliotheque Francois Stasse Paris Editions du Seuil 2002 210pp 25.20 Euro ISBN 2 02 051761 2 This work is a good account of the controversies and catastrophes which initially surrounded the construction...

Library Trends.(Periodical Review)
June 1, 2004... Library Trends Deborah Joseph Schmidle issue editor 'Services to the Labor Community' vol 51 no 1 Summer 2002 139pp ISSN 0024-2594 This issue of Library Trends documents the past and present of library services to a specialised...

Allies, Enemies and Trading Partners: Records on Australia and the Japanese.(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... Allies, Enemies and Trading Partners: Records on Australia and the Japanese Pam Oliver Canberra National Archives of Australia 2004 288p ISBN 1920807039 A well made research guide excites researchers just as a store catalogue does...

Publications received.
June 1, 2004... Australian Library Supervision and Management 2nd ed R Sanders Topics in Australasian Library and Information Studies no 21 Centre for Information Studies 2004 ISBN 1876938307 Economics of Libraries ed L Liu and B Allen Library Trends vol...