Australian Academic & Research Libraries articles from June 2006

Australian Academic & Research Libraries archives from June 2006

Globalisation and changing practices for academic librarians in Australia: a literature review.
June 1, 2006... In the age of the internet, the knowledge society is linked with globalisation and provides the framework for the modern university. Yet there has been little research on how globalisation affects librarians' roles in institutional...

Are AustLII and Google enough for legal research?
June 1, 2006... As many law librarians use the Australasian Legal Information Institute (hereafter AustLII) and/or Google on a daily basis, it is a useful exercise to examine what AustLII and Google do and do not do. This exercise is useful because experience...

Scientific and Technological Information Services in Australia: I. History and Development.
June 1, 2006... ********** Information management is a term that has been appropriated by various groups of information professionals since the 1970s and applied to a wide range of functions. It therefore suffers a variety of definitions that differ in...

The current status of teaching and fostering information literacy in TAFE.(Technical and Further Education )
June 1, 2006... A key concern of librarians employed in the Technical and Further Education (TAFE) sector in Australia is to help students improve their ability to find and use information. Information literacy programs are provided by most TAFE libraries for...

The Book of [the] Iran National Library.(Book review)
June 1, 2006... The Book of [the] Iran National Library. Tehran National Library and Archives of the Islamic Republic of Iran 2005 40p English text 112p Farsi text No ISBN The political importance of national libraries has long been recognised in western...

Biall Handbook of Legal Information Management.(Book review)
June 1, 2006... BIALL Handbook of Legal Information Management editor Loyita Worley. Hants Ashgate 2006 316p ISBN 0754641821 70.00 [pounds sterling] This volume constitutes the British and Irish Association of Law Librarians' successor to its two previous...

Characteristics of the Successful Twenty-First Century Information Professional.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Characteristics of the Successful Twenty-First Century Information Professional Dennie Heye. Oxford Chandos 2006 167p ISBN 1 84334 145 X (paperback) 39.95 [pounds sterling] This brief and breezy book is laid out like a blog. And boy, is it...

A Model for Work-Based Learning.(Book review)
June 1, 2006... A Model for Work-Based Learning Belle Alderman and Patricia Milne. Lanham MD Scarecrow Press 2005 200p ISBN 0810850206 This book is based on the authors' experience of an initiative run over ten years by the (now defunct) undergraduate...

Publications received.
June 1, 2006... Comparative Perspectives on E-government." Serving Today and Building for Tomorrow eds P Hernon, R Cullen and HC Relyea Lanham, MD Scarecrow 2006 ISBN 0810853574 Electronic Journal Management Systems: Experiences from the Field ed G Ives...

Revised Australian Interlibrary Resource Sharing (ILRS) code.(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... A revised Australian Interlibrary Resource Sharing (ILRS) Code was launched at the National Resource Sharing Consultation Forum on 18 May 2006 for adoption by Australian libraries from 1 July 2006. The new ILRS Code is available online in HTML...

State library of NSW appoints new State Librarian and Chief Executive.
June 1, 2006... Belinda Hutchinson, President of the Library Council of NSW, has announced the appointment of Regina Sutton as the new State Librarian and Chief Executive of the State Library of New South Wales. Ms Sutton will formally take up the position on...