Australian Academic & Research Libraries articles from June 2008

Australian Academic & Research Libraries archives from June 2008

Editorial.(Editorial)
June 1, 2008... This issue of Australian Academic & Research Libraries and the next feature a selection of papers from the RAILS4 (Research Applications in Information and Library Studies) conference organised by the School of Business Information Technology...

Publication by Australian LIS academics and practitioners: a preliminary investigation.(library and information science)
June 1, 2008... Much has been written about scholarly communication, with studies investigating the drivers for research and publishing, the channels researchers use to communicate their ideas, research results and experiences, and the technological, social...

Quality Australian journals in the humanities and social sciences.
June 1, 2008... Australian researchers are under increasing pressure to provide evidence of quality research output, an imperative in part due to the research funding model for universities and to plans for the Research Quality Framework (RQF), which was...

Research literature and its perceived relevance to university librarians.(Survey)
June 1, 2008... The ongoing development of the Research Quality Framework (RQF) for Australian universities has highlighted the need for library and information science (LIS) researchers to consider carefully the nature and impact of their work. In addition,...

Teenagers talking about reading and libraries.(Report)
June 1, 2008... Past research has found that as children reach adolescence, they become to read in their leisure time and thus visit libraries less. (1) One solution suggested to overcome this reluctance to read is the provision of a wide variety of reading...

Harrison Bryan: 23 September 1923-12 February 2008.(Obituary)
June 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Harrison Bryan's attitude to life, and to the library profession, is best epitomised by a photograph of him in his office at the Fisher Library with his shirtsleeves roiled up. Harry had the ability to mix socially...

Collection Development Issues in the Online Environment.(Book review)
June 1, 2008... Collection Development Issues in the Online Environment. Di Su (ed) New York Haworth Information Press 2007 170pp ISBN 9780789030863 (Also published as The Acquisitions Librarian v19 nos 1/2) Collection development has always been of major...

SPEC Kit 292: Institutional Repositories.(Book review)
June 1, 2008... SPEC Kit 292: Institutional Repositories Charles W Bailey Jr Washington DC Association of Research Libraries 2006 174pp ISSN 0160-3582 ISBN 1594077088 The purpose of the survey reported in this SPEC Kit is stated as the collection of...

Spec Kit 297: Library Development.(Book review)
June 1, 2008... Spec Kit 297: Library Development K N Jennings and J Wanschers Washington DC Association of Research Libraries 2006 148pp ISSN 0160-3582 ISBN 1594077134 As the series number implies, this is one of very many kits produced by the...

Private Press Books 2002 and Private Press Books 2003.(Periodical review)
June 1, 2008... Private Press Books 2002 and Private Press Books 2003 Paul Nash, Margaret Lock and Asa Peavy (eds) Pinner Private Libraries Association 2007 ISSN 0079-5402 2002 84pp ISBN 9781900002779 2003 74pp ISBN 9780900002878 Since the first issue of...

Cataloger, Editor, and Scholar: Essays in Honor of Ruth C Carter.(Book review)
June 1, 2008... Cataloger, Editor, and Scholar: Essays in Honor of Ruth C Carter Robert P Holley (ed) Binghamton NY Haworth Information Press 2007 417pp ISBN 978078903622-3 (Also published as Cataloging & Classification Quarterly v44) In 2006 Dr Ruth...

Publications received.
June 1, 2008... Building Your Portfolio: The CILIP guide Margaret Watson London Facet 2008 ISBN 9781856046121 Emerging Technologies for Knowledge Resource Management M Paul Pandian and C R Karisiddappa Oxford Chandos 9007 ISBN 9781843343707 European...