Australian Academic & Research Libraries articles from March 2001

Australian Academic & Research Libraries archives from March 2001

Working Towards Best Practice in Australian University Libraries: Reflections on a National Project.
March 1, 2001... The Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL) has been concerned for some time to facilitate access by Australian university libraries to information which would assist them with the implementation of best practice initiatives. Funding...

Information Literacy Standards.
March 1, 2001... The first edition of the following standards derives from the US Information Literacy Standards for Higher Education approved by the Association of College and Research Libraries in January 2000, and subsequently endorsed by the American...

Teaching Skills for Teaching Librarians: Postcards from the Edge of the Educational Paradigm.
March 1, 2001... Traditionally, the academic librarian has sought to develop in clients the skills required to effectively and efficiently locate resources contained within a specific library, and universally accepted titles such as `user education' or...

The Role of Academic Libraries in the Development of the Information Literate Student: The Interface Between Librarian, Academic and Other Stakeholders.
March 1, 2001... Information literacy has been a major concern of the library profession in Australia over the past decade. At present there is no indication of any slackening of interest in the topic. The number of recent conferences on information literacy...

Swets Blackwell and IBM announce Product Development Agreement.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Swets Blackwell and IBM have announced an agreement to develop and build a portfolio of web-based information management products and services. These will be rolled out over the next five months and will allow corporate clients and end-users to...

Library and Academic Collaboration: A Case Study in Teaching Media Communications.
March 1, 2001... Media and communication studies have expanded greatly in Australian universities. Many courses in this field are offered within a liberal arts context. Those designing and delivering these courses face the familiar higher education challenges...

Allan Fleming, 5 March 1912 - 18 January 2001.(former National Librarian of Australia)(Obituary)
March 1, 2001... I first met Allan Fleming in the early 1970s, when he walked, unannounced, into my office in Paris. I was then responsible for the OECD Information Policy Group, and Allan wanted to talk about information policy matters and to tell me about...

Information Online 2001 Digital Dancing: New Steps, New Partners.(Australian library conference)
March 1, 2001... What are the steps and who are the partners in this digital dance? A recent graduate and new recruit to an academic library waltzes her way across the dance floor. The Portal Boogie The new dance craze sweeping organisations is known...

Association of Technological University Libraries (IATUL) Conference: Virtual Libraries, Virtual Communities Brisbane 3-7 July 2000.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Brisbane provided a warm and pleasant venue for this conference, which attracted world class Australian and International speakers. It created a valuable opportunity to review the challenges for library services in the 21st century, with an...

The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate Volume 1 1901-1929.(Review)
March 1, 2001... The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate Volume 1 1901-1929 edited by Ann Millar. Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2000 478p ISBN 0522849210 RRP $76.95 (includes GST) When studying Australian history in the early 1960s, I...

The Social Life of Information.(Review)
March 1, 2001... The Social Life of Information by John Seely Brown and Paul Duguid. Boston Harvard Business School 2000 336p ISBN 0875847625 $US25.95 I read this book after Maxine Brodie, State Library of New South Wales, recommended it last year. John...

The House of Commons Library: A History.(Review)
March 1, 2001... The House of Commons Library: A History by David Menhennet. Second edition with additional material by Rob Clements and Chris Pond. House of Commons Library Document no 21. Westminster The Stationery Office for the House of Commons Library...