Australian Academic & Research Libraries articles from March 2002

Australian Academic & Research Libraries archives from March 2002

Virtual libraries: service realities.
March 1, 2002... What are some of the client service issues to be considered when transiting to a virtual library situation? Before discussing client service in an electronic environment, I would first like to take a brief look at our world: the world in which...

Correction.
March 1, 2002... The table which appeared on p271 of Vol 32 No 4 December 2001 AARL (Roxanne Missingham `Australian Government Publications: The Challenge of Discovery in the Digital Age') `4' was inadvertently substituted for ticks. The corrected table is...

AARL welcomes Mandy Lupton.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Russell McCaskie has temporarily stepped aside as Associate Editor because of work commitments, and Mandy Lupton is acting as Associate Editor. Mandy is Teaching and Learning Officer in the Social Sciences and Humanities Cluster at the...

Developing lifelong learners: controversy and the educative role of the academic librarian.
March 1, 2002... Information literacy continues to be a key professional focus for Australian librarians in higher educational institutions. Many academics promote the development of students as `lifelong learners', a goal that encompasses teaching people to...

Can an online tutorial pass the test for library instruction? An evaluation and comparison of library skills instruction methods for first year students at Deakin University.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2002... The Deakin University Library information literacy program offers training in a range of library and research skills to all levels of study. For first year students, liaison librarians at Deakin University aim to deliver library and research...

Touring by design: using information architecture to create a virtual library tour.(Web site design)
March 1, 2002... What is Information Architecture? In the commercial world web page designers use the term information architecture to describe website design and structure. Web Word says that, `information architecture involves the design and organisation...

RoweCom becomes divine.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... divine, inc, recently completed acquisitions of a number of companies including RoweCom. Others incorporated were Northern Light Technology LLC, Data Return Corporation, eshare communications, Open Market, Eprise Corporation and Synchrony...

Paul Raabe honoured: a note.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Among Germany's postwar research library heads none has had a higher national and international profile than Paul Raabe. He first rose to notice through outstanding work he did at the German Literature Archive at Marbach in South Germany where...

`Treasures from the World's Great Libraries' National Library of Australia.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Treasures of the world have come to Canberra, the National Library proclaimed, and treasures it indubitably offered. It proved necessary to time your visit early in the day to minimise a wait in the admission queue, for the advertising did not...

Treasures breaks all exhibition records.(Treasures Exhibition at National Library of Australia)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... There has never been another public event for the NLA like the Treasures Exhibition. It attracted over 115,000 visitors, more than doubling the previous best attendances of about 43,000 for The World Upside Down and Paradise Possessed by the...

Assessing Digital Library Services a theme issue of Library Trends.
March 1, 2002... edited by Thomas A Peters. Urbana Ill University of Illinois Press 2000. US$30 incl shipping (order form online http://alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/puboff/pdf/orderform.pdf) In the 21st century all libraries provide some digital services, be they...

The Early History of the House of Commons Library. Reports from the Standing Committee on the Library of the House 1840-1856.
March 1, 2002... Edited with an introduction by Chris Pond. Transcribed by Catherine Close (House of Commons Library Documents no 23) Westminster, pub. for the House of Commons Library by The Stationery Office Ltd 2001 37p iilus ISBN 0 10 850697 5 10 [pounds...

Publications received.
March 1, 2002... Computer-based Instruction in Libraries and Library Education ed T G McFadden. Library Trends vol 50 no 1 Summer 2001. ISSN 0024-2594 Single copies US$25 including postage Speaking Volumes: The Victorian Parliamentary Library...