Australian Academic & Research Libraries articles from March 2003

Australian Academic & Research Libraries archives from March 2003

The successful future of the librarian: bookman or knowledge worker?
March 1, 2003... Because I suspect I am probably not well known to Australian academic and research librarians, a few words of explanation about my background will help to explain the viewpoint of this opinion piece. I worked for the first 25 years of my career...

Anne-Marie Schwirtlich goes to State Library of Victoria.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Anne-Marie Schwirtlich took up the position of CEO and State Librarian of the State Library of Victoria in mid February. Most recently Acting Director-General, National Archives of Australia, Ms Schwirtlich has occupied senior positions at the...

The historian as archival collector: an Australian local study.(analyzing Keith Swan's historical methods)(Critical Essay)
March 1, 2003... It was just an ordinary, brown Globite suitcase, the sort every kid used to take to school. Inside the lid, attached with sticky tape, was a label with the name `R C Evans'. It looked like a furphy. The case probably had been disinterred from...

Ross Gibbs appointed to NAA.(National Archives of Australia)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... The Minister for the Arts and Sports has announced that Ross Gibbs has been appointed as the new Director-General of the National Archives of Australia. Ross Gibbs is currently the Director of the Public Records Office in Victoria. ...

A happy partnership--using an information portal to integrate information literacy skills into an undergraduate foundation course.
March 1, 2003... The development of a basic, transferable set of skills which is acquired by undergraduates for their university career and beyond, has long been an issue in higher education. McInnis notes: In the last few years, the importance of...

CONZULSys libraries choose endeavor systems.(consortium of four New Zealand University libraries. Endeavor Information Systems Inc.)
March 1, 2003... The Voyager integrated library management system, ENCompass digital library management system, and LinkFinderPlus comprehensive linking system has been selected by CONZULSys, a consortium of four New Zealand university libraries: the Auckland...

Editorial correction.
March 1, 2003... The December 2002 issue was incorrectly labelled vol 32 no 4 when in fact it was vol 33 no 4. Our apologies to serials librarians and staff for this oversight.

Information literacy--is it worth the investment?
March 1, 2003... Central Queensland University (CQU) is a new and geographically dispersed university, with campuses and small library collections in ten locations. The present enrolment is about 19,500 students. (1) Almost half of these students are studying...

Separate but equal: librarians, academics and information literacy.
March 1, 2003... Efforts to fit librarians into subject disciplines as teachers have been a destructive trend in library science. Lifelong learning was the aim of bibliographic instruction long before the term `information literacy' was coined. Librarians and...

University of Auckland to enhance its library management system.
March 1, 2003... The University of Auckland has chosen ENCompass, Endeavor's digital management, organization and linking tool, for the university library. ENCompass will provide resource management and discovery options to accompany the library's July purchase...

Digital library services: perceptions and expectations of user communities and librarians in a New Zealand academic library.
March 1, 2003... The introduction of modern information technology and information resources in a dynamic digital format has forced libraries to make changes to the way that they provide services. As more and more information sources become available online,...

Vic Elliott appointed to ANU.(new university librarian at Australian National University )
March 1, 2003... Vic Elliott has been appointed Director of Scholarly Information Services and University Librarian at the ANU. He commenced work on 26 February 2003. Elliott comes to the ANU with a very distinguished background in advancing the...

11th Information Online Conference and exhibition, January 2003. (Conference Report).
March 1, 2003... Once again the biennial Information Online Conference in Sydney drew crowds to discuss new developments and issues for digital library services and collections. The 2003 event was a bumper conference in many ways, with a record breaking crowd...

American Philanthropy and Canadian Libraries: the Politics of Knowledge and Information.(Book Review)
March 1, 2003... By William J Buxton and Charles R Acland. Accompanied by Report on Canadian Libraries submitted to the Rockefeller Foundation in 1941 by Chares F McCombs. Montreal Graduate School of Library and Information Studies and The Centre for Research...

Diversity Now: People, Collections, and Services in Academic Libraries: Selected Papers from the Big 12 Plus Libraries Consortium Diversity Conference.(Book Review)
March 1, 2003... Edited by Teresa Y Neely and Kuang-Hwei (Janet) Lee-Smeltzer. Binghamton New York Haworth Information Press 2001 308p ISBN 0-7890-1697-4 (Co-published simultaneously as Journal of Library Administration, vol 33 nos 1/2 & 3/4.) This volume...

The MegaLex Concise Macquarie.(Review)
March 1, 2003... CDROM 3rd ed V 2.2 North Ryde Macquarie University 2002 $44.95 dictionary /'dikshuhnree, `dikshuhnuhree/noun, plural dictionaries. 1. a book containing a selection of the words of a language, usually arranged alphabetically, with...

The Newspaper Collection of the State Library of Victoria. A Forum organized by the State Library Development Committee, the Users Group SLV and the State Library of Victoria on 24 February 1999.(The La Trobe Library: Past, Present and Future)(Book Review)
March 1, 2003... The Newspaper Collection of the State Library of Victoria. A Forum organized by the State Library Development Committee, the Users Group SLV and the State Library of Victoria on 24 February 1999. Proceedings edited by W Kirsop. Monash...

Technological Advances in Reference: A Paradigm Shift? A theme issue of Library Trends.(Book Review)
March 1, 2003... Edited by Evelyn L Curry. Urbana Ill University of Illinois Press 2001. US$25 incl shipping (order form online http://alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/puboff/pdf/orderform.pdf). Has technology changed the way we view and value reference work? While...

National Library of Australia links to National Library Board of Singapore.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... The National Library of Australia and National Library Board of Singapore have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will allow both libraries to benefit from each other's expertise and ultimately improve services to users. The MOU,...

Divine.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... As many readers will be aware, the library supplier Divine/RoweCom has been placed under an Administrator and ceased business. We understand that EBSCO has signed a letter of intent to acquire the Divine business. Meanwhile, Swets Blackwell...

Publications received.
March 1, 2003... Libraries. Building Collections and Delivering Services ed T Conkling & L Musser. Haworth Press 2001 ISBN 0789016737 270pp US$59.95 hard $44.95 soft Not Seeing Red S Karetzky University Press of America 2002 ISBN 0761821627 The User's...