Australian Academic & Research Libraries articles from March 2006

Australian Academic & Research Libraries archives from March 2006

Editorial.(Editorial)
March 1, 2006... I approach my first issue of AARL with some trepidation. I am conscious of the long and fine tradition of this journal's previous editors: Dietrich Borchardt (1969-1984), John Horacek (1985-1989), Peter Biskup (1990-1997) and Peter Clayton...

Ranking journals in the humanities: an Australian case study.
March 1, 2006... Librarians have been engaged in the evaluation of journals for almost as long as journals have been published. The methods which we have used for evaluation have often been rather homespun--sometimes little more sophisticated than 'I know my...

What do they want?: A study of changing employer expectations of information professionals.
March 1, 2006... The 30 years from 1974 to 2004 have witnessed changes in information technology and information delivery. These years have also seen substantial change in the Australian workplace where industrial relation reforms have led to changed conditions...

LIDDAS goes live: how close is Australia to interlending in one easy step?(Local Interlending and Document Delivery Administration Systems)
March 1, 2006... Libraries have, over the past decade, been involved in a radical revolution in the ways they deliver service to users. Much has been written about projects which have developed innovative solutions to 'break down our walls' by providing digital...

Teaching information literacy with the Lerninformationssystem.
March 1, 2006... In 2001 scientists of the Sozialforschungsstelle Dortmund Landesinstitut (a federal state institute working in the, field of labour research, located in Dortmund, Germany) reported on barriers in using digital scientific information at German...

Building collections for all time: the issue of significance.
March 1, 2006... With only a small percentage of libraries building collections for permanent retention the issue of what these collections should, or should not, comprise has been debated only intermittently in the professional literature. With the hugely...

Victorian Association for Library Automation Inc (VALA) 13th Biennial Conference and Exhibition, Melbourne, February 8-10 2006.(Conference Reports)
March 1, 2006... This conference provided an opportunity to catch up with developments in information technology, international projects in developing digital libraries, knowledge management projects which have achieved new data models and provide examples of...

Library of the 21st century symposium, state library of Victoria, 23 February 2006.(Conference notes)
March 1, 2006... Two hundred people at this one-day symposium held at the State Library of Victoria heard a range of papers from key Australian and international decision-makers, commentators and industry leaders, addressing the question posed in the...

The Academic Library by Peter Brophy.(Book review)
March 1, 2006... The Academic Library by Peter Brophy. 2nd ed London Facet Publishing 2005 233p ISBN 1-85604-5277-7 This book delivers on its promise 'to provide an introductory textbook which covers the main issues in academic libraries at this time.' Its...

Improving Internet Reference Services to Distance Learners ed William Miller and Rita M. Pellen.(Book review)
March 1, 2006... Improving Internet Reference Services to Distance Learners ed William Miller and Rita M. Pellen. New York Haworth Information Press 2004 209p ISBN 0-7890-2718-6 US$29.95 + US$4:00 p&p (also available as Internet Reference Services Quarterly vol...

Publications received.
March 1, 2006... Authority Control in Organizing and Accessing Information. Definition and International Experience ed A G Taylor and B B Tillett New York Haworth 2005 ISBN 078902716X BIALL Handbook of Legal Information Management ed L Worley Aldershot...