Australian Academic & Research Libraries articles from September 2001

Australian Academic & Research Libraries archives from September 2001

Position or purpose: situating the library in a webbed world.(supporting distance learning courses)
September 1, 2001... `Flexible delivery', like so many of the terms in which our modern discourse is conducted, has a number of different shades of meaning. To some people it connotes a particular form of distance education, one which makes use of modern...

Caul news -- corrections.(Correction Notice)
September 1, 2001... The editors wish to advise that the national borrowing scheme referred to in Helen Hayes' News from Caul article in the June issue will not completely free -- some universities in the ACT and NSW have insisted on retaining a joining fee. ...

Now it's royal Swets & Zeitlinger.(Brief Article)(Company Profile)
September 1, 2001... Swets & Zeitlinger are obviously pleased to announce that the company has been accorded `Royal' status on its one hundredth birthday. For a Dutch company to receive the designation of `royal', it must meet such criteria as being in existence...

Flexible delivery/flexible learning ... does it make a difference?
September 1, 2001... The application of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for learning continues to grow. ICTs are becoming faster, easier to use and more widely accessible -- on campuses, in libraries and learning centres, in workplaces, and in...

Swets blackwell launches SwetsWise.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Swets Blackwell, one of the world's largest providers of subscription and information management solutions, is proud to announce the launch of SwetsWise, their new web-based subscription service. SwetsWise will provide corporate users and...

Information literacy and flexible delivery: are we meeting student needs?(Central Queensland University)
September 1, 2001... At Central Queensland University (CQU) flexible learning is defined as `learning that is focussed on the needs of the learner in such aspects as curriculum content, sequencing of developmental pathways through the curriculum, and the timing,...

Virtual equality? equity and the use of information technology in higher education.(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... In an environment characterised by increasing budget constraint and competition, Australia s universities face significant challenges. These are informed by changes in the operating environment of higher education, especially the pressures for...

The library: an active partner in online learning and teaching.
September 1, 2001... Online learning and teaching in higher education continues to grow at a frantic pace in universities and other educational institutions. There are a number of reasons for this, including the need to establish market share or recover costs in an...

Alex Byrne elected to the Governing Board of IFLA.(International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... In the elections for the new Governing Board, the following candidates were successful: Alex Byrne (Australia), Derek Law (UK), Sissel Nilsen (Norway), Aha Maria Zimmerman (Argentina), Jianzhong Wu (China), Sally McCallum (USA) and Ellen Tise...

Integrating library services into the eLearning environment at Queensland University of technology.
September 1, 2001... The relatively rapid emergence of this new environment in academia posed a significant challenge to the library in terms of reviewing its traditional role. The library has developed and refocused its services in order to ensure that these...

Australians can now delve into corporate past.(Trans Data Corp. contributes public company annual reports to National Library)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... The TransData Corporation announced today that it is donating its vast collection of over 30,000 Australian public company annual reports to the National Library. The donation will assist the National Library to provide a comprehensive...

Terrorism, the internet and free access to information.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... The recent terrorist attacks on New York and Washington shocked and appalled librarians and information professionals around the world. The loss of life and destruction of facilities, including 9- libraries, horrify us. IFLA joins with our...

Course materials database: integrating information resources into online teaching for students at QUT.(Queensland University)
September 1, 2001... The QUT Course Materials Database project began following an agreement reached in March 2000 between the Australian Vice Chancellors' Committee and the Copyright Agency Limited which struck a flat rate fee for Australian universities to...

New IFLA guidelines.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Licensing Principles The worldwide marketplace for all types of electronic information resources is developing rapidly as publishers and vendors creating electronic information seek to attract libraries of all types (academic, public,...

Change in Australian Technology Network Libraries: A Showcase of Current Professional Practice. (Book Reviews).(Review)
September 1, 2001... Change in Australian Technology Network Libraries: A Showcase of Current Professional Practice edited by John Frylinck. Adelaide University of South Australia Library 2000 156p ISBN 0868036617 A$44.00 pap This book is the first publication...

Concept, Challenge, Conundrum: from Library Skills to Information Literacy. (Book Reviews).(Review)
September 1, 2001... Concept, Challenge, Conundrum: from Library Skills to Information Literacy Proceedings of the 4th National Information Conference December 1999 edited by Di Booker. Adelaide University of South Australia Library 2000 221p $45 + GST The...

Exploring the Contexts of Information Behaviour. (Book Reviews).(Review)
September 1, 2001... Exploring the Contexts of Information Behaviour Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Research in Information Needs, Seeking, and Use in Different Contexts Sheffield 13-15 August 1998 edited by T D Wilson and K K Allen. London and...

The Genius of Donald Friend: Drawings from the Diaries 1942-1989. (Book Reviews).(Review)
September 1, 2001... The Genius of Donald Friend: Drawings from the Diaries 1942-1989 selected and by Lou Klepac. Canberra National Library of Australia 2000 144pp ISBN 064210725 4 $9.95 Lou Klepac's friendship with Donald Friend developed during the 1980's....

New Technologies and Reference Services. (Book Reviews).(Review)
September 1, 2001... New Technologies and Reference Services edited by Bill Katz Binghampton. NY Haworth Press 2000 143p ISBN 0789011808 US$48.00 Bill Katz, is a well known author, editor, and professor of Information Science at SUNY, Albany, New York. He...

Information Literacy Standards. (Book Reviews).(Review)
September 1, 2001... Information Literacy Standards. Canberra Council of Australian University Librarians 2001 21p ISBN 0868036951 S30 for 10 copies or accessed at http://www.anu.edu.au/caul/caul-doc/publications.html The Australian Information Literacy...

The Vital Link: Library Staffing in the 21st Century. (Book Reviews).(Review)
September 1, 2001... The Vital Link: Library Staffing in the 21st Century Proceeding of the Second National Library Staffing Conference held by the University of South Australia, Adelaide, 22-23 July 1999 edited by Ann Luzeckyj. Adelaide University of South...

Publications received.(Australian Academic and Research Libraries)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Bunyips: Australia's Folklore of Fear by Robert Holden. Canberra National Library of Australia 2001. ISBN0642107327 226p $29.95 Measuring Service Quality edited by Martha Kyrillidou and Fred M Heath. Library Trends vol 49 no 4 Spring 2001...

Librarians and publishers working to a common agenda.(International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions with International Publishers' Association)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and the International Publishers' Association 0PA) have established a joint steering group to work together on matters of common interest. The group has now met...

2000 Australian and New Zealand academic library statistics.(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... Introduction The Australian and New Zealand academic library statistics are collected and published annually for CAUL (Council of Australian University Librarians). CAUL has engaged CAVAL Collaborative Solutions to collect and compile the...