Australian Academic & Research Libraries articles from September 2003

Australian Academic & Research Libraries archives from September 2003

Function changes form: evolution of the Sunshine Coast University Library.
September 1, 2003... In 1997 I wrote an article for inCite, the news magazine of the Australian Library and Information Association, describing the new library building at the University of the Sunshine Coast. The article was entitled, Form Does Equal Function, (1)...

From the other side of the counter: experiences of a librarian turned researcher.
September 1, 2003... When the National Library moved into its present building in 1968, I was appointed its first Keeper of Rare Books. In that capacity I worked on several bibliographical publications, the most important of which was my French Plays, 1701-1840 in...

Publications received.
September 1, 2003... Research Questions for the Twenty-first Century ed Mary Jo Lynch Library Trends vol 51 no 4 University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science ISSN 00242594 US$25 Economies of Libraries ed Lewis G Liu and Bryce Allen...

Reconsidering services for the postmodern student.
September 1, 2003... As universities offer more courses taught in online delivery mode, academic libraries must provide services to help support the students of these courses. Examined in a postmodern context, the needs and expectations of these students differ...

Content analysis of recordkeeping job advertisements in Western Australia: knowledge and skills required by employers.
September 1, 2003... The 2002 NSW records compliance audit conducted by the NSW Audit Office (1) showed that the majority of agencies was not totally compliant with the standards audited. (2) Only 12 agencies were totally compliant and this in a state with a...

Alex Byrne to be future IFLA President.(International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Australian Academic & Research Libraries congratulates Alex Byrne, University Librarian of the University of Technology, Sydney, who has been voted President-elect by IFLA members. Alex is the current chair of the IFLA Free Access to...

UNILINC--25 years on.(organization to help libraries in Australia)
September 1, 2003... The year 2003 marks a quarter of a century of successful cooperation amongst the libraries that make up the membership of the library network UNILINC. Formed in 1978 and originally known as CLANN Limited, the not-for-profit company held its...

Peter Clayton reappointed Editor.(Australian Academic & Research Libraries)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Jennefer Nicholson, Executive Director of ALIA, has advised that the ALIA Board of Directors has resolved to reappoint Peter Clayton as Editor of Australian Academic & Research Libraries from 1 July 2003 to June 2006. The ALIA Board of...

Collecting Australian online publications.
September 1, 2003... The National Library has recently conducted a review of its collecting of Australian online publications. Hard though it is to believe, we have now been selecting online publications for archiving for seven years, and in view of the...

The Bodleian Library in Oxford marks the 400th anniversary of its foundation: a note.
September 1, 2003... British library history has no lack of significant dates to celebrate, but even so, there are not too many libraries which can mark an anniversary going back 400 years. (1) The year 1602 was in fact when the library was 'restored' and...

Jean Primrose Whyte AM: 21 June 1928-18 March 2003.(Obituaries)(Obituary)
September 1, 2003... Jean Whyte, who died in March, entered librarianship by accident and rose to become one of the most outstanding and influential professional leaders of her generation. Jean was born in 1923 and spent her first decade on a sheep station...

Hedley Cyril Brideson: 13 August 1910-30 April 2003.(Obituaries)(Obituary)
September 1, 2003... Hedley Brideson was Principal (later State) Librarian of the Public (later State) Library of South Australia from 1955 until his early retirement on medical invalidity in 1970. He was appointed to the staff of the Public Library of South...

The Origins and Roles of Library Exhibitions: a Major Work of Scholarship. Kaltwasser, Franz Georg.(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... Die Bibliothek als Museum. Von der Renaissance bis heute dargestellt am Beispiel der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek [The Library as Museum. From the Renaissance to To-day, as Exemplified in the Bavarian State Library] (Beitrage zum Buch- und...

Current Theory in Library and Information Science.(Periodical Review)
September 1, 2003... William E McGrath ed Library Trends vol 50 no 3 Winter 2002 Available from University of Illinois Press $US28 Library Trends has contributed significantly to our discipline by publishing well constructed volumes giving a number of...

Evolution in Reference and Information Services: the Impact of the Internet.(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... Di Su ed Co-published simultaneously as The Reference Librarian vol 35 no 74 2001. New York Haworth Press 2001 Softcover $24.95 ISBN 0 7890 1723 7 The dynamic character of reference and information service is not a new development, but the...

Xreferplus <http://www.xreferplus.com> Email: daryl.rayner@xrefer.com.(evaluation of website)
September 1, 2003... AARL has not often reviewed online resources, but no doubt will increasingly do so in future. The publishers of xreferplus contacted us, and invited us to have a look at their service (see their URL and email contact details above), xreferplus...

2002 Australian and New Zealand academic library (CAUL) statistics.(Council of Australian University Librarians)(Illustration)
September 1, 2003... 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...