Australian Academic & Research Libraries articles from September 2008

Australian Academic & Research Libraries archives from September 2008

Editorial.(Editorial)
September 1, 2008... Like the last issue, this issue of Australian Academic & Research Libraries includes papers from the RAILS4 conference organised by the School of Business Information Technology, RMIT University, and held at the State Library of Victoria on 30...

Separating the wheat from the chaff: identifying key elements in the NLA .au domain harvest.(National Library of Australia )
September 1, 2008... Australia established one of the world's first web archiving programs when it introduced PANDORA in 1996. PANDORA has been very successful in its aim of involving a range of institutions around the country in identifying specific Australian web...

A collection of importance: the role of selection in academic libraries.(Case study)
September 1, 2008... There has been little current research on the changing roles and responsibilities of academic librarians with regard to the development of Australian university library monograph collections. Ryland put forward the view, back in 1982, that...

Partnerships in medical education: an exploration of library service models for postgraduate medicine at Macquarie University.(Report)
September 1, 2008... Australian and overseas models of medical education are being reviewed in response to our changing health care environment. The growth of biomedical knowledge, along with other factors such as medical workforce shortages, subspecialisation and...

Where and why students choose to use computer facilities: a collaborative study at an Australian and United Kingdom university.(Report)
September 1, 2008... Academic libraries are undergoing significant change as more and more printed material becomes available electronically, as students demand collaborative and interactive study and learning spaces and as new technologies make possible things...

RFID in Australian academic libraries: exploring the barriers to implementation.(radio frequency identification)
September 1, 2008... Radio frequency identification (RFID) represents a range of identification technologies that are rapidly evolving and being adopted increasingly by businesses and other organisations worldwide, particularly in the Asia Pacific region. (1) These...

European Modernism and the Information Society: review article.(Critical essay)
September 1, 2008... European Modernism and the Information Society: Informing the Present, Understanding the Past (1) was published as the result of a conference held in 2005. It has thoughtful and detailed chapters on early 20th-century efforts to create,...

The 450th jubilee of the Bavarian State Library: a note.
September 1, 2008... To mark its founding in 1558 by Albrecht V, Duke of Bavaria, the Bavarian State Library (BSB) has issued a splendid catalogue (358 pages) with many sumptuous full-page coloured plates, taken from 113 works which were in the Library during its...

Research Within the Disciplines: Foundations for Reference and Library Instruction.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2008... Research Within the Disciplines: Foundations for Reference and Library Instruction Peggy Keeran et al Lanham MD Scarecrow Press 2007 267pp ISBN 0810856883 I really liked this book. The first thing that impressed me about Research...

Library Management and Marketing in a Multicultural World.(Book review)
September 1, 2008... Library Management and Marketing in a Multicultural World James L Mullins (ed) Munchen KG Saur 2007 366pp ISBN 9783598220326 ISSN 03446891 (IFLA Publications no.125) This volume is subtitled, Proceedings of the 2006 IFLA...

Mile-high Views: Surveying the Serials Vista; NASIG 2006, Proceedings of the North American Serials Interest Group.(Book review)
September 1, 2008... Mile-high Views: Surveying the Serials Vista; NASIG 2006, Proceedings of the North American Serials Interest Group Carol Ann Borchert and Gary Ives (eds) New York Haworth Information Press 2007 400pp ISBN 139780789036582 ...

Publications received.
September 1, 2008... Access to East European and Eurasian Culture Miranda Remnek (ed) New York Haworth Press 2007 ISBN 9780789033963 Usage Statistics of E-serials David C Fowler (ed) New York Haworth Press 2007 ISBN 9780789029881 Virtual Reference...