The Australian Library Journal back issues from May 2001:
Editorial.
May 01, 2001 ... A resounding silence? IN OUR PREVIOUS ISSUE, DR ROSS HARVEY RAISED SOME FAIRLY SERIOUS QUESTIONS REGARDING the quality of education for librarianship at the professional level, as well as expressing concern about the academic quality of students admitted into the professional ...
The incredible treachery of words.(Poem)
May 01, 2001; ... Words are crafty. They slip away, follow children into classrooms, squeeze themselves through pencils onto paper where they smile from child-fresh drawings pinned to walls. Others clatter up cathedral steps, hide in books of liturgy, couch in hymns, escape through prayers. I hear them ...
Letters to the editor.
May 01, 2001 ... The public library as archive: a comment I noticed in your editorial [ALJ 49 [4] your assertions that `the largest repository of images, verbal and graphic, of [our] cultural identity was the libraries of Australia' and that `against this almost willful cultivation of ignorance ...
Libraries and literary outcomes: a crucial intersection in the cultural field.
May 01, 2001; ... The author examines the critical nexus between libraries and literary outcomes' and reviews the concept of a national library network as an `elaborate national public memory system`, a `knowledge commons', a `public domain of information'. This commons is the location for a fluid and ...
Narrative identity as a central theme in an ethics of librarianship.
May 01, 2001; ... The theory of narrative identity presented by Paul Ricoeur is suggested as a basis for understanding the notion of person. The action of reading is considered as an analogy to understand not only how we make an account of an individual or corporate life, but also how we as persons live ...
Virtual libraries -- long overdue: the Digital Agenda Act and Australian libraries.
May 01, 2001; ... `Here, then, is the point at which I see the new mission of the librarian rise up incomparably higher than all those preceding. Up until the present, the librarian has been principally occupied with the book as a thing, as a material object. From now on he must give his attention to the ...
Customer services in the National Library of Australia: leading edge or dragging the chain?
May 01, 2001; ... Customer service in commonwealth government agencies has come a long way in the last decade. The growth of awareness of consumer affairs has led to the development of a service charter and complaints handling process in the National Library of Australia that provides a model of service in ...
The role of the internet for people with disabilities: issues of access and equity for public libraries.(Statistical Data Included)
May 01, 2001; ... This article reports two studies, which, although separate, focus on related issues concerned with online access for people with disabilities in the context of information and library provision. The first project concerns the potentialities of online services for people who are blind and ...
Mould: the invasive intruder!(library collections)
May 01, 2001; ... Being situated in the north tropics of Australia is an experience in itself, for someone who has never lived in this environment it is a daunting experience to realise your collection is now growing mould. When the collection is a valuable research collection used by research scientists in ...
A semester in Palestine: volunteering in Birzeit University main library.
May 01, 2001; ... Manuscript received January 2001 LIBRARIES ARE AN ESSENTIAL RESOURCE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND PRESERVATION of cultures and societies. Sharing in the advancement of another society is an exciting activity that gives the opportunity to learn about the culture you are visiting and ...
The Australian Library Journal: refereeing policy -- a clarification.
May 01, 2001 ... We have recently been made aware that DETYA requires that articles should be refereed by persons who are not members of the relevant journal's ...
Success at the enquiry desk.(Review)
May 01, 2001; ... Owen, Tim Success at the enquiry desk. 3rd ed. The successful LIS professional. London: Library Association Publishing, 2000. 87p 13.50 [pounds sterling] soft ISBN 1856044041 (available from James Bennett Pty Ltd) THE POPULARITY OF THIS TITLE CAN BE GAUGED BY THE FACT THAT, ...
The college student's research companion.(Review)
May 01, 2001; ... Quaratiello, Arlene R The college student's research companion. 2nd ed. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2000. 153p price not reported soft ISBN 1555703852 THIS BOOK IN NINE BRIEF CHAPTERS GUIDES THE READER SYSTEMATICALLY THROUGH THE basics of the research process in academic ...
Becoming a fundraiser: the principles and practice of library development.(Review)
May 01, 2001; ... Steele, Victoria, and Eider, Stephen D Becoming a fundraiser: the principles and practice of library development. 2nd ed. Chicago: American Library Association, 2000. 138p US$38.00 soft ISBN 0838907830 THE FOCUS OF THIS BOOK IS RAISING FUNDS FOR LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT AND HOW TO DO ...
Buying and maintaining personal computers.(Review)
May 01, 2001; ... Howden, Norman. Buying and maintaining personal computers. How-to-do-it manuals for librarians, 98. New York, Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2000. 129pp. US$45.00 soft ISBN 1555703763 (available from DA Information Services) THIS BOOK SETS OUT TO BRIEF LIBRARY SCIENCE STUDENTS AND ...
Managing knowledge in health services.(Review)
May 01, 2001; ... Booth, Andrew, and Walton, Graham, eds Managing knowledge in health services. London: Library Association Publishing, 2000. 357p 45.00 [pounds sterling] hard ISBN 1856043215 THIS BOOK IS A SUCCESSOR TO MICHAEL CARMEL'S HEALTH CARE LIBRARIANSHIP AND INFORmation work. Although the ...
Systems analysis for librarians and information professionals.(Review)
May 01, 2001; ... Osborne, Larry N, and Nakamura, Margaret Systems analysis for librarians and information professionals. 2nd ed. Library and information science text series. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2000. 261 p US$54.00 soft ISBN 156308693X THIS IS A USEFUL, PRACTICAL APPROACH TO ...
Library outreach, partnerships and distance education: reference librarians at the gateway.(Review)
May 01, 2001; ... Arant, Wendi, and Mosley, Pixey A, eds Library outreach, partnerships and distance education: reference librarians at the gateway. New York: Haworth Information Press, 1999. 328p US$24.95 soft ISBN 0789009536 DISTANCE EDUCATION HAS EMERGED AS BIG BUSINESS WORLDWIDE IN THE PAST ...
The romance readers' advisory: the librarian's guide to love in the stacks.(Review)
May 01, 2001; ... Bouricius, Ann The romance readers' advisory: the librarian's guide to love in the stacks. Chicago: American Library Association, 2000. 107p US$28.00 (US$25.20 ALA members) soft ISBN 0838907792 LIKE MANY COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE WORLD, I MET MY FUTURE WIFE IN A LIBRARY -- YET ANN ...
The human face of the book trade: print culture and its creators.(Review)
May 01, 2001; ... Isaac, Peter, and McKay, Barry, eds. The human face of the book trade: print culture and its creators. Print networks. Winchester: St Paul's Bibliographies; New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 1999. 228p. price not reported hard ISBN 1873040547 ONE OF THE UNEXPECTED SPIN-OFFS OF ...
Journeys through the market: travel, travellers and the book trade.(Review)
May 01, 2001; ... Myers, Robin, and Harris, Michael, eds Journeys through the market: travel, travellers and the book trade. Publishing pathways. Winchester, St Paul's Bibliographies; New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 1999. 152p price not reported hard ISBN1873040563 ONE OF THE UNEXPECTED ...
Medicine, mortality and the book trade.(Review)
May 01, 2001; ... Myers, Robin, and Harris, Michael, eds Medicine, mortality and the book trade. Publishing pathways. Winchester, St Paul's Bibliographies; New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 1998. 158p price not reported hard ISBN1873040504 ONE OF THE UNEXPECTED SPIN-OFFS OF THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION ...
Recollections: a life in bookbinding.(Review)
May 01, 2001; ... Middleton, Bernard C Recollections: a life in bookbinding. London: British Library; New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2000. 126p 25.00 [pounds sterling] hard ISBN 071234683X TO ANY PRACTISING BOOKBINDER OR HISTORIAN OF THE BOOK ARTS, THE NAME BERNARD Middleton needs no ...
Library trends.(Review)
May 01, 2001; ... Martin, Susan K, ed `Development and fund-raising initiatives'. Library trends 48, 3 (2000): 525-637. US$18.50 soft ISSN 00242594 SUSAN MARTIN, LIBRARIAN OF GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, HAS EDITED AN ISSUE OF LIBRARY Trends specifically related to development and fund-raising ...
Building libraries for the 21st century: the shape of information.(Review)
May 01, 2001; ... Webb, T D, ed Building libraries for the 21st century: the shape of information. Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Company, 2000. 270p US$55.00 hard ISBN 0786406658 WEBB'S COMPILATION OF ESSAYS ON NEW LIBRARY BUILDINGS IS A CURIOUS POTPOURRI. Webb states in his preface that his book ...
Library buildings: renovation and reconfiguration.(Review)
May 01, 2001; ... Jones, William G Library buildings: renovation and reconfiguration. Transforming libraries, 9. SPEC kits, 244. Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries, Office of Leadership and Management Services, 1999. 31 p US$28.00 soft ISSN 01603582 WEBB'S COMPILATION OF ESSAYS ON ...