The Australian Library Journal back issues from February 2004:
Guest editorial.(Margaret Trask, University of Technology, Sydney)(Obituary)
Feb 01, 2004; ... OVER THE COURSE OF HER LONG AND DISTINGUISHED CAREER, Margaret Trask was involved intimately, creatively and in many cases for extensive periods with nearly every aspect of Australian librarianship. Latterly as a member of the Council of the University of Technology, Sydney and as its ...
Margaret Trask.(Obituary)
Feb 01, 2004; ... MARGARET TRASK WAS A GREAT BENEFACTOR TO HER PROFESSION, her University and her friends. Librarianship and information studies were advanced by her insights and her innovative teaching. She captured the minds of a generation of students and converted staff colleagues into enthusiastic ...
Oh Margaret, would you be able to ...?(Margaret Trask)(Obituary)
Feb 01, 2004; ... I FEEL VERY PRIVILEGED TO HAVE BEEN ASKED TO OFFER A FEW WORDS OF REMINISCENCE about my association with Margaret Trask. My first contact with Margaret was shortly after I commenced as principal of the Kuring-gai College of Advanced Education in 1988. Margaret had been very influential in ...
Margaret Trask, AM: 27 April 1928-19 November 2002.(Obituary)
Feb 01, 2004; ... LIKE MOST OF US, MARGARET HAD TWO LIVES: A PRIVATE, AND A PUBLIC ONE. Margaret revealed her inner self to few but her public life is a matter of record. What follows is a broad outline of her; career in order to give some background to the more detailed contributions which make up the body ...
Enduring ideas: the contribution of Margaret Trask to education for the profession.
Feb 01, 2004; ... This article acknowledges and celebrates the contribution of Margaret Trask to education for beginning professionals in library and information work. It identifies four concepts or themes which underpinned the award courses developed and taught under Margaret's leadership, and examines how ...
IFLA and professional ethics.(International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)
Feb 01, 2004; ... SOME THOUGHTFUL INDIVIDUALS HAVE RECOGNISED A NEED TO GO BEYOND the traditional ethical concerns of professions. This paper explores some of the ethical dimensions of modern librarianship by considering the establishment of the Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE) ...
Four decades of library automation: recollections and reflections.
Feb 01, 2004; ... The author reflects on some of the events and personalities which have had an impact on library automation in Australia. No attempt to take stock of developments in Australian librarianship during the course of Margaret Trask's long professional life could neglect this fundamental area ....
Valuing libraries.
Feb 01, 2004; ... This paper is a selective review of recent publications, focused on the economic value of public and special libraries which are treated separately, since context and organisational objectives differ widely for different types of libraries. Those who wish to further explore this topic will ...
School libraries in Australia.
Feb 01, 2004; ... YEARBOOK AUSTRALIA 2003 REPORTS THAT IN AUGUST 2001 THERE WERE 9596 schools in Australia (2003:305). It can be claimed with confidence that each of these has a library and that a member or members of the school staff have specific responsibility for its operation. That this is so is ...
Researching Australian children's literature.
Feb 01, 2004; ... WHEN IN 1962 I BEGAN TO RESEARCH THE HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN'S literature, access to the primary sources was limited and difficult. From a catalogue drawer in the Mitchell Library of hand-written cards marked 'Children's books' I could call up from the stacks, in alphabetical order, ...
Glory days? Reflections on the 1988 Australian Libraries Summit and its aftermaths.
Feb 01, 2004; ... Background BY THE 24TH BIENNIAL CONFERENCE OF THE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA (LAA) in Darwin in July 1986, Warren Horton had been in office as director-general of the National Library of Australia (NLA) for just over one year. In an impressively wide-ranging speech to the ...
Margaret Trask: a bibliography.
Feb 01, 2004; ... [The compiler acknowledges the assistance provided by Belle Alderman, Mairead Browne, Alex Byrne, Lee Evans, Sue Johnson, Oliver Jones, Joyce Kirk and Maurice Saxby.] 1961 1. 'Upon this rock ...': a centenary booklet: Penrith Methodist Church. Penrith, [the Church?] ...
The electronic condolences book.(Obituary)
Feb 01, 2004 ... In the aftermath of Margaret's death, the ALIA website opened an electronic condolences book. The comments it contained are unique and personal: individually and in total they show how extensive Margaret's circle of friends in the profession was and reveal something of the complex nature ...