The Australian Library Journal back issues from May 2004:
On celebration.(Australian Library Journal)
May 01, 2004; ... WHILE PREPARING COPY FOR THIS ISSUE, I CAME ACROSS THE FOLLOWING amongst the book reviews: In an age when students taking first degrees in library and information studies readily accept the fallacious assertion from some writers (who should know better) that pre-internet ...
The end of history: censorship and libraries.
May 01, 2004; ... Libraries have vital roles in protecting heritage, offering individuals and societies opportunities to improve the quality of their lives, and contributing to civil society. They play an important role in the free exchange of ideas within societies and across time and space. Libraries can ...
Collaboration plus! The development of an information literacy and communication program.
May 01, 2004; ... This paper is a discussion of the processes involved in the evolution of an information literacy and communication unit (CO115 Health Communications) for College of Health students at the University of Notre Dame Australia, a collaboration between academic staff and the liaison librarian. ...
Graduate information literacy skills: the 2003 ANU skills audit.(Australian National University)
May 01, 2004; ... This article looks at the information literacy (ILS) skills of graduate students and is based on an audit at the ANU in 2003 which included database searching, web searching, information management and word processing skills--vital to all graduate students. Each student who completed the ...
Web usability testing in a polytechnic library.
May 01, 2004; ... The Temasek Polytechnic Library in Singapore launched its new digital library portal in December 2002. Circumstances precluded usability testing prior to this so it was with some concern that the library web team monitored its use. A few months later it became clear the users were having ...
Research in school librarianship 1991-2000: Australia in an international setting.
May 01, 2004; ... One aspect of a wider ongoing longitudinal study of 'Research and researchers in school librarianship' is discussed here. Research articles and conference papers published in English over the ten-year period 1991 to 2000 in the field of school librarianship were analysed to identify the ...
A book in search of readers?(Learn basic library skills)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2004; ... Andersen, Elaine; Gosling, Mary and Mortimer, Mary Learn basic library skills. Lanham MD: Rowman and Littlefield/DocMatrix, 2002. 232p US$34.95 soft ISBN 0810844982 THIS VOLUME, WRITTEN BY AUSTRALIAN LIBRARIANS, DESCRIBES THE SKILLS NEEDED by anyone beginning work in a library ...
That critical nexus.(Puzzles and essays from "The exchange': tricky reference questions)(Book Review)
May 01, 2004; ... Anderson, Charles R Puzzles and essays from "The exchange': tricky reference questions. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Information Press, 2003. 215p US$14.95 soft ISBN 0789017628 'THE EXCHANGE' WAS A COLUMN WHICH RAN IN THE JOURNAL RQ (later RUSQ), the journal of the Reference and User ...
Challenging an urban myth.(Teaching and marketing electronic information literacy programs)(Book Review)
May 01, 2004; ... Barclay, Donald A Teaching and marketing electronic information literacy programs. How-To-Do-It Manuals for Librarians, 125. New York: NeaI-Schuman Publishers, 2003. 250p +CD-ROM US$59.95 soft ISBN 1555704700 (available from DA Information Services) DURING THE LAST DECADE ...
Archival soundings.(Orinoco flow: culture, narrative, and the political economy of information)(Book Review)
May 01, 2004; ... Belton, Benjamin K Orinoco flow: culture, narrative, and the political economy of information. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2003. 224p US$35.00 soft ISBN 0810848317 (available from James Bennett Pty Ltd) THIS IS A SCHOLARLY EXPLORATION OF IDEAS RELATING TO THE ROLE OF ...
Tour de force.(The Lindisfarne gospels: society, spirituality and the scribe)(Book Review)
May 01, 2004; ... Brown, Michelle P The Lindisfarne gospels: society, spirituality and the scribe. British Library studies in medieval culture. London: British Library, 2003.479p 19.95 [pounds sterling] soft ISBN 0712348077 MICHELLE BROWN, A CURATOR AT THE BRITISH LIBRARY, CALLS THIS WORK a ...
Astonishing.(Painted labyrinth: the world of the Lindisfarne gospels)(Book Review)
May 01, 2004; ... Brown, Michelle P. Painted labyrinth: the world of the Lindisfarne gospels. London: British Library, 2003.48p 5.95 [pounds sterling] soft ISBN0712348115 THE LINDISFARNE GOSPELS, PRODUCED MORE THAN 1300 YEARS AGO AT THE MONASTERY of Lindisfarne on the Northumbrian coast, remains ...
A head start.(Metadata fundamentals for all librarians)(Book Review)
May 01, 2004; ... Caplan, Priscilla Metadata fundamentals for all librarians. Chicago: American Library Association, 2003. 192p US$59.00 soft ISBN 0838908470 LIBRARIANS WILL IMMEDIATELY REALISE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN CREATING 'METADATA', or data bout data, in the form of catalogue records for many ...
Down to earth.(Looking for information: a survey of research on information seeking, needs and behavior)(Book Review)
May 01, 2004; ... Case, Donald O Looking for information: a survey of research on information seeking, needs and behavior. San Diego, CA: Academic Press/Elsevier Science, 2002. 350p 62.00 [pounds sterling] hard ISBN 012150381X THIS IS NOT A PROFOUND WORK, BUT RATHER A MASTERFUL SUMMARY OF ...
Concise and sought-after.(Introduction to Modern Information Retrieval, 2nd ed.)(Book Review)
May 01, 2004; ... Chowdhury, G G Introduction to modern information retrieval. 2nd ed. London: Facet Publishing, 2003. 488p 39.95 [pounds sterling] soft ISBN 1856044807 (available from James Bennett Pry Ltd) WITH THIS BOOK CHOWDHURY HAS PRODUCED A VERY COMPREHENSIVE and thorough introduction to ...
Good policy: flawed argument?(Empowering your Library: A Guide to Improving Service, Productivity and Participation)(Book Review)
May 01, 2004; ... Christopher, Connie Empowering your library: a guide to improving service, productivity and participation. Chicago: American Library Association, 2003.88p US$30.00 (ALA members $27.00) soft ISBN 0838908586 CHRISTOPHER BEGINS BY DEFINING EMPOWERMENT AS 'ALLOWING INDIVIDUALS AND ...
Coming soon: the virtual librarian.(Going Live: Starting and Running a Virtual Reference Service, with Contributions )(Book Review)
May 01, 2004; ... Coffman, Steve Going live: starting and running a virtual reference service, with contributions by Michelle Fiander, Kay Henshall and Bernie Sloane. Chicago: American Library Association: 2003.182p US$42.00 soft ISBN 0838908500 IF IT IS HARD TO FIND A REALLY USEFUL BOOK, LET ...
Erials?(E-serials Cataloguing: Access to Continuing and Integrating Resources via the Catalog and the Web)(Book Review)
May 01, 2004; ... Cole, Jim, and Jones, Wayne, eds E-serials cataloguing: access to continuing and integrating resources via the catalog and the web. New York : Haworth Information Press, 2002.329p soft ISBN 0789017113 (also published as The Serials Librarian, 41, 3/4) THIS COLLECTION OF ARTICLES ...
The archivist-philosopher.(Cook, Terry, and Dodds, Gordon Imagining Archives: Essays and Reflections)(Book Review)
May 01, 2004; ... Cook, Terry, and Dodds, Gordon Imagining archives: essays and reflections by Hugh A. Taylor. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2003. 254p price not reported soft ISBN 081084771X (available from James Bennett Pty Ltd) Imagining archives is aptly titled for a collection of writings by ...
Guerilla librarianship.(Biblia's Guide to Warrior Librarianship: Humour for Librarians Who Refuse to be Classified)(Book Review)
May 01, 2004; ... Credaro, Amanda Biblia's guide to warrior librarianship: humour for librarians who refuse to be classified. Illus. by Peter Lewis. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, 2003. 150p US$25.00 soft ISBN 1591580021 (available from DA Information Services) EXAMINING THE LIGHTER SIDE OF ...
Annual excellence.(Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, vol. 37)(Book Review)
May 01, 2004; ... Annual review of information science and technology. Volume 37, 2003. Ed. by Blaise Cronin. Medford, N J: Information Today for the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2002. 588p price not reported hard ISBN 1573871540 THIS LATEST VOLUME OF THE ANNUAL REVIEW ...
Brief lives, obscure motives?(Dictionary of American Library Biography. Second Supplement)(Book Review)
May 01, 2004; ... Dictionary of American library biography. Second supplement. Ed. by Donald G Davis, Jr. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, 2003. 250p US$60.00 hard ISBN 1563088681 (available from DA Information Services) IN AN AGE WHEN STUDENTS TAKING FIRST DEGREES IN LIBRARY AND INFORMATION ...
Open here ...(Each of us is a Book: Poems for the Library Minded)(Book Review)
May 01, 2004; ... Drake, David Each of us is a book: poems for the library minded. Jefferson NC: McFarland and Company 2003. 133p US$25.00 soft ISBN 0786415681 THIS COLLECTION OF POEMS FOR THE LIBRARY MINDED APPARENTLY GREW OUT THE POET our library world' and his belief that the 'charm and ...
Skills for life.(Teaching the Library Research Process)(Book Review)
May 01, 2004; ... Kuhlthau, Carol C Teaching the library research process. 2nd ed. Lanham MD: Scarecrow Press, 2002. 190p US$24.95 soft ISBN 0810844192 (available from James Bennett Pty Ltd) HOW DO WE PREPARE CHILDREN TO LIVE FULL, PRODUCTIVE LIVES IN AN INFORMATION society? Research has shown ...
For the moral and educational benefit of society.(Libraries to the People: Histories of Outreach)(Book Review)
May 01, 2004; ... Freeman, Robert S, and Hovde, David M, eds Libraries to the people: histories of outreach. Jefferson: McFarland and Company, 2003. 255p US$39.95 soft ISBN 078641359X THE BULK OF THIS COLLECTION OF HISTORICAl ESSAYS WAS 0RIGINALLY PRESENTED at the American Library Association's ...
Every student should be given one.(Book Review)
May 01, 2004; ... MLA handbook for writers of research papers. 6th ed. By Joseph Gibaldi. New York: Modern Language Association, 2003. 361p US$17.00 soft ISBN 0873529863 THIS HANDBOOK IS AIMED AT STUDENTS WHO ARE UNFAMILIAR WITH THE DEMANDS of writing a research paper, and there is no doubt that ...
The educators' dilemma writ large.(Education for Cataloging and the Organization of Information: Pitfalls and the Pendulum)(Book Review)
May 01, 2004; ... Education for cataloging and the organization of information: pitfalls and the pendulum. Ed. by Janet Swan Hill. New York: Haworth Information Press, 2003.398p US$49.95 pap. ISBN 0789020297 (also published as Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 34, 1/2, 3) THE CONSISTENT THEME ...
Immensely pragmatic.(The Power to Name: Locating the Limits of Subject Representation in Libraries)(Book Review)
May 01, 2004; ... Olson, Hope A. The power to name: locating the limits of subject representation in libraries. Dordrecht: Kluwer, 2002. 261p A$187.75 hard ISBN 1402007760 (available from DA Information Services) CRITIQUING THE 'PROBLEMATIC LEGACY' OF SUBJECT REPRESENTATION from a ...
Informing our choice.(Library Information Systems: From Library Automation to Distributed Information Access Solutions)(Book Review)
May 01, 2004; ... Kochtanek, Thomas R, and Matthews, Joseph R Library information systems: from library automation to distributed information access solutions. Westport CT: Libraries Unlimited, 2002. 287p US$47.50 soft ISBN 1591580188 KOCHTANEK AND MATTHEWS HAVE PRODUCED A SOLID WORK ON LIBRARY ...
If you want to talk about the books you love, this is for you.(The Booktalker's Bible: How to talk About the Books you Love to any Audience)(Book Review)
May 01, 2004; ... Langemack, Chapple The booktalker's Bible: how to talk about the books you love to any audience. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, 2003. 199p $US30.00 pap. ISBN 18002255800 HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE VERB 'BOOKTALK'? AS IN, 'I BOOKTALKED BARBARA KINGSOLVER to a seniors group', or, ...
Bibliotheca Alexandrina: a library to spur peace and understanding in the Middle East.
May 01, 2004; ... We were in Egypt in October 2002 when Bibliotheca Alexandrina was opened, followed the lavish opening ceremony coverage on Nile TV and enjoyed the entertainment as well as televised library tours. This long-awaited event was attended by dignitaries from many countries and it was wonderful ...
Celebrating Margaret Trask.(Letter to the Editor)
May 01, 2004; ... Thank you so much for the two copies of the issue of the Australian Library Journal that celebrates the life of Margaret Trask. While I was most interested and in full agreement with the tributes paid to Margaret herself I was fascinated with the larger picture that emerged. I am sure that ...