Article: The Australian Library Journal: refereeing policy -- a clarification.

Article: No stranger to controversy: The Australian library ...
The Australian Library Journal;  November 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... author, who edited The Australian library journal for twenty-five years ... Radford at the Forum on Australian Library History, State Library ... instrument at his disposal: The Australian library journal. The Journal came into ...

Article: The Australian Library Journal: advice to ...
The Australian Library Journal;  May 1, 2006 ;     631 words ...Published here for the information of potential contributors and referees Refereeing is a delicate business: we operate on a double-blind system [although it is not always possible to eliminate every hint of an author's identity without rewriting the contribution] so that neither party, author or

Article: The Australian Library Journal: refereeing ...
The Australian Library Journal;  November 1, 2001 ;     394 words ...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 editorial board, that is, by independent peers. This in fact, has been this Journal's policy since the practice of refereeing was introduced in 1996.

Article: On celebration.(Australian Library Journal)
The Australian Library Journal;  May 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...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 librarians were merely book

Article: Become a reviewer for ALJ.(Australian Library ...
The Australian Library Journal;  May 1, 2005 ;     686 words ...Each issue, ALJ publishes around twenty book reviews written by academics, practitioners, students. Our assiduous reviews editor, Dr Gary Gorman, is always looking for fresh viewpoints. A review can run from 100 to 1000 words, and need not be a bland description of the book's contents--indeed the

Article: The end of the affair ...(The Australian Library ...
The Australian Library Journal;  November 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...I was first invited to edit ALJ in 1981: the process of selection was not exhaustive. I got a phone call from the then Executive Director, Gordon Bower, consulted a close colleague, went to the inaugural LAA/NZLIA Conference in Christchurch and when I had recovered [conferences were more convivial

Article: Ever thought of becoming a referee for ALJ?(Australian ...
The Australian Library Journal;  February 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...It's not an onerous task, and intermittent, rather than continuous. Our referees tell us that it is an interesting and occasionally challenging job, and that it stimulates reflection on their particular areas of expertise. Articles submitted at the refereed level are usually about 5000 words long,