AARL

AARL Book Reviews

AARL publishes reviews of books and other resources of interest to current practitioners in academic and research libraries, and to educators in librarianship.

Publications currently available for review are listed below. If you are interested in reviewing any of these titles, or wish to suggest a title for review, please email the Reviews Editor, Ian Morrison, aarl.reviews@alia.org.au.nospam (please remove '.nospam' from address). If you have not previously contributed to AARL, please include a brief (maximum one page) c.v. indicating relevant interests and expertise.

GUIDELINES FOR BOOK REVIEWERS

In brief: we generally publish reviews of around 400 words, and ask that you send us your review within six weeks.

As a reviewer, you need to consider:

• what is the author's aim and to what extent has it been achieved?
• who is the author and what is his or her background?
• for whom is the work intended?
• how does this work compare to others covering similar ground?

The editors prefer you to be provocative rather than bland (but not actionable, please).

The following guidelines are presented with a view to minimising editorial intervention, rather than telling you how to perform a task with which you are probably familiar.

1. The length should be in the range 300-400 words unless a review article is intended, in which case please let us know so that space can be allowed for it.
2. As a reviewer, you need to consider:

3. The citation heading the review should include, in the following order:
   
   title, author (editor), edition, place, publisher, year, number of pages, ISBN/SN, price.
   
   Australian Libraries: The Essential Directory (ALED 2) compiled and edited by Alan and Judith Bundy. 2nd ed Blackwood SA Auslib Press 1991 137p ISSN 1031-5187 $26 + $4 pandp
   
   Note that AARL capitalises each word, and excludes most punctuation.


4. Names of publications mentioned should be in italics or underlined, and single quotation marks should be used.
5. Your name and, where appropriate, that of your organisation should be at the end of the review.
6. Please email your review to aarl.reviews@internode.on.net.nospam
7. The editors reserve the right to make changes to the review, although we anticipate that these would apply to minor matters of style rather than content.

Titles currently available, as at 13 February 2012
(This list is updated monthly)

• Helen Blanchett, Chris Powis and Jo Webb. A Guide to Teaching Information Literacy: 101 Practical Tips. London: Facet, 2012. ISBN 9781856046596 pbk 262pp
• Kay Ann Cassell and Uma Hiremath, eds. Reference and Information Services in the 21st Century. London: Facet, 2011. ISBN 978856047784 pbk 461pp
• Alison Cullingford. The Special Collections Handbook. London: Facet, 2011. ISBN 9781856047579 pbk 192pp
• Richard A. Danner and Jules Winterton, eds. The IALL International Handbook of Legal Information Management. Farnham: Ashgate, 2011. ISBN 9780754674771 hbk 392pp
• Maggie Fieldhouse and Audrey Marshall, eds. Collection Development in the Digital Age. London: Facet 2012. ISBN 9781856047463 pbk 233pp
• Penny Garvan, ed. Government Information Management in the 21st Century: International Perspectives. Farnham: Ashgate, 2011. ISBN 9781409402060 hbk 232pp
• Ross Harvey. Preserving Digital Materials, 2nd ed. Berlin: De Gruyter Saur, 2012. ISBN 9783110253689 hbk 251pp
• Lorna M. Hughes, ed. Evaluating and Measuring the Value, Use and Impact of Digital Collections. London: Facet, 2012. ISBN 9781856047203 pbk 181pp