The Australian Library Journal
Volume 52 Nē3 August 2003
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John Levett
Education directions for new information professionals
Sue Myburgh
Caveat: The views expressed in this paper are the authors alone (except where cited), and do not represent those of the University of South Australia.
Information professionals and those who educate them face enormous challenges. Increasingly easy access to communication media and information is altering perceptions of the very nature of information work, globally. There is no doubt that there are many challenges facing present and prospective information professionals too. These include issues around internationalisation and accreditation; the level and structure of programs for first professional qualifications and competition from neighbouring disciplines.
This paper was presented at the 11th Information Online Conference and Exhibition of ALIA. Sydney, 21-23 January 2003 The major sponsor of the conference was Factiva, a Dow Jones and Reuters Company
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Truth and libraries
Miroslav Kruk
The postmodernist model of librarianship is a threat to libraries. Voices calling for a revolutionary change in librarianship are a sign of disturbing broader trends in modern societies. There is a clear tendency towards relativism and even irrationalism and this is reflected in librarianship. Concepts such as truth and objectivity are being questioned and often rejected. Yet, libraries cannot exist without them. A restoration of Platonism is necessary if libraries are to survive.
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A keyhole to the collection: the AIATSIS Library Digitisation Pilot Program
Barbara Lewincamp and Julie Faulkner
The AIATSIS Library Digitisation Pilot Program (LDPP) commenced in 2001 with funding for two years. Prior to the LDPP the Library had few electronic holdings, no equipment dedicated to digitisation and no policies to deal with the management of digital material. The pilot program has revealed the complexity of the digitisation process particularly when dealing with an indigenous collection.
This paper was presented at the 11th Information Online Conference and Exhibition of ALIA. Sydney, 21 23 January 2003 The Major Sponsor of the Conference was Factiva, a Dow Jones and Reuters Company
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Australian university libraries: collections overlap study
Roxanne Missingham and Robert Walls
In 2002, the Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST), Higher Education Information Infrastructure Advisory Committee commissioned the National Library of Australia to analyse the uniqueness and overlap of Australian university library collections, comparing library collections in each state, using the National Bibliographic Database (NBD) available through the Kinetica Service.
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Opportunities for the new generation: the formation of a networking group
Ursula Henderson, Kate Sergeant, Kate Sinclair and Robyn Ellard
Graduates in the library and information profession face a challenging environment. There are few employment opportunities and work is often at a lower level than that appropriate to the qualifications gained. New graduates to the profession encounter both positive and negative attitudes towards them within workplaces. This paper discusses how these issues have impacted on us as new graduates and led to the formation of SALIN (South Australian Library and Information Network).
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Librarians are the ultimate knowledge managers?
Cathie Koina
Librarians are the ultimate knowledge managers. We all know that. After all, havenšt we been the custodians of documented knowledge for centuries? Who could possibly do it better than us? Well, then why aren't people knocking down our doors, begging us to be the knowledge managers of the organisation? Are they just ignorant of how fantastic we are, or is it possible that librarians arenšt the best people for the job?
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Academic or community resource? Stakeholder interests and collection management at Charles Sturt University Regional Archives, 1973-2003
Don Boadle
This analysis of the transformation of the Charles Sturt University Regional Archives from a library special collection to a multi-function regional repository highlights the importance of stakeholder interests in determining institutional configurations and collection development priorities. It also demonstrates the critical importance of academic patronage, and explores how collection managers have mediated the differing expectations of academic and community users.
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