The Australian Library Journal
Volume 54 Nš4 November 2005
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John Levett
Wilma Radford: librarian, educator, 1912-2005
David Jones and Neil Radford
Miss Wilma Radford, one of Australia's leading librarians and library educators, died on 27 August 2005 after a short illness. She was 93. This is but a brief insight into a truly extraordinary life which spanned the development of the profession of librarianship in Australia. She played a decisive role in determining its course through her work for the professional association and through her education of hundreds of librarians.
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Graduate employment outcomes for qualifying library and records management courses at Curtin University of Technology, 1998-2002
Paul Genoni and Kerry Smith
This paper reports on the results of a survey of destinations for students from librarianship and records management courses at Curtin University of Technology for the period 1998-2002. The survey includes the type of work currently being undertaken by graduates, the security of tenure in their position, the level of professionalism in their employment, and their general employment history since completing their qualifying course. Further data records respondents' perceptions of the importance of their qualification in gaining their current employment, the relationship between the skills acquired during the course and their employment, and their general level of satisfaction with the course. The results are compared with similar data previously recorded for the graduating classes of 1988-1992 and 1993-1997.
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Copies direct: an innovative service from the National Library of Australia
Roxanne Missingham, Margarita Moreno and Anne Xu
One of the great challenges for the National Library of Australia is to enable individuals, whatever their institutional affiliation, and wherever they are, to access copies of material from the collections. Copies direct was developed to enable online ordering and payment for copies of material, regardless of format, and has already increased use of the collections. This is consistent with the Commonwealth Government Online strategy, based on developing more and better services online to overcome barriers of distance and access and to meet more effectively the real needs of individuals, organisations and enterprises. Through online access Australians are better able to obtain services from agencies, in this case access to their national documentary heritage. This paper describes the development of the service, its technical infrastructure, issues considered in its development and includes a report on an evaluation undertaken in 2004.
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Information literacy in the workplace
Jennifer Kirton and Lyn Barham
Information literacy has been a subject of interest for academic librarians for nearly thirty years, however special librarians have written comparatively little on the topic of information literacy in the workplace. It is an important issue as it provides an opportunity for special librarians to enhance their role in their organisation. This paper discusses the need for training in information literacy in the workplace and highlights the latest research and studies being undertaken in the field.
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The relationship between archives and knowledge management: some evidence from Australia
Bill Martin
This paper emerged from an earlier survey of developments in knowledge management within the Australian Public Service (APS). The earlier study pointed to future research possibilities in an emerging relationship between knowledge management and archives and records. The resultant case-based research reported here shows that this relationship operates most strongly in the context of key drivers of knowledge management within government agencies and departments, and in linkages between the work of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) and that of other Commonwealth organisations. Knowledge management also emerges as an important strategic issue for the National Archives of Australia. Eleven issues emerging as common in the previous study were discussed at the NAA: Perceptions, Approaches, Drivers, Links to core business, Obstacles, Enablers, Structures, Frameworks, Metrics, Champions and inter-agency networks. In overall terms the NAA emerged as an organisation that was at the development stage for knowledge management and one that was taking conscious strides in this direction.
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Great minds: Metcalfe, McColvin and Public libraries in Australia
David J Jones
The author reviews the relationship between his two protagonists when they met in Australia on the occasion of McColvin's visit in 1946, and later, when Metcalfe was in London. The quality and warmth of the hospitality extended on either hand was curiously asymmetric, which possibly reflects the expectations of the host at the time. Neither man was a stereotype, and each had strong and individual opinions. And neither was a 'prophet without honour...'. McColvin's visit was more critical to the interests of his host, Metcalfe, than when the positions of host and visitor were reversed, which may account for the asymmetry referred to above. The author infers that in the end, Metcalfe was not prepared to honour McColvin's contribution, and indeed, McColvin himself did not rate it highly.
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The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award and the Swedish Institute join Latin American focus on children's literature.
The information society in action.
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