Saturday, September 5, 2009

September 2009 issue

Unacceptable behaviour in Australian academic libraries: results from two surveys / Heather Moorcroft

University library virtual reference services: best practices and continuous improvement / Kate Shaw and Amanda Spink

Learning about Learning 2.0: evaluating the State Library of NSW Public Library Learning 2.0 program /Ellen Forsyth, Mylee Joseph, Leanne Perry

Perceptions and applications of information literacy by first year applied science students /Janelle Wilkes and Lisa Gurney

Amateur film and the researcher: alternate perspectives of Australian soldiers in Vietnam / Stephanie Boyle

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

June 2009 Issue

RIMS: the Research Impact Measurement Service at University of New South Wales / Robyn Drummond, Richard Wartho

Australian education journals: quantitative and qualitative indicators / Gaby Haddow, Paul Genoni

Library resource categories and their possible groupings / Philip Hider

User-centred design vs "good" database design prionciples: a case study, creating knowledge repositories for indigenous Australians / Natalya Godbold

SKILLS - Structuring knowledge and information for learning and living of students in Australian libraries / Gobinda G. Chowdhury

March 2009 Issue

Australian Library and Information Studies (LIS) researchers' ranking of LIS journals / Kerry Smith, Mike Middleton

Re-thinking our concept of users / Michael R. Olsson

Use of online information resources by RMIT university Economics, Finance and Marketing students participating in a corporate education program / Cathy Costa

Libraries, librarians and librarianship in the colony of Victoria / Sue Reynolds

RAILS 5 Conference / Michael R. Olsson

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Editorial team

Bob Pymm of Charles Sturt University is the new editor for the coming year, with Ian Morrison (State Library of Tasmania) as reviews editor.
The Editorial Board has also acquired new faces - these will be introduced in the March 2009 issue.

December 2008 Issue

Contents:

Indigenous digital collections: an early look at the organization and culture interface / Martin Nakata, Vicky Nakata, Gabrielle Gardiner, Jill McKeough, Alex Byrne and Jason Gibson
The importance of understanding statistics: an analysis of document supply statistics at Macquarie University library / Kathryn Pearson
A new era for open access? / Paul Mercieca and Peter Macauley
Research information needs of public policy oriented researchers at a regional university: issues emerging from a pilot study / Faye Millar
A re-evaluation of the South Australian Literary and Scientific Association Library / Michael Talbot
Owen E. Slight, 1924-2008: a tribute / R L Cope

Friday, September 5, 2008

New editor sought for AARL

A new editor is being sought for AARL. I am stepping down from the editorship of AARL after the final issue for 2008, principally because I am now residing in the United States. Accordingly, the ALIA Board of Directors is seeking expressions of interest in the position of editor from suitably qualified and experienced persons. The position is available for 12 months from January 2009. The selection criteria are available on the ALIA website at http://www.alia.org.au/publishing/aarl/. Further information on the duties and responsibilities of the editor and the roles of the Editorial Board and the Association is available from Sue Hutley, ALIA Executive Director (phone 02 6215 8215, email sue.hutley@alia.org.au).

Ross Harvey
Editor

2008 September issue of AARL almost ready

The September issue of AARL (vol 39 no 3) is soon to go to the printers. Its contents are:

  • Geoff Fellows, Ross Harvey, Annemaree Lloyd, Bob Pymm and Jake Wallis, Separating the wheat from the chaff: Identifying key elements in the NLA .au domain harvest
  • Bruce Munro and Peter Philps, A collection of importance: the role of selection in academic libraries
  • Mary Simons, Partnerships in medical education: an exploration of library service models for postgraduate medicine at Macquarie University
  • Liz Burke, Lea Beranek, Graham Walton and Ruth Stubbings, Where and why students choose to use computer facilities: a collaborative study at an Australian and United Kingdom university
  • Alan Butters, RFID in Australian Academic Libraries: exploring the barriers to implementation
  • Bonna Jones, European modernism and the information society: review article
  • R L Cope. The 450th Jubilee of the Bavarian State Library: A note
  • Reviews.
Enjoy!