Thursday, June 12, 2008

And here's the June 2008 issue of AARL

Subscribers should soon see the June 2008 issue (vol 39 no2) of AARL. Look forward to reading:
  • A selection of papers from the fourth RAILS (Research Applications in Information and Library Studies) conference, 2007 (and more of these will be published in the next issue):
  1. Patricia Willard, Mary Anne Kennan, ConcepciĆ³n S Wilson and Howard D White, 'Publication by Australian LIS Academics and Practitioners: a Preliminary Investigation'
  2. Gaby Haddow, 'Quality Australian Journals in the Humanities and Social Sciences'
  3. Bob Pymm and Philip Hider, 'Research Literature and its Perceived Relevance to University Librarians'
  4. Clare Snowball, 'Teenagers Talking About Reading and Libraries'
  • An obituary of Harrison Bryan, whose positions included University Librarian at both the University of Queensland and the University of Sydney, and Director-General of the National Library of Australia
  • Reviews.