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Public Librarian? Is There an App for that? (Reflections on "A Personal View of Public Librarianship" by Jennifer Cram, "The Australian Library Journal" 37 No. 2, May 1988: 125-130.)
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Cram, Jennifer – Australian Library Journal, 2011
At the time of writing the original paper my viewpoint was a personal one, one that focussed on the status within the profession of equally qualified librarians based purely on the perceived status conferred by the type of libraries in which they worked. However, it must now be observed that the world in which public librarians operated then was…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Librarians, Library Role, Institutional Role
Fiction: A Neglected Aspect of Library Service.
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Isaacs, Margaret – Australian Library Journal, 1987
Examines the place of fiction in the library collection, the attitudes and practices of Australian librarians with respect to fiction, and the factors, including historical ones, which have shaped these attitudes. A proposal for a new approach to fiction in public libraries is presented. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Fiction, Foreign Countries, Library Collections
Federal Aid to Libraries: A Success Story, and a Failure and Learning from the Past: Does Territoriality Make a Profession?
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Horton, Allan; Sharman, Robert – Australian Library Journal, 1987
The first of two articles examines the process of obtaining federal aid in Australia by comparing a successful effort by school libraries and a failure to obtain public library funding. The second explores the potentially negative effects of defending professional rights and status to the extent of alienating funding agencies. (CLB)
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Foreign Countries