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Download full textWilliams, R. P., Ed.; And Others – 1970
The eight papers included in this anthology were originally presented during the 1968 quarterly meeting of the Public Libraries Section, Victorian Division of the Library Association of Australia. The papers are: (1) Some Current Problems in Public Library Development in Victoria, (2) The Role of Government and Public Libraries, (3) Regional…
Descriptors: Development, Foreign Countries, Library Planning, Library Role
Library Association of Australia, Sidney. – 1977
This collection of 34 papers and speeches presented at the conference covers a wide range of topics pertaining to the role of libraries in contemporary society, including issues in library education, library/community relations, library planning and policy-making, technological trends, library services, and library administration. While several…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Library Administration, Library Education, Library Planning
Boyd, Suzette – 1997
The revolutionary library signals a new era for schools and their students. Roles are continually being redefined and services and programs are continually restructured. This paper outlines some strategies for implementing change, and challenges and inspires the teacher-librarian profession to reinvent itself. At the present time in school…
Descriptors: Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society)
Peer reviewedCope, R. L. – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 1997
Analyzes the methodology and findings of the "Management Review of the Library of Congress" completed in 1996. Highlights include mission statements; organizational structure; lack of strategic planning; performance measurement for support staff; the need for distributed leadership roles; the future of the Library of Congress; and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Institutional Evaluation, Leadership
Browne, Mairead, Ed. – 1981
Pre-circulated papers, comments on these papers, documents compiled as a result of group discussion, and resolutions adopted at Australia's 1980 National Workshop on Joint-Use Libraries are presented. A joint-use library is defined as one in which two or more distinct groups of users are given equal priority in the same premises, the governance of…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Community Centers, Contracts, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedKeany, John W. – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 1997
Discusses the National Library of Australia's leadership of the Australian library system in light of the failure of key electronic aspects of the Strategic Plan. Topics include overseas collecting; electronic access; the Distributed National Collection (DNC); culturally discriminatory collecting policy; and costs of access, including user fees.…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Costs, Cultural Influences, Electronic Libraries
Loveday, Anthony J.; And Others – 1981
This set of papers presented to the General Research Libraries Division, University Libraries Section, of the International Federation of Library Associations during its 47th annual conference (1981) includes: "SCONUL (Standing Conference of National and University Libraries) and British University Library Standards: Some Observations on the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Financial Support, Library Acquisition, Library Cooperation
Peer reviewedPartridge, Jan; Dalling, Cheryl; Ho, Elizabeth; Allery, Linda; Hays, Sally – inCite, 1998
Several brief articles examine how library and information workers in Australia, along with community historians, are meeting the challenge of finding, cataloging, preserving, and communicating local history to their clients and the world beyond. Describes cooperative initiatives by state, local, and regional libraries; discusses how technology…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Study, Computer Mediated Communication, Cooperative Planning
