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Library Research Support in Queensland: A Survey
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Richardson, Joanna; Nolan-Brown, Therese; Loria, Pat; Bradbury, Stephanie – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2012
University libraries worldwide are reconceptualising the ways in which they support the research agenda in their respective institutions. This paper is based on a survey completed by member libraries of the Queensland University Libraries Office of Cooperation (QULOC), the findings of which may be informative for other university libraries. After…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Foreign Countries, Library Research, Institutional Research
Models and Management of Student Employees in an Australian University Library
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O'Neil, Frances; Comley, Jenny – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2010
Since 2008, Victoria University (VU) Library has employed 20 or more Student Assistants annually who work on a casual basis for up to 12 hours per week during terms/semesters to staff the Library in Study Hall mode (where there is self-service access to PCs and collections and limited staff assistance). This initiative appears to have been highly…
Descriptors: Student Employment, Employment Programs, Research Libraries, Models
Activity-Based Costing in User Services of an Academic Library.
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Ellis-Newman, Jennifer – Library Trends, 2003
The rationale for using Activity-Based Costing (ABC) in a library is to allocate indirect costs to products and services based on the factors that most influence them. This paper discusses the benefits of ABC to library managers and explains the steps involved in implementing ABC in the user services area of an Australian academic library.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Costs, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
"Arrogant Conceit and Impertinence": John Metcalfe's Secondment to the University of Sydney Library
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Radford, Neil A. – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2006
In 1956-57 John Metcalfe was seconded from the Public Library of New South Wales to the University of Sydney to report on the needs of the University Library. This is a forgotten chapter in that Library's history, and a hitherto unexamined aspect of Metcalfe's career. Metcalfe was apparently manoeuvering to leave the Public Library, and expected…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Public Libraries, Foreign Countries, Library Materials
Australian University Libraries: Collections Overlap Study
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Missingham, Roxanne; Walls, Robert – Australian Library Journal, 2003
In 2002, the Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST), Higher Education Information Infrastructure Advisory Committee commissioned the National Library of Australia to analyse the uniqueness and overlap of Australian university library collections, comparing library collections in each state, using the National Bibliographic Database…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Research Libraries, Advisory Committees, Foreign Countries
Print Serial Cancellations in University Libraries Post 1990: What Do the CAUL Statistics Reveal?
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Genoni, Paul – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2004
Recent reports on Australia's research infrastructure have highlighted the decline in serial subscriptions in academic and research libraries during the 1990s. They have used the annual CAUL statistics in order to support these claims. This article examines the CAUL statistics for serial subscriptions, indicating their numerous flaws when used for…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Research Libraries, Evidence, Foreign Countries