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Chauvet, Marianne; Bourbous, Vicki; Liston, Frances – Journal of Access Services, 2016
Changes and innovations in higher education learning and teaching acted as a catalyst for rethinking the way in which service was delivered to library clients at Australian Catholic University. The Single Service Point was piloted at one campus library in 2014 to develop a best practice approach to service delivery. The merging of cultures within…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Church Related Colleges, Academic Libraries, Library Services
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Patton, Maggie – Australian Library Journal, 2009
Since 2005 the State Library of New South Wales has provided staff with an opportunity to research aspects of the Library's services and collections through the State Librarian's Staff Fellowship Program. In January 2008, Maggie Patton commenced a project to rediscover and document the development of the rare printed collections at the State…
Descriptors: Library Administration, Government Libraries, Foreign Countries, Archives
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Quinlisk, Meg – Australian Library Journal, 2009
The cultural heritage of library collections and individual items is of importance and interest outside the profession of librarianship. This paper gives an introduction to the concept of "movable heritage" from the heritage professional's perspective and provides suggestions as to how this concept can be applied to libraries.…
Descriptors: Library Administration, Cultural Background, Library Services, Preservation
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Bissett, Cindy – Australian Library Journal, 2010
Libraries have limited budgets and Collection Development Librarians can be faced with difficult decisions in the spending of their allocated funds. This paper discusses how the Tasmanian Polytechnic Launceston Campus Library discovered a gap in their collection and addressed this situation without funding. The Library wished to purchase fiction…
Descriptors: Second Languages, Library Services, Fiction, Library Administration
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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
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Hoskin, Cheryl – Australian Library Journal, 2009
This paper is a practical and personal perspective on the challenges faced by special collections in an increasingly digital environment, and the strategies employed to promote their unique resources to the academic and wider communities, including the value of promoting heritage through reconstructing collections and the place of expertise in the…
Descriptors: Library Services, Academic Libraries, Archives, Library Materials
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Richards, Jan – Australian Library Journal, 2009
The President of ALIA writes about expectations for the Public Libraries Summit, and provides an account of what took place on the day of the meeting, and what has taken place since. In funding terms, the most likely areas of productive engagement with the federal government are considered to be: children, early learning and a literate Australia;…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Foreign Countries, Meetings, Conferences (Gatherings)
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Sloan, Julie – Australian Library Journal, 2008
Library and Information Services (LIS) providers are vulnerable in the current war for talent. They need to work collaboratively to develop accurate workforce data so they can retain and recruit the right people. In South Australia, the issue has a level of urgency above other States as the demographic is skewed to older workers. Organisations…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Services, Older Workers, Library Services
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Braxton, Barbara – Teacher Librarian, 2004
At the end of each school year there are discussions on all the international teacher-librarians' lists about whether there is a need for inventory or, as the Australians call it, "stocktake"; whether it is reasonable for us to request resources be returned before the last day of school; and whether the library should be closed to allow…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Library Administration, Library Services, Facility Inventory
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inCite, 1996
The seven state libraries of Australia are profiled in two- page articles. Each article contains a description of the library and its programs, a statement from its director or state librarian about his/her background, and photographs. (DGM)
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Library Administration, Library Development, Library Directors
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Robinson, Peter; Ellis-Newman, Jennifer – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1998
Explains activity-based costing (ABC), discusses the benefits of ABC to library managers, and describes the steps involved in implementing ABC in an Australian academic library. Discusses the budgeting process in universities, and considers benefits to the library. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Budgeting, Costs, Foreign Countries
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Sayers, Richard – Australian Library Journal, 2001
Identifies issues involved with the convergence and/or integration of library, computing, and information technology services in Australian universities. Investigates the impacts of integration of services on university libraries and their clients and recommends strategies for the successful management of convergence and integration involving…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Information Technology
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Jones, David J. – Australian Library Journal, 2004
Drawing on recent experience and observation in New South Wales, this paper describes issues facing authorities, planners and librarians who are working on public library building projects. The author emphasises the need for all involved to focus not just on traditional good design principles, but also on user needs, consulting the community,…
Descriptors: Library Services, Government Libraries, Public Libraries, Foreign Countries
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Calvert, Philip J. – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 1997
Academic library managers need a multimethod, objective, valid tool for measuring service quality. Examines three research studies in the measurement of service quality in Australian and New Zealand academic libraries: the Hernon and Altman Study; Hernon and Calvert Study; and the University of Waikato (Hamilton, New Zealand) Survey, a two-stage…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Wagenbreth, Hildegard; And Others – 1981
This group of six papers centers on the development of library schools and the training of library personnel. "The Status of Professional Groups in Libraries and Library Education in the GDR," by Hildegard Wagenbreth and Helmut Kubitschek, East Germany, describes the training programs, apprenticeships, courses, and admission criteria of…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Group Status, History
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