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Harvey, Ross – Australian Library Journal, 2011
The author asserts that something is wrong with university-based education for librarianship in Australia. Librarianship does not have a clear disciplinary identity in universities. The lack of differentiation between the roles of technicians and professionals clouds the issue. For these and other reasons, education for librarianship in Australia…
Descriptors: Library Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, Quality Assurance
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Jones, Bonna – Australian Library Journal, 1998
Paul Ricoeur's narrative theory, when combined with the social theory of Pierre Bourdieu, fosters a fresh perspective on the debate about the language of business and its influence in librarianship. It is suggested that narratives about readers hold promise because they capture the active nature of reading. (Author)
Descriptors: Information Services, Information Sources, Library Materials, Library Science
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Hillenbrand, Candy – Australian Library Journal, 2005
The author argues that the profession of librarianship is in crisis. She seeks to identify the characteristics and analyse the qualities of this phenomenon in order to draw conclusions about future trends and directions for the profession. It is argued that this crisis is an outward sign of a deeper transformation which is taking place and which…
Descriptors: Library Science, Librarians, Futures (of Society), Change
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Haynes, Abby – Australian Library Journal, 2004
This paper explores library evaluation in Australia and proposes a return to research fundamentals in which evaluators are asked to consider the centrality of philosophical issues and the role of different research methods. A critique of current evaluation examples demonstrates a system-centred, quantitative, input/output focus which fails to…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Services, Foreign Countries, Evaluators
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Hallam, Gillian; Gissing, Chris – Australian Library Journal, 2003
This paper examines the partnership established between Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) and Queensland University of Technology (QUT) through the School of Information Systems and the Careers and Employment Office to provide a mentoring program for students in the Graduate Diploma of Library and Information Studies (GDLIS)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mentors, Information Systems, Library Education
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Broadbent, Marianne – Australian Library Journal, 1986
Examines a number of issues facing the Australian library and information services community in the area of continuing education, including recommendations of the Library Association of Australia, the cost of continuing education activities, the role and responsibility of schools of library and information studies, and notions of coordination.…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Developed Nations, Foreign Countries, Information Science