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Fuhr, Justin – College & Research Libraries, 2022
Research data services are increasingly offered by academic libraries. As a result, librarians may need to upskill to provide data services and build capacity. This study measures the current level of data services skills of academic librarians and explores preferred methods of continuing education. An online survey was circulated asking…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Services, Data, Job Skills
Serrano, Silvia Cobo; Avilés, Rosario Arquero – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2016
Because information and documentation units in libraries have responsibility for an ever-increasing number of projects, this paper aims at analyzing the discipline of project management in library and information science (LIS) from a professional perspective. To that end, the researchers employed quantitative and qualitative methodology based on a…
Descriptors: Librarians, Academic Libraries, Program Administration, International Studies
Tiffen, Belinda; England, Ashley – Australian Library Journal, 2011
Libraries have found themselves overtaken by commercial entities providing open, unmediated information services, causing debate about the future of libraries. It has been argued that in order to stay relevant, libraries must undertake a fundamental shift towards a new focus on engaging with clients. At University of Technology, Sydney (UTS)…
Descriptors: Evidence, Libraries, Information Services, Foreign Countries
Haddow, Gaby – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2012
A survey of Australian academic reference librarians was conducted as part of an international collaboration seeking to identify the most important knowledge, skills and attributes now and for the next ten years. Librarians working in or managing reference-related services at university and vocational education and training institutions…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, Verbal Communication, Reference Services
Pymm, Bob; Hider, Philip – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2008
Two factors identified as contributing to the lack of communication between researchers and practitioners, terminology and relevance, are the focus of this paper. A questionnaire distributed to senior staff in academic libraries asked participants to assess abstracts from articles in top ranked LIS journals. Results indicated a relatively high…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Research, Librarians, Library Science
Haddow, Gaby – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2007
The Federal Government is introducing a new funding model for research in Australian higher education institutions, the Research Quality Framework (RQF). This paper provides an overview of the RQF and looks at possible impacts of the RQF on academic libraries in Australia. These impacts are drawn from experience at one Australian university,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Colleges, Higher Education
Williamson, Vicki – 1999
This paper focuses on innovation and the change triggered by the introduction of new approaches to planned change in professional practice. It presents a range of ideas and theories about innovation and change and speculates about how new approaches get introduced and become accepted into professional practice. The paper concludes by focusing on…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Educational Theories, Foreign Countries, Higher Education

Allen, G. G. – Australian Library Journal, 1984
The meanings of professional and academic as qualifiers of librarians are discussed, arguing that if librarians in academic institutions are to be accorded a status comparable with that of faculty, they must be prepared to be assessed by the comparable and traditional means, namely qualifications, research, and publications. (14 references)…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, History
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
Fjallbrant, Nancy, Ed. – IATUL Proceedings, 1983
This issue of the IATUL (International Association of Technological University Libraries) Proceedings focuses on developments in Australian libraries. The first article, "University Librarianship in Australia" (D. H. Borchardt), reviews the growth of librarianship in Australia and examines some current issues. "Information Retrieval…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Oriented Programs, Foreign Countries, Government Libraries