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Megarrity, Lyndon – Australian Library Journal, 2010
People who love books can find entering an Australian library in the so-called "cyber-age" to be an unsettling experience. The first thing you notice is the reduced emphasis on book shelves in favour of empty but architecturally pleasing "public spaces", comfortable cushions, computer terminals, sometimes even new cafes and…
Descriptors: Influence of Technology, Library Development, Library Services, Foreign Countries
Kail, Candice – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2011
Europeana: Think Culture (http://www.europeana.eu) is a wonderful cultural repository. It includes more than 15 million items (images, text, audio, and video) from 1,500 European institutions. Europeana provides access to an abundance of cultural and heritage information and knowledge. Because Europeana has partnered with and brought together so…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Public Libraries, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries
McShane, Ian – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2011
In recent years public libraries have experimented with user-generated or community-contributed content through the interactive tools of Web 2.0. For some commentators this not just establishes a new relationship between libraries and their publics, but signals the end of information hegemony and an "expert paradigm". Such claims need to…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Technological Literacy, Access to Information, Library Development
McCarten, Melanie – Australian Library Journal, 2011
There have been substantial changes in the labour market over the past few years and survey results indicate 60% of staff will leave public library service over the next decade. While this creates opportunities for library staff, limited training budgets and a focus on compliance and specific library skills training have led to a gap in the formal…
Descriptors: Government Libraries, Public Libraries, Library Skills, Library Services
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
Kanyengo, Christine Wamunyima – Journal of Archival Organization, 2009
Preservation and conservation of library materials is an important aspect of library and information management. Their importance and necessity are more paramount in countries where resources are limited and libraries need to balance them with the needs of an ever increasing number of students hoping to use them. This article reports on the…
Descriptors: Library Materials, Information Management, Foreign Countries, Preservation
Blewitt, John; Gambles, Brian – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2010
The Library of Birmingham (LoB) is a 193 million British pounds project designed to provide a new space for lifelong learning and knowledge growth, a physical and virtual portal for Birmingham's citizens to the wider world. In cooperation with a range of private, public, and third-sector bodies, as well as individual citizens, the library, due to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Lifelong Learning, Public Libraries, Web Sites
Blackburn, Fiona – Australian Library Journal, 2010
The nature of learning in a public library is relevant to what place e-learning and social networking technologies might have there. That a public library aims to provide something for everyone is also important. Alice Springs Public Library (ASPL) is a place of learning; it is also a crowded and composite space. The use ASPL could make of the…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Public Libraries, Library Automation, Library Development
Stephens, Matthew – Australian Library Journal, 2009
There is a general perception that as librarians, we know what constitutes and defines a rare book, that our heritage book collections are well-documented and their future survival is planned for and secure. This discussion paper asks whether our definitions of heritage material might be too narrow and whether they reflect the reality across all…
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Library Services, Selection Tools, Best Practices
Horie, Ruth H., Ed. – Online Submission, 2009
This publication follows the tradition of publishing selected papers from Pacific Islands Association of Libraries, Archives and Museums (PIALA) annual conferences. The volume begins with a listing of the members of the PIALA 2008 Planning Committee, the Officers and Executive Board, and Acknowledgements, followed by the Schedule of Events and a…
Descriptors: Museums, Libraries, Archives, Foreign Countries
Bronstein, Jenny; Aharony, Noa – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2009
The study's purpose was to investigate the views and opinions of librarians about the implementation of Web 2.0 technologies into library operations and services. The Delphi technique was chosen as the method of inquiry in this study, in which a group of panelists graded the desirability and probability of a list of statements. Thirty-nine…
Descriptors: Delphi Technique, Librarian Attitudes, Library Role, Foreign Countries
Wooldridge, Brooke; Taylor, Laurie; Sullivan, Mark – Resource Sharing & Information Networks, 2009
Developing an Open Access, multi-institutional, multilingual, international digital library requires robust technological and institutional infrastructures that support both the needs of individual institutions alongside the needs of the growing partnership and ensure continuous communication and development of the shared vision for the digital…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Performance Factors, Library Automation, Library Development
Carroll, Mary – History of Education, 2009
This paper examines the reasons why, in the first half of the twentieth century, Australian librarians were encouraged to adopt professional work practices and educational standards based on US models of "democratic" librarianship. The promotion of US models of library education and association occurred both directly through government…
Descriptors: Library Education, Library Role, Professional Associations, Public Agencies
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)
Murray, Janet; Welch, Bernadette – Education for Information, 2009
The authors have been involved in the design and delivery of several LIS training and education programs in Vietnam in recent years. This activity has led them to become aware of library developments and initiatives taking place within Vietnam, and of issues that will affect future development of the library and information industry. Some of these…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Foreign Countries, Library Development, Library Research