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The Dawn of a New ERA? Australian Library & Information Studies (LIS) Researchers Further Ranking of LIS Journals
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Smith, Kerry – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2011
The Australian federal government's 2009 Excellence in Research Australian (ERA) policy initiative gave Australian LIS researchers the opportunity to review their listings of preferred journal titles: listings that were to act as a component of measured research activity in the new federal government funding regimes. The Australian research…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Periodicals, Federal Government, Researchers
Life in the "Real World": A Profile of Queensland University of Technology Library and Information Science Graduates
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Powell, Tracey; Partridge, Helen – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2010
A graduate destination survey can provide a snap shot in time of a graduate's career progression and outcome. This paper will present the results of a Queensland University of Technology study exploring the employment outcomes of students who had completed a library and information science course from the Faculty of Information Technology between…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Science Education, Graduates, Work Experience
Changing Trends in LIS Job Advertisements
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Wise, Sharyn; Henninger, Maureen; Kennan, Mary Anne – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2011
The study reported in this paper is part of a larger program of studies designed to review and renew the curricula of Library and Information Science (LIS) and the broader Information Management (IM) courses. This paper analysed job advertisements as readily accessible indicators of the knowledge, skills, and competencies required of IPs by…
Descriptors: Information Science Education, Information Management, Information Systems, Information Science
Academic Libraries and the Research Quality Framework
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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
Student Persistence in a LIS Distance Education Program
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Bunn, Joanne – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2004
In a series of focus groups, past and present distance students of the Master of Library and Information Studies (MLIS) at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, were interviewed to establish which factors they believed enabled them to persist with their program. Related issues, such as reasons for enrolling, expectations, and barriers to…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Focus Groups
Australian Professional Library and Information Studies Education Programs: Changing Structure and Content
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Willard, Patricia; Wilson, Concepcion S. – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2004
Australian library and information studies professional education experienced major changes over the past 15 years or so. There has been a growth in first professional level masters programs. Some schools have been involved in organisational relocation. Program structural changes have aimed to make programs more flexible and appealing to…
Descriptors: Professional Education, Foreign Countries, Library Science, College Programs