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Browne, Mairead; Kirk, Joyce – Australian Library Journal, 2004
This article acknowledges and celebrates the contribution of Margaret Trask to education for beginning professionals in library and information work. It identifies four concepts or themes which underpinned the award courses developed and taught under Margaret's leadership, and examines how these themes have evolved over thirty years. Margaret…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Professional Associations, Library Education
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Whyte, Jean P. – Australian Library Journal, 1987
Reviews the formation of the Australian Institute of Librarians, which was forwarded in 1937 and dissolved in 1949, and the achievements of its founders. Particular attention is paid to the inaugural meeting, conferences, and the importance of branches of the institute. (19 notes with references) (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Conferences, Developed Nations, Foreign Countries, Library Associations
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Nimon, Maureen – Australian Library Journal, 2004
Yearbook Australia 2003 reports that in August 2001 there were 9596 schools in Australia (2003:305). It can be claimed with confidence that each of these has a library and that a member or members of the school staff have specific responsibility for its operation. That this is so is primarily an achievement of the Library Association of Australia…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Associations, School Libraries, Library Associations
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Schmude, Karl G. – Australian Library Journal, 1984
Examines physical deterioration of library collections as result of acidic content of books published since mid-nineteenth century. Dimensions of problem, solutions being developed by libraries, and professional challenges posed by preservation (collection management, organizational structures, technical processes, educational programs) are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Library Associations, Library Cooperation
Library Association of Australia, Sidney. – 1971
The fifteenth biennial Conference of the Library Association of Australia was held from August 25th to 29th, 1969, in Adelaide. This proceedings volume contains many of the papers given, and summaries of many others. Five papers were presented during the plenary sessions. Thirty-one authors presented general papers. There were nine seminars…
Descriptors: Archives, Conference Reports, Foreign Countries, Librarians
Seidelin, Susanne, Ed.; Hamilton, Stuart, Ed. – International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (NJ1), 2005
The IFLA/FAIFE World Report Series is unique. It is the only source based on a systematic data collection process that provides an overview of how libraries around the world are tackling barriers to freedom of access to information and freedom of expression. This year's edition includes 84 country reports which detail the extent of Internet access…
Descriptors: Freedom, Access to Information, Laws, Federal Legislation