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Katherine Dix; Tamara Van Der Zant – Australian Council for Educational Research, 2025
The School Libraries in South Australia: 2024 Census offers a snapshot of the current state, challenges, and evolving roles of school libraries and their staffing in South Australia. Conducted by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) at the behest of the School Library Association of South Australia (SLASA), this census builds…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Libraries, Library Services, Financial Support
O'Sullivan, Carmel; Partridge, Helen – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2016
Strategic communication is not solely the remit of library managers and directors, but is the product of internal culture and engagement with the organization's brand. Libraries need to communicate strategically, in order to demonstrate to individuals across the organization that their message is on point, and that they understand, are committed…
Descriptors: Organizational Change, Communication Strategies, Case Studies, Strategic Planning
Chauvet, Marianne; Bourbous, Vicki; Liston, Frances – Journal of Access Services, 2016
Changes and innovations in higher education learning and teaching acted as a catalyst for rethinking the way in which service was delivered to library clients at Australian Catholic University. The Single Service Point was piloted at one campus library in 2014 to develop a best practice approach to service delivery. The merging of cultures within…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Church Related Colleges, Academic Libraries, Library Services
O'Neil, Frances; Comley, Jenny – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2010
Since 2008, Victoria University (VU) Library has employed 20 or more Student Assistants annually who work on a casual basis for up to 12 hours per week during terms/semesters to staff the Library in Study Hall mode (where there is self-service access to PCs and collections and limited staff assistance). This initiative appears to have been highly…
Descriptors: Student Employment, Employment Programs, Research Libraries, Models
Moorcroft, Heather – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2009
Despite the stereotype of libraries as peaceful retreats, unacceptable behaviour is a reality that desk staff have to deal with. This paper outlines the results of two surveys conducted at Charles Darwin University Library to investigate the extent to which this is a problem in Australian academic libraries. The first survey went to CAUL (Council…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Behavior Problems, Library Personnel, Surveys
Haines, Rebecca; Calvert, Philip J. – Australian Library Journal, 2009
The aim of this research was to investigate current issues faced by public library staff in rural South Australia and to examine some of the reasons why people choose to work in rural libraries. The study took a mixed methods approach, combining interviews and questionnaires to gain a fuller understanding of the issues and experiences of rural…
Descriptors: Library Personnel, Public Libraries, Rural Areas, Foreign Countries
Sloan, Julie – Australian Library Journal, 2008
Library and Information Services (LIS) providers are vulnerable in the current war for talent. They need to work collaboratively to develop accurate workforce data so they can retain and recruit the right people. In South Australia, the issue has a level of urgency above other States as the demographic is skewed to older workers. Organisations…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Services, Older Workers, Library Services
Goldhor, Herbert, Comp. – 1981
This fact book, compiled to fill the need of practicing librarians and researchers for recent data on public libraries, contains statistics concerning or relevant to the U.S. public library system. Data on all aspects of American public libraries are summarized from such sources as annual reports, journal articles, surveys, books, doctoral theses,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Library Administration, Library Expenditures, Library Facilities

Allen, Nessy – College and Research Libraries, 1989
Describes the development and administration of archives in Australian universities, and discusses problems relating to financial support, staffing, space allocation, placement, and management. The outlook for the future of archives in Australia is then examined, focusing on financial support and the role of the government in encouraging…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Archives, Financial Support, Foreign Countries
Brockman, J. R. – 1984
Based on material obtained and observations made in 1982, this Australian study focuses on the British Library's inter-library comparison (ILC) project for academic libraries. The report is presented in five sections, the first of which is a brief introduction. The second section deals with the general concept of inter-organization comparison as a…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Efficiency
Browne, Mairead, Ed. – 1981
Pre-circulated papers, comments on these papers, documents compiled as a result of group discussion, and resolutions adopted at Australia's 1980 National Workshop on Joint-Use Libraries are presented. A joint-use library is defined as one in which two or more distinct groups of users are given equal priority in the same premises, the governance of…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Community Centers, Contracts, Foreign Countries
Mercer, Prue – 2000
This paper explores the issues and opportunities for information providers in a digital environment where the skills of management of change and leadership are necessary to create vital and healthy organizations. The first section discusses challenges of the digital environment and skills for the information profession, including the impact of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrator Role, Foreign Countries, Information Services

Ito, Megumi – International Library Review, 1987
Compares academic libraries in Japan and Australia in three areas: general background (number of libraries, financial support, size of collections, and student/staff ratios); the role of libraries (services offered, library instruction, accessibility, library cooperation, and expenditures); and library staffs (qualifications of directors, staff…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Comparative Analysis, Developed Nations