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Starting the Conversation: University-Wide Research Data Management Policy
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Erway, Ricky – OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., 2013
This call for action addresses the high-level benefits of adopting a university-wide policy regarding research data management. It identifies the various university stakeholders and suggests that the library initiate a conversation among them in order to get buy-in for a proactive, rather than reactive, high-level policy for responsible data…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Information Technology, Foreign Countries
Playing with the Future: Library Engagement and Change
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Sukovic, Suzana; Litting, David; England, Ashley – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2011
Libraries, as authoritative custodians and providers of information, are facing a number of challenges as they are trying to adjust to the new information environment. Some challenges arise from major paradigm shifts in recent decades relating to the understanding of the nature of information processes and conceptions of authority. Engagement…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Libraries, Foreign Countries, Library Automation
The Crossover Generation: Baby Boomers and the Role of the Public Library
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Williamson, Kirsty; Bannister, Marion; Sullivan, Jen – Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2010
The article explores the concept of baby boomers as a "crossover" generation, one that embodies characteristics of previous and later generations. The context is the retirement of the baby boomers and its potential impact on the public library. Ethnographic method within a constructivist framework was used, employing the techniques of…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Focus Groups, Baby Boomers, Public Libraries
Information Management. VALA National Conference on Library Automation Proceedings (2nd, Melbourne, Australia, November 28-December 1, 1983). Volume 1.
Cheney, B. J., Ed. – 1984
The first of two volumes of a conference proceedings, this document contains the welcome, the opening, the keynote addresses, and the invited papers, as well as a submitted paper by John Gillam which was not available for publication in the pre-prints (Volume 2) prior to the conference. Three addresses are not included in these proceedings and…
Descriptors: Computers, Databases, Information Networks, Information Retrieval
Globalisation and Internationalisation: Models and Patterns of Change for Australian Academic Librarians
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Becker, Linda K. W. – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2006
This is the final article in a series examining globalisation and the role of Australian librarians in internationalising library, university, and international practice in higher education. It describes case studies of Australian academic libraries in which a successful pattern for internationalisation emerged. The conclusions of the research are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Librarians, Library Development
Information Technology in Schools: Implications for Teacher Librarians. Second Report of the Online Information Services for Schools Sub-Committee.
Australian Library and Information Association, Perth. School Libraries Section. – 1990
This publication is designed to assist teacher librarians or those who are in charge of school libraries in the following areas: (1) online information services; (2) electronic bulletin boards and electronic mail; (3) CD-ROM and videodisc; (4) hypertext and hypermedia; (5) automated library systems; and (6) developing an IT plan for a school…
Descriptors: Computer Software Evaluation, Electronic Mail, Elementary Secondary Education, Equipment Evaluation