Centre for Information Studies
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Research Applications in Information and Library Studies Seminar (RAILS 2)
National Library of Australia, Canberra 16-17 September 2005
Edited by Anne Lloyd and Bob Pymm (2006)
CIS Research Reports No. 8
ISBN 1-876938-25-0
RAILS 2, the second Research Applications in Information
and Library Studies Seminar was held on 16-17 September 2005
at
the National Library of Australia. The seminar built on the success of
the inaugural RAILS seminar held at Queensland University of Technology
in 2004, continuing the theme of building partnerships
among educators, researchers and practitioners and aiming to raise the
research profile in the information professions. Presentations
covered areas such as the research process, information literacy, library
history, improving services to specific groups and understanding the
needs and tools of practitioners and professionals.
Not all of the papers presented at RAILS 2 are published in this collection and for those papers not available the abstract is provided. Of those that are published, all but one have been peer-reviewed (the paper by Stephen Ellis was not peer reviewed at the author's request).