Latest Releases
Philip Hider with Ross Harvey (2008)
Topics in Australasian Library and Information Studies No. 29. 387pp. soft cover
ISBN 978 1 876938 67 3
This book updates the successful first edition which has been widely used as an introduction to the field of information organisation, both in Australia and overseas. The work reflects current practice and trends, paying particular attention to how libraries and other information services provide intellectual access to digital information resources through metadata. Examples of case studies have been updated throughout.
Exploring methods in information literacy research
Edited by Suzanne Lipu, Kirsty Williamson and Annemaree Lloyd (2007)
Topics in Australasian Library and Information Studies No. 28. soft cover
ISBN 978 1876938 61 1
This book has been written by information professionals and new researchers who have conducted information literacy based studies. Each chapter outlines a particular research method and the application of it in those studies. The book aims to assist new researchers in deciding which research method might suit an information literacy study they are doing or want to do.
Libraries in the twenty-first century: Charting new directions in information services
Edited by Stuart Ferguson (2007)
Topics in Australasian Library and Information Studies No. 27. 401pp. soft cover
ISBN 978 1 876 938 43 7
This book brings together library educators and practitioners to provide a scholarly yet accessible overview of library and information management and the challenges that the twenty-first century offers the information profession. The papers in this collection illustrate the changing nature of the library as it evolves into its twenty-first century manifestation. The national libraries of Australia and New Zealand, for instance, have harnessed information and communication technologies to create institutions that are far more national, even democratic, in terms of delivery of service and sheer presence than their print-based predecessors.
Collection management: A concise introduction (revised edition)
John Kennedy (2006)
Topics in Australasian Library and Information Studies No. 26. 192pp. soft cover
ISBN 1-876938-13-7
The rapidly increasing reliance on digital rather than print-based resources has not diminished the importance of library collection management, but it has required significant modification in the thinking and the practice of collection managers, who today usually have to consider their clients' need for both print-based and digital materials. This updated edition aims to provide a concise overview of the major elements of contemporary collection management of print and digital resources - including policy formulation, selection, acquisition, evaluation, preservation, deselection, and cooperative collecting - in a way which aims to be of interest to the student and to any other reader seeking an understanding of a particularly dynamic area of librarianship.
The other 51 weeks: A marketing handbook for librarians (revised
edition)
Lee Welch (2006)
Topics in Australasian Library and Information Studies No. 25. 118pp. soft cover
ISBN 1-876938-90-0
The title The Other 51 Weeks reflects the author's conviction that the concept of marketing for libraries goes far beyond the single week of promotional displays for Library and Information Week. There are many definitions of marketing but most come down to the same thing - it is the process of identifying and meeting client needs. Marketing is a vital building block in the process of managing and fostering our libraries. The book has an easy to follow step-by-step format to allow the reader to formulate his or her own marketing strategy. The book is intended to distil the theory and strip the hype from what is a simple but vital process that can assist today's libraries to thrive in a changing world. It puts marketing in its proper place in the librarian's management tool kit.