...Primoz Juznic; Bob Pymm Purpose This paper seeks to report the outcomes of a survey of LIS students undertaken in Slovenia and Australia on their experience of work placements and the benefits this can bring for enhancing their personal portfolios. Design/methodology/approach Students were...

... Academic libraries University libraries Web sites Australia During the last decade, increased complexity in the information landscape has brought changes to the way in which libraries operate. New electronic formats have proliferated and now exist alongside the library's traditional collections...

... Group Publishing Limited 2011 New librarians Academic libraries Older workers Retention Recruitment Australia The “greying” of the library and information sector (LIS) has become an important area of attention over the last few decades as the retirement of large sections...

...Hepu Deng Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present an investigation of the extent to which electronic resources are utilized in higher education in Australia. It seeks to explore the pattern and trend of accessing and using electronic resources in a university library for helping university...

...Janine Schmidt; Lucy Peachey The government, from both national and regional sources, is the primary source of funds for universities and their libraries in Australia. Student numbers and financial allocations are set by the federal government. Government policy changes in relation to higher...

... approach to identifying requirements has been to develop vocational competency frameworks that identify specific abilities required at different levels of application. In Australia, for example, these have been produced in the library, archives and records management sectors (Arts Training Australia, 1995...

...Alan A. Flores This paper discusses the development and operation of a new and unique public library service in Gosford, Australia. It explains that although the library had been thriving for 50 years, a mixture of causes was creating the effect of reducing loans. Details are provided...

.... The partnership essentially involves the ITI Train the Internet Trainer program, the first nationally accredited program of its kind in Australia. The Train the Internet Trainer program is a practical three‐day hands‐on training workshop designed to give professionals the skills to prepare and deliver effective...

...Toby Burrows Discusses the user pay approach in Australia with particular reference to Government publications. Notes that although the Australian Government Publishing Service (AGPS) has been increasing its prices gradually it still provides free deposit copies of all its publications to the State...

...Toby Burrows Reports that higher education in Australia is in the middle of far‐reaching changes resulting from the Federal Government′s White Paper of 1988 which provided the blueprint for the new “unified national system”. Comments on how this has affected the provision of library services...