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Preserving the spoken word: six issues in search of a digital solution
Michael SeadleHow can we digitize the spoken word in a way that maximizes its usefulness and accessibility over as long a period as possible? This editorial lists six issues: copyright and…
Issues for Australian libraries: an introduction
Colin SteeleAustralia is the size of the continental USA but with only 19 million inhabitants. Although it has benefited greatly from Internet connections, Australia’s declining dollar in…
New South Wales public libraries: conquering the “tyranny of distance”
Maxine BrodieAustralia has developed a social and economic identity strongly influenced by its physical isolation as an island continent with a relatively small population. This article…
Electronic texts, digital libraries, and the humanities in Australia
Toby BurrowsThe humanities are facing considerable difficulties and pressures in Australian universities, as staff numbers fall and research funds shrink. Despite this, various innovative…
The evolution of information resource sharing infrastructure: an Australian perspective
Neil McLeanThis paper examines the particular characteristics underpinning resource sharing among university libraries in Australia, and describes a series of projects aimed at improving the…
Beyond cooperation in Australia
Steve O’ConnorThe library profession in Australia is not large but is dispersed across an ancient continent as large as mainland USA. In this situation management styles have developed which…
Efforts to formalise international collaboration in scholarly information infrastructure
Stephen CramondThis article describes recent attempts to formalise relationships between the university sector in Australia, and equivalent bodies in the UK and the USA, in the development of…
Dirt road or yellow brick superhighway? Information and communication technology in academic libraries of South Africa
Colin Darch, Peter G. UnderwoodInformation and communication technology (ICT) development in South African libraries cannot be understood outside the context of the post‐apartheid period. The society consists…
Factors to be considered in the selection and cataloging of Internet resources
Mary Beth WeberInternet resources have become a standard part of the resources offered by many libraries. Despite this fact, issues surrounding the selection of these resources, as well as…
Missing links: a survey of library systems department Web pages
Brian QuinnIronically, many library systems departments, even those of major research libraries, have no Web presence at all, or their pages are “hidden” beneath layers of links. Yet a…
XML and better Web searching
Joe Jackson, Donald L. GilstrapThis article addresses the implications of the new Web meta‐language XML for World Wide Web searching. Compared to HTML, XML is more concerned with structure of data than…
Survey construction
Joseph JanesThis column continues a series on topics in research methodology, statistics and data analysis techniques for the library and information sciences. It discusses surveys, how to…
International complications
Michael SeadleEvery page on the Web represents an international publication. A client machine in Germany can easily access a server in Michigan, but the copyright laws in the USA differ in a…
