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McShane, Ian – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2011
In recent years public libraries have experimented with user-generated or community-contributed content through the interactive tools of Web 2.0. For some commentators this not just establishes a new relationship between libraries and their publics, but signals the end of information hegemony and an "expert paradigm". Such claims need to…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Technological Literacy, Access to Information, Library Development
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Blackburn, Fiona – Australian Library Journal, 2010
The nature of learning in a public library is relevant to what place e-learning and social networking technologies might have there. That a public library aims to provide something for everyone is also important. Alice Springs Public Library (ASPL) is a place of learning; it is also a crowded and composite space. The use ASPL could make of the…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Public Libraries, Library Automation, Library Development
International Association of School Librarianship, Kalamazoo, MI. – 1993
This collection contains 13 selected papers presented at the 1992 conference of the International Association of School Librarianship. Titles are as follows: (1) "The Difference of Literature: Writing for the Future of Young Adults" (Aidan Chambers); (2) "Managing School Library Change" (Peggy Heeks); (3) "The Power of…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Brodie, Maxine – 2000
This paper discusses the impact of change on the State Library of New South Wales (Australia), a large public research library charged with the care and continuing use of a documentary heritage. The first section provides background on the State Library, including history, collection, mission, and use. The second section describes library clients,…
Descriptors: Archives, Foreign Countries, Information Literacy, Information Technology
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Becker, Linda K. W. – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2006
The purpose of this study is to review and analyse historical research related to changes brought on by globalisation in Australian academic libraries. Using relevant literature, this study examines the role of academic librarians in internationalising their own experiences and perspectives for the purpose of improving library, instructional and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, International Education, Librarians