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National Newsletter (June 1997)

Contents: On the edge - 7th Asian Pacific Specials, Health and Law Librarians' Conference and Exhibition, 12-16 October 1997, Perth WA; Australian inter-library loans compared to the US commercial suppliers by Stephen Due; library profiles - Family Information Centre, Australian Institute of Family Studies, Melbourne by Judy Adams; National Executive: Tricia Scolaro, Robyn Hull, Anne Batt, Gillian McCardle.

Original document held in ALIA House, Canberra.

National Newsletter (March 1997)

Contents: On the edge - 7th Asian Pacific Specials, Health and Law Librarians' Conference and Exhibition, 12-16 October 1997, Perth, WA; Health library services in Victoria by Stephen Due and Melanie Kammermann; Tasmanian news; National Executive: Cheryl Hamill, Robyn Hull, Anne Batt, Gillian McCardle.

Original document held in ALIA House, Canberra.

Job descriptions: Improving their currency, accuracy and usefulness

ALIA 1997 Library Technician Dunn & Wilson Scholarship, Lorraine Denny LibT ALIATec

This study was made possible through the Dunn & Wilson Scholarship and supported by the Australian Library & Information Association (ALIA), with sponsorship from LJ Cullen Bookbinders NSW, and Apollo-Moon Bookbinders Victoria.

This research project focused on examining job descriptions from an organisational perspective. The objectives of the project were to:

  • determine the current practice of the role of job descriptions in Australian libraries, using Library Technicians as a sample group;
  • collate examples of Library Technician job descriptions to determine the type of information contained in them;
  • identify best practice in the design, content and uses of job descriptions; and
  • present recommendations to the library profession which would aid them in developing effective job descriptions that are current, relevant, accurate and useful.

National Newsletter (September 1996)

Contents: A personal view of the impact of privatisation on the library in a private teaching hospital by Ann Ritchie; How well do libraries promote themselves by Prue Deacon; library profiles - The NHMRC National Breast Cancer Centre; International Congress on Medical Librarianship, 2005; Public private hospital partnerships - implications for health libraries; National Executive: Cheryl Hamill, Robyn Hull, Anne Batt, Gillian McCardle.

Original document held at ALIA House, Canberra.

National Newsletter (March 1996)

Contents: Values, charges and cost of document supply by Stephen Due; Rochester study; Anne Harrison award; library profiles - Dr Richard Buttfield Library; Health Information Resource Service for Women by Gillian McCardle; ALIA and professional development in Health Libraries.

Original document held in ALIA House, Canberra.

National Newsletter (August 1995)

Contents: The librarian as an entrepreneur by Andrew Rook and Adam Clark;  Copyright: publishers should give libraries a break by Julie Hooke; conference update; report on ACLIS National Interlending and Document Delivery summit by Anne Fricker; Copying in hospital libraries under threat - update by Graeme Spooner; HLS National Executive: Ian Stubbin, Virginia Staggs, Toni Silson, Grahame Manns.

Original document held in ALIA House, Canberra.

A case study of higher-level library technicians

ALIA 1995 Library Technician Dunn & Wilson Scholarship, Jean Bailey, LibTechCert

This study was made possible through the Dunn & Wilson Scholarship and supported by the Australian Library & Information Association (ALIA), with sponsorship from LJ Cullen Bookbinders NSW, and Apollo-Moon Bookbinders Victoria.

The aims of the study were:

  • To examine the career progression and practice of library technicians who operated at Higher Education Worker Level 6 (HEW6) or above in academic libraries as case studies; and
  • To examine the role of those library technicians vis-a-vis the industry competency standards which were the basis to the development of the national curriculum.

National Newsletter (July 1994)

Contents: Getting serious about serials; President's column - electronic mail; National Executive: Ian Stubbin, Virginia Staggs, Toni Silson, Grahame Manns;  National Minimum Standards for Hospital Libraries second edition update; Understanding what subscription agents can - and can't - do for you by Grahame Manns; Periodical price projections for 1995; Serials management with Inmagic Plus; Library of Holistic Health opening; Outsourcing for hospital libraries by Roslyn Jackson.

Original document in ALIA House, Canberra.

National Newsletter (September 1994)

Contents: Document delivery: welcome to the virtual library by Christine Goodacre; President's column - national standards; NLM Classification and AIDS; National Executive: Ian Stubbin, Virginia Staggs, Toni Silson, Grahame Manns; UnCover Australia from the National Library of Australia.

Original document in ALIA House, Canberra.

Health Libraries' Section National Newsletter No.26 (July 1993)

Contents: Conference report - Medical Library Association 93rd Annual Meeting, May 14-20 1993, Chicago, Illinois by Rolf Schafer; hospital library standards; Vale Sian Jane Hayes; NLM update; Medline replaced by the Australasian Medical Index; The Human Services Thesaurus 2nd. ed.; Anne Harrison award; conference/national executive rotation; Australian Council of Allied Health Professionals.

Orginal document held in ALIA House, Canberra.

Health Inform, Vol.2 No.2 (June 1992)

Contents: Editorial by Lisa Belkin; from the President by Jo Marshall; ALIA Health Libraries Section general meetings by Jenni Rusciano; Fairfield campus information network by Suzanne O'Callaghan; professional issues; ITS: Information technology issues by Dorothea Rowse; forthcoming events; performance indicators by Kathy Hutton; obituary: Mary Delafield by Enid Meldrum.

Health Inform, Vol. 1 No. 1 (March 1992)

Contents: From the President; at your service: executive profiles: Jo Marshall, Kathy Hutton, Roxanne McIvor, Lisa Belkin, David Lloyd, Enid Meldrum, Jenni Rusciano, Suzanne O'Callaghan and Janet Hindson; ALIA Health Section general meeting; forthcoming events; fellowships/scholarships; references of interest; obituary: Anne Harrison; personal notes, comments.

Health Libraries' Section National Newsletter No.24 (December 1992)

Contents: National Executive : Brigitte Glockner, Elizabeth Hides, Caroline Dowling, Anne Batt, Gaye Sweeney, Susan Lutley, Cheryl Hamill; The Australian Society of the History of Medicine; news from the fledgling ACT HLS section; HHCS Thesaurus 2nd. ed.; sensitive reference issues; casemix funding; archival storage of HLS Newsletters; Anne Harrison award.

Original document housed in ALIA House, Canberra.

Newsletter No.21 (July 1991)

Contents: Conference progress report; National Minimum Standards for Hospital Libraries, members of the subcommittee: Trish Aguado, Don Keast, Judith Weaver, Fay Heikkila, Ruth Murray, Paul Davis; HOSPLAN; future conferences and national executives for health.

Original document held in ALIA House, Canberra.

Newsletter No.36 (November 1991)

Contents: report on Achieving Excellence: fourth Asian-Pacific Special and Law Librarians Conference with the Ninth Biennial Health Librarians Conference, management strategies for the one-person or minimal staff health services library; Australia-wide scheme for serials duplicates; quality assurance in health libraries; budget survey of Melbourne hospital libraries.

Original document held in ALIA House, Canberra.

Newsletter No.33 (February 1991)

Contents: Executive: Joan Martin, Ruth Lawrence, Enid Meldrum, Roxanne McIvor, Ann McGalliard, Jenni Rusciano, Jo Marshall, Anne McLean, Vanessa Craven, Jan Hindson; report on DA Books; daily/weekly statistics tally sheet; future of Australian Medline Network; Australian Council of Allied Health Professions.

Original document held in ALIA House, Canberra.

Newsletter No.19 (December/January 1990/91)

Contents: National Executive office bearers: Linda Mulheron, Ian Stubbin, Kay Vincent, committee members: Patricia Aguado, Katherine Keily, Rolf Schafer, Virginia Staggs, Marion Steele; International Congress on Medical Librarianship; conference update; Anne Harrison award progress report; Dewey Decimal Classification; HOSPLAN; ALIA House opening.

Original document held in ALIA House, Canberra.

Newsletter No.20 (March 1991)

Contents: National Executive office bearers: Linda Mulheron, Ian Stubbin, Kay Vincent, committee members: Patricia Aguado, Katherine Keily, Rolf Schafer, Virginia Staggs, Marion Steele; Anne Harrison award; Australian Medline network; The Australian Council of Allied Professions; goals and objectives for 1991; news from the conference.

Original document held in ALIA House, Canberra.