CAUL Council of Australian University Librarians.
Archived highlights from the press
Australian Financial Review October 27 1995
The Australian Higher Education Supplement October 25 1995
- p.37 Mortley critical of Cambridge apotheosis (intellectual
property model)
- p.43 Inventor rights aren't patently obvious
- p.44 Unis on the Net risk breach of copyright
Campus Review v.5 no.41 October 19-25 1995
- p.1 Two new VCs names
- p.3 Hoare group targets unis' strategic focus
- p.5 HEC project "low key" (consultancy into the
effects of performance-based funding in universities)
- p.17 New centre to host multimedia growth (Access Australia,
interim chair Christine Page-Hanify)
The Australian Higher Education Supplement October 18 1995
- p.23 Canberra rejects open learning transfer proposal (from
Monash to AVCC)
- p.24 Advert. University of Western Australia. University Librarian.
http://www.uwa.edu.au Applications close 30 November 1995
Staff News (ANU) October 18 1995
- p.1 Information for Australian creators authors and publishers
(Educational Lending Right)
- Insert. LaIT News p.2 CLIRNET (Chinese Library and Information
Research Network) launched by Gareth Evans.
Campus Collage (The University of Newcastle) October 17 1995
- p.1 AVCC Bulletin to Vice Chancellors and Registrars, September
1995. Vice-Chancellors approved a new mission statement
Campus Review v.5 no.40 October 12-18 1995
- p.13 New collection of Aust data (The Australia Index is a
collaborative project between CSU, NLA, ANU and ADFA)
University News (The University of Queensland) no.413 October
11 1995
- p.9 Alumnus of the Year award ("Gearing Australian business
to international overdrive is the mark of Alison Crook, .... AO
.... appointed chief executive of the Office of Economic Development
and Director-General of the NSW Dept of State Development in Jan.
1995)
Campus Review v.5 no.39 October 5-11 1995
- p.3 Hoare group knuckles down to finish report
- p.3 Quality rounds protect smaller unis says Wilson
- p.29 Links. (Cooperative project between ANU Library and the
National Library of China)
The Australian Higher Education Supplement October 4 1995
- p.31 Advert. NBEET The Effects of Performance-based Funding
in Universities - Consultant to undertake a study.
inCite v.16 October 1995
- Advert. Monash University Chair of Librarianship, Archives
and Records. Applications close 1 December 1995
- Advert. Flinders University Associate Librarian Reader Services
Applications close 27 October 1995
UNILINC Newsletter no.7 October 1995
- p.1 JEDDS (... international cooperative initiative brings
together four organisations, AVCC, JISC, NLNZ and NLA... to define
and develop interface hooks to existing interlibrary lending and
document delivery systems in such a way as to promote interoperability
....)
Journal of tertiary education administration v.17 no.2 October
1995
- p.89 Performance related resource allocation within universities,
by David Warren Piper
- p.99 User-driven information systems for quality management
in higher education, by Carla Fasano et al
- p.117 The review of administration at The University of Sydney:
a case study, by Rebecca Dixon and Somon Domberger
- p.135 Russell Linke, by Bruce Williams
- p.137 Index 1979-95
National Library of Australia News October 1995
- p.13 A new strategic alliance: ALIIS
- p.16 IFLA. Warren Horton elected for a final two-year term
on the Executive Board. He was also elected to serve a further
term as Treasurer.
Inform (Victoria University Library Newsletter) no.3 October
1995
- p.4 Express check-in units (3M express transaction units installed
for library staff to return books)
- p.5 CAUL database trials
- p.11 Victoria University's first CD-ROM publication - Australia:
reflections on a republic.
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Library Staff Bulletin (Australian National University) no.445
September 29 1995
- p.1 Tony Barry attends AUUG '95 and Asia-pacific World Wide
Web conferences. His paper "Caught in a Web: Australian Government
network policy is at http://snazzy.anu.edu.au/CNASI/gov/augov/w5/paper.html
and the supporting presentation at http://snazzy.anu.edu.au/CNASI/SU/W5/s1.html.
- p.1 Colin Steele gave the opening speech at the National Theological
Librarian's conference.
- p.2 Publication. Colin Steele, The Internet and the Antiquarian
bookseller: an initial foray Australian Book Collector, September
1995.
Adelaidean (News from the University of Adelaide) v.4 no.17
25 September 1995
- p.4 V-C Squiggles "On the one hand governments exhort
us to greater cooperation and resource sharing across institutions
and on the other eke out an increasing proportion of funds on
the basis of competitive bids."
- p.4 Law on line with new computers (The $172,000 project includes
an upgrade of the Faculty's existing computing laboratory, the
establishment of a new laboratory and electronic research area
in the Law Library, and subscription to specialised legal databases,
such as Scale and INFO-ONE).
Campus Review v.5 no.37 21-27 September 1995
- p.1,2 Copyright may make academics home sick (staff and student
home pages)
- p.9,28 Untangling the Web (university home pages)
- p.19-22 UWS Hawkesbury: a profile
- p.40 Library gives good phone (University of South Australia
Library scores highly in telephone answering technique)
Campus Collage (The University of Newcastle) September 19 1995
- p.1 Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee Bulletin. (ARC
Chair, Prof Brennan's view that some ABS data was creating problems
for the higher education syste. The matter will be referred to
the Standing Committee on Research. The AVCC Board decided that
AARNet is a core business of the AVCC and that it should not become
a separate corporate identity.
- p.3 Maximising media interest in your event, by Public Affairs
Unit.
- p.6 Faculty Librarian Advisory Service (... is intended to
provide members of the University with the option of an in-depth
consultation by appointment to tap into the specialist expertise
of our Faculty Librarians.)
Campus Review v.5 no.36 September 14-20 1995
- p.13 Postgrad awards formula to change (... will now be distributed
to institutions according to the suitability of research training
environments...)
- p.19-22 University of New England: a profile
- p.26 Way remains open for more multimedia centres (... only
two of the 18 consortia in their present form met the requirements
for the establishment of viable CMCs
- p.27 ANU-China library link.
- p.31 Career moves. (Prof Geoffrey Wilson elected vice-president
of the AVCC)
The Australian Higher Education Supplement September 13 1995
- p.31 Hoare sumissions look to brighter future (UNSW submission)
- p.36 AHEIA fails to defend traditions of academe, by Carolyn
Allport (in its submission to the Hoare review)
- p.37 Discreet charm of flexible funds (Discretionary funding
review by HEC)
- p.42 Academic lawyers plan a higher profile (Prof Stephen
Parker, new convenor of Committee of Australian Law Deans, believes
"Australia's law libraries are substandard, research in law
is under-promoted and most law courses focus too sharply on law
practice")
- p.43 Photocopying kills book sales: academic
The Australian, 12 September 1995
- p.29 US on-line copyright move
- p.32 White Pages leap into cyberspace (http://www.whitepages.com.au)
- p.38 Gelignite in the publishing pond (Pat Woolley, Wild &
Woolley Fast Books)
Campus Review v.5 no.35 7 - 13 September 1995
- p.1 ARC proposes IP clamp on research funds
- p.3 Reduce tenure ratios, use more casuals: report (AHEIA
submission to Hoare review)
- p.11 Potholes in the information highway, by Richard James
and Kate Beattie
- p.11-14, 19 Postgraduate survey: a special Campus Review report
- p.15-18 The University of Adelaide: a profile
- p.17 Library a valuable resource (University of Adelaide)
- p.25 Career moves. (Heather Gordon appointed as University
Librarian at the Sunshine Coast University)
The Australian Higher Education Supplement 6 September 1995
- p.25 AHEIA suggests US-style flexibility (in submission to
the Hoare review)
- p.25 AVCC elects new vice-president (Prof Geoff Wilson, CQU)
- p.26 ARC pushes for intellectual property plans
- p.26 Murdoch stakes out Asia-Pacific IP (first Australian
university to be granted depository library status by the World
Trade Organisation)
- p.26 State funding grows by 25pc (NBEET report Efficiency
and equity in education policy)
- p.27 AVCC plans 'new push for fees'
- p.27 Experts to vet articles on Net (Uniserve)
- p.36 Reassessing the printed word. (Letter to the editor by
Warren Horton)
- p.38 New UWS law faculty under fire (second law faculty at
UWS)
- p.38 Advert. Call for proposals for new and innovative projects
to facilitate access by the Australian scholarly community to
Internet-based information services. AV-CC National Priority (Reserve)
Fund Library Projects Program 2(a). Submissions close 30 October
1995. Information pack at http://www.gu.edu.au/alib/iii/infopak/tier3_ad.htm
Staff News (The Australian National University) no.17 September
6 1995
- p.1 ANU places China's library on the Net.
The Library Home Page (University of South Australia) no.3
September 1995
- p.1 Current Contents and ABI/Inform (CAUL initiative)
- p.1 The Australian Bureau of Statistics Time Series
inCite v.16 September 1995
- p.9 Exciting new learning tool at University of Queensland
(new $400,000 Multimedia Facility)
- p.10 Libraries working together in the Asia Pacific region
(Australian Library and Information International Services (ALIIS)
advisory committee includes Chair of CAUL)
- p.11 Copyright matters (Andy Smithies holds copyright portfolio
on ALIA General Council)
- p.11 Advert. Library performance indicators (CAUL publication)
- p.22 Colin Steele's Follett lecture (http://snazzy.anu.edu.au/CNASI/pubs/Follett.html)
- p.22 Document delivery action
- insert Advert. Call for applications for the Editor, Australian
Library Journal. For additional information and copies of the
job description and selection criteria, contact Bob Missingham
Applications close 29 September 1995
Access (Swinburne Information Services Group) no.7 Spring 1995
- p.1 Standard email system for Swinburne (Pegasus Mail for
Windows)
- p.14-15 Hints & Tips. Using the Australian Bureau of Statistics
Time Series.
Shelf Life (Newsletter of the Dixson Library, University of
New England) September 1995
- p.3 CD-ROM access trial (funded by DEET)
- p.3 Recommendations from the review of the Dixson Library.
(Recommendation 10(a) That Faculty and Departmental plans ensure
that the Library receives adequate funds to support new areas
of research, (b) That when proposals for new or substantially
revised courses are being submitted to the Academic Board they
be accompanied by a statement from the University Librarian concerning
the ability of the library to provide adequate support, and that
if additional library resources are required these be factored
into the budget for the proposed new course).
Electronic Publishing Australia September/October 1995
- p.3 AVCC to fund internet information resource projects (SCIR
Program 2(a) Tier 3)
- p.4 National Priority (Reserve) Fund Library Projects - successful applicants
- p.9 JEDDS project
announced.
Library Newsletter (The Flinders University of South Australia)
no.4 September 1995
- p.1 Lexis-Nexis: new full-text on-line library service. (The
University has negotiated free trial access to this service for
evaluation by the University community and available until 31st
October 1995)
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Campus Review v.5 no.34 31 August - 6 September
- p.2 Private uni mooted for Melbourne
- p.6 Hill sketches Liberal plan for higher ed
- p.11-26 Postgraduate survey: a special Campus Review Report
- p.28 Career moves. (Helen Hayes re-elected as ACLIS President)
The Australian Higher Education Supplement 30 August 1995
- p.21 Canberra fails to meet multimedia quota (only two of
the 18 consortiums that put in bids to run Co-operative Multi-media
Centres have been judged good enough to proceed)
- p.22 Time for change, says quality chief (quality assurance
program)
- p.23 Pedagogues surf the Net, hanging five (Uniserve establishment)
- p.26 Advert. UTS Department of Information Studies Lecturer
Level B (fixed term) Applications close 22 Sep 1995
- p.27 Schools win $1.9m computer work contract (program to
help teachers learn what the workforce requires of students)
Campus Review v.5 no.33 24-30 August 1995
- p.1 Uni funding faces major reductions (..under a proposal
from the Higher Education Council now open for discussion.....to
be considered by the vice-chancellors at their next meeting in
September)
- p.4 Internal audit via the Net hints at huge potential (Edith
Cowan's new approach to internal management review and audit)
- p.5 Internet clearing houses CAUT teacher interest (Uniserve
Australia to be launched 28/8/95 by Barry Jones) http://uniserve.edu.au/uniserve
- p.6 UWS sets date for Parramatta campus (at Rydalmere from
July 1996)
- p.11-14 UWS Macarthur: a profile
- p.17 Letter. OLTC stays on line. Julie Carr, Chief Executive,
OLTC Ltd.
The Australian Higher Education Supplement 23 August 1995
- p.23 HEC backs quality restructure (Discussion paper released
this week "Use of discretionary funds for the promotion of
quality and innovation in higher education.")
- p.26 Advert. La Trobe University. Divisional Librarian. Acquisitions
and collection management. Librarian Level C.
- p.33 Career moves. Heather Gordon appointed university librarian
of Sunshine Coast University College. Helen Hayes re-elected national
president of ACLIS)
University News (UQ) 23 August 1995
- p.5 Desktop access to global data (CAUL trial of SilverPlatter
ERL)
Staff News (ANU) 23 August 1995
- p.1 ANU to coordinate teaching excellence clearinghouses (The
clearinghouses can all be accessed at http://uniserve.edu.au/uniserve)
Library staff bulletin (ANU) 18 August 1995
- p.1 DEET Research Library Infrastructure Working Group (Colin
Steele nominated by the HEC)
- p.1 CLIRNET opening (by Gareth Evans of the Chinese Library
and Information Research Network 30/8/95)
Campus Review v.5 no.32 17-23 August 1995
- p.2 Start to consultations on the superhighway. ("Universities,
....can all expect to be quizzed over the next few weeks about
their information technology needs. The survey will be based on
a detailed issues paper Development of a business plan for EdNA.")
- p.2 Translation - what is likely to happen (with EdNA)
- p.3 Advert. South Australian review of university governance.
Submissions close 22 September.
- p.4 MU to review intellectual property rules.
The Australian Higher Education Supplement 16 August 1995
- p.23 Quality time had by review team (...final stages of ...
quality assurance exercise)
- p.25 Press shutdown signals trend (La Trobe University press
is to shut down)
- p.27 Self-raising power: what makes an effective leader and
how are people persuaded to become leaders.
- p.28 Deep cut of collective surgery (Letter to the editor
by Robert Barnes, Classics Dept, ANU on the NLA's collection policy)
- p.30 Library performance kits released (CAUL releases
performance indicator kits)
- p.30 Sharing infrastructure may help save souls ("The
higher education management review has seven terms of reference:
its letter inviting submissions asks eight questions. The interloper
is about sharing resources..... costly infrastructure presumably
refers to libraries....")
ANU Reporter 16 August 1995
- p.3 Library agreement. (National CJK system)
The Australian, Tuesday 15 August, 1995
- p.25 Call for a single information agency ("The Federal
government received strong interventionist signals at the first
meeting of the National Information Services Council (NISC)
- p.26 Congestion raises questions about the Net
- p.26 GEMS service offers a wealth of information (Government
Electronic Market System provides information on government tenders,
databases and dates for auctions.
- p.28 Advert. Expressions of interest - document imaging. QUT
Student Administration. For more information email r.morley@qut.edu.au
- p.31 'Time right' for a local on-line code of practice. (from
Copyright, Convergence & Multimedia Law Conference)
- p.31 ABA checks the Net (Australian Broadcasting Authority
will investigate access to offensive material and report back
to NISC by June 30 1996)
The Weekend Australian 12-13 August, 1995
- Supplement. Postgraduate education and career upgrades.
Campus Review v.5 no.31 10-16 August, 1995
- p.4 US academic critical of quality control measures
- p.4 Tertiary teaching future assured (CAUT)
- p.4 QUT joins the business graduate club (establishment of
a graduate school of business)
- p.18 CARL cuts a swath through the magazine rack (by Dr Tapen
Sinha, Ass Prof Finance, Bond University)
- p.19 Copier protects books (FUJI Xerox)
The Australian Higher Education Supplement 9 August 1995
- p.23 Funding axe to fall on quality round
- p.24 Efficiency is applicable to unis: minister
- p.25 Lecturers eager to be listed among the best (national
database of Australia's most talent university teachers)
- p.25 Advert. UNSW Division of Information Services Principal
Librarian Applications close 4 September, 1995.
Library Staff Bulletin (ANU) 4 August 1995
- p.1 Review of the university library (Chair: Prof Mairead
Browne; Members: Helen Hayes, John Shipp)
Campus Review v.5 no.30 3-9 August 1995
- p.1 Gale to lead VCs (full story p.2)
- p.5 Technology funds ("A $1.16 million DEET grant will
be used to help move education from print to electronic modes
of delivery at at CSU)
- p.5 Private uni planners' land deal (private universities
planned - Future Generations University, Australian Academy University)
- p.8 How much funding does your faculty deserve? (DEET system
of funding by faculty type)
- p.14 Library deal will deliver 6m serials (NLA's WORLD 1 service;
NLA has secured exclusive rights in Australian to host UnCover)
- p.14 Romantic tale as academia discovers popular literature
(Juliet Flesch, University of Melbourne, compiles bibliography
"Love brought to book" of romance authors and novels,
published by Monash's Natioinal Centre for Australian Studies)
- p.24 Advert. The University of the South Pacific. Deputy University
Librarian, Reader salary scale F$41,637-F$45,961 plus 15% gratuity.
The Australian Higher Education Supplement 2 August 1995
- p.23 AVCC elects Gale as new president.
- p.24 Awarded UniSA finds practice makes perfect (highest place
in the inaugural Business-Higher Education Council awards for
"hidden good practice")
- p.25 Rival for new NSW campus (private Future Generations
University vs Hunter Institute of Technology)
- p.25 Storey critical of Hoare Review
- p.29 Scholarly publishing. (The Australian directory of academic
and research associations. By Glynn Edwards and Therese Sullivan
(Universal Consulting Services, $80.95) The Australian directory
of academics. By Glynn Edwards and Therese Sullivan (Universal
Consulting Services, $169.95))
ANU Reporter 2 August 1995
- p.3 Johnson's Dictionary part of a collection now at ANU.
- p.11 Review of the ANU Library. (Chair: Prof Mairead Browne)
Library News (La Trobe University) v.25 no.2 August 1995
- p.1 Electronic publishing and the library. (AVCC SCIR Program
3 funding for the Australian Humanities Review
- p.1 Library gets top rating (...five-star rating from the
Good Universities Guide ...)
- p.2 ARLIS/ANZ on the World Wide Web (at http://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au/arlisanz/home.html)
- p.3 Electronic journals in innovative database trials by library
University of Sydney Library Newsletter no.24 August 1995
- p.1 Library review recommendation 37 - White Paper:
consolidation of branch libraries on the original campus
- p.2 Electronic services in lending services (renewal forms
for Fisher Research Library items)
- p.3 Databases on trial
- p.4 Australian Statistics on AARNet
ARL Newsletter no.181 August 1995
Newsletter (ABS Library Extension Program) no.13 August 1995
- p.1 Universities online (to the new ABS online statistics
service, with photograph of CAUL President with the Minister and
Australian Statistician)
Newsline (The University of Adelaide Library) August 1995
- Free trials of networked databases
News (The University of Adelaide Library) August 1995
- p.1 Internet access at the Barr Smith Library (eight dedicated
terminals)
- p.3 Electronic databases sponsored by CAUL
Information management report August 1995
InCite August 1995
- p.7 Government inquiries - summary of current status
- p.16 What's in it for me? (national competency standards)
by Angela Bridgland
- p.17 Implementing the library competency standards, by Kate
Doyle, Arts Training Australia
- p.18 Library competency standards, by Anne Hazell
ProACTive (newsletter of the ALIA ACT Branch) no.149 August
1995
- p.1 The ALIA ACT merit awards. (also presented to Tony Barry
for his leadership in the use of electronic information)
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