Higher Education and Communications News in the Press
Updated 18 December, 1997
Index
March 1996
Campus Review v.6 no.11 28 March - 3 April 1996
- p.1 Tertiary sector manoeuvres to meet minister (appointment
of higher education adviser, Ms Irene O'Connell)
The Australian Higher Education Supplement 27 March 1996
- p.21 ARC plans reallocation of research funding (Interim findings
published in a special edition of ARC news - Funding Strategies for Basic Research)
- p.22 In the shadows but not in the dark (Opposition spokesman
on education... Peter Baldwin)
- p.28 Advert. University of Queensland. Manager, Corporate
Services (HEW 10B), Manager biological Sciences Library Service
(HEW 10A), Manager Physical Sciences and Engineering Library Service
(HEW 10A), Manager, Gatton College Library Service (HEW 9) Closing
date: 12 April 1996.
University News (University of Queensland) no.418 27 March
1996
- p.2 New system gives Library the info edge (...the fastest
Innopac installation process in the world...)
The Bookseller March 22 1996
- p.8 Blackwell loses Oxford in consortium tender ("Dawson
has beaten B H Blackwell...Southern Universities Consortium...EBSCO
has also been named as a preferred supplier...")
Campus Review v.6 no.10 21-27 March 1996
- p.3 Science concentrated under McGauran
- p.8 Economic bias in copyright debate avoids the real issues,
by Judith Fox
- p.12 Sydney University library goes online
- p.15 Career moves. (.... university librarian ms Vicki Williamson
has been invited to be a member of the Australian Vice-Chancellors'
Committee Standing Committee on Information Resources)
The Inner Ear (University of Newcastle) no.2 19 March 1996
- p.1 Libnotes. Library launches Britannica Online ("the
first in Australia to provide its faculty and students with access
to the online Encyclopedia Britannica.")
Network (Deakin University Newsletter) no.3 15 March 1996
Campus Review v.6 no.9 14-20 March 1996
- p.5 Asian studies anger resurfaces at ANU.
- p.6 Hoare report 'ambivalent and inconsistent' says ANU.
The Australian Higher Education Supplement 13 March 1996
- p.36 Advert. Department of Training and Education Co-ordination
and NSW Technical and Further Education Commission. SES positions.
Director, Cross-Sectoral Policy Co-ordination; Director, Educational
Development; Director, Recognition; Director, Industry Training,
etc.
- p.44 Uni chiefs flock to Malta (for a conference of executive
heads of Commonwealth universities)
Campus Review, vol. 6, no. 8, 7-13 March 1996
- p. 9 Publisher's imprint: symbol of quality on Net ("Without
a proper copyright regime extended to photocopied anthologies,
traditional scholarly publishers will not survive, writes managing
director of Thomas Nelson Australia, TED GANNAN.")
- p. 9 Journal of discovery by pioneer of publishing in cyberspace
("by Cassandra Pybus" "Australian Humanities Review
is a fledgling e-journal funded by the Australian Vice Chancellor's
Committee as a pilot" "The cutting edge is the bleeding
edge. The catch cry of superhighway hypesters - 'it's easy, it
just takes a second and it's free' - could not be further from
the truth" and "Do drop into my site and tell me what
your reactions are").
- p. 14 Career Moves ("University of Southern Queensland
librarian, Ms Madeleine McPherson, has been appointed as a director
on the board of Queensland's Open Learning Technology Corporation").
The Australian HES, 6 March 1996
- p. 22 Publishers call for tougher copyright laws ("universities
photocopies material 'willy-nilly' with no regard for the 'fair-dealing'
with publishers that was written into the act").
- p. 22 AVCC takes on a leaner, stronger role ("It should
find and express common ground on those areas in terms of policy
direction 'so we don't all have to react").
INform (Victoria University Library Newsletter), issue no.
4, March 1996
- p. 3 From the University Librarian ("The Library was
successful in achieving its goals in 1995", "GOAL: Improved
access to external information through marketing of electronic
search and document delivery service to staff and research students"
"and through the Council of Australian University Librarians
(CAUL) pilot projects of Lexis-Nexis, ABS and Silverplatter databases").
ProACTive (The newsletter of ALIA ACT Branch) no. 155, March
1996
- p. 3 The Australian Humanities Review ("Cassandra Pybus
on the ideals and realities of establishing an online, peer-reviewed
journal in the humanities", "aims to establish a quality,
peer-reviewed journal which offers facilities that are not found
in the print media, such as online discussion of the journal contents",
"the hype that surrounds electronic publishing suggests that
it is easy, quick and free. Cassandra was quick to demolish these
myths" and "the often-heard refrain of 'oh, it's easy,
it won't take a moment' depends very much on who is defining the
moment and who is paying for it (such as HTML mark-up at $80 an
hour)').
National Library of Australia News, March 1996
- p. 11 A Stronger Copyright: Death of the Public Domain? ("Jamie
Wodetzki examines the nature of copyright and the role of libraries
in providing access to information within the existing, complex
copyright provisions").
Songlines (Northern Territory University Library Newsletter)
no.2 March 1996
- p.1 International activity (Alex Byrne appointed to IFLA Committee
on Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- p.2 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander issues (Alex Byrne
appointed to steering committee for ALIA National Aboriginal Career
Development Strategy)
- p.3 Acquisition receipt and cataloguing process - a benchmarking
project.
Newsletter (University of Sydney Library) no.26 March 1996
- p.3 SETIS: the Scholarly Electronic Text and Image Service
- p.5 Reciprocal borrowing for undergraduates.
News (University of South Australia) no.4 March 1996
- p.11 Advert. Campus Librarian (City West) HEW9 Applications
close 29 March 1996
Access (Swinburne Information Services Group) no.9 Autumn 1996
- p.1 Information Services Group: a plan for the future (Office
of PVC (Information Services), ...., Director, Library and Information
Services (Fran Hegarty), ...., Associate Director (Peter Simmenauer)....)
Bond Observer no.6 Semester One 1996
- p.13 Library popular (with external clients)
- p.13 New law librarian (John Bahrij)
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February 1996
Inside QUT, issue no. 143, 29 February - 11 March 1996
- p. 11 Copyright guide exposes myths ("written by QUT
copyright officer Michael Lean and is designed to quickly and
concisely answer questions about Australia's copyright laws"
Campus Review v.6 no.7 29 February - 6 March 1996
- p.1 What's the difference? Higher ed ponders poll.
- p.5 Forum focuses on academic publishing (National Scholarly
Communications Forum Round Table on the future of academic publishing)
- p.26 Full funding urged for research contracts by VC committee
(AVCC report University Research: Some Issues)
- p.28 Will the Cinderellas go to the ball? (AVCC report Cinderella
collections - university museums and collections in Australia)
The Australian Higher Education Supplement 28 February 1996
- p.22 Advert. National Library of Australia. Harold White Fellowships
for 1997. Applications close 30 April 1996. Contact: Graeme Powell
- p.22 VCs set consultancy guidelines.
- p.26 ALP: our record speaks for itself, by Simon Crean.
- p.27 Silent partners in unspoken policies, by Gavin Moodie
("... And while there seems considerable similarity in the
policies they have published, many suspect that greater changes
will emerge after the election from what is not being said.")
- p.28 Research policies blur under the microscope, by Millicent
Poole.
The Australian 24 February 1996
- Advert. National Library of Australia Position #425
Executive Director: World 1 Program (Senior Executive Band 1)
Remuneration Package up to $A112,000 Applications close c.o.b.
15 March 1996 Contact: Warren Horton (06) 2621262
Campus Review v.6 no.6 22-28 February 1996
- p.1 Coalition set to deregulate universities.
- p.3 Education: Labor recycles and Coalition rushes in
- p.3 Coalition offers science funding boost to universities
- p.10 AVCC warns universities on pitfalls of intellectual property
(AVCC discussion paper Ownership of Intellectual Property in
Universities, 1995 ISBN 0 7266 0328 7)
Inside QUT, issue no. 142, 13-26 February 1996
- p. 4 Million-dollar library facelift ("QUT library will
house one of Queensland's first researchers' centre as part of
a $1 million refurbishment project").
- p. 5 No leak of research funds: Brennan.
News (Fortnightly Newsletter of the University of South Australia),
Issue No. 1, February 1996
- p. 2 University libraries cooperate ("long-standing reciprocal
library borrowing arrangement between this University and Flinders
University will be extended to include the University of Adelaide").
Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia Newsletter, Vol.
15, February 1996
- p. 10 Recommendations of the Review of the Learned Academies
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January 1996
Electronic Publishing Australia Vol 2 No 3 January/February
1996
- p.1 Four New Co-operative Multimedia Centres Announced
- p.4 National Scholarly Communications Forum
The Adelaidean 25 January 1996
- Bulletin Board p.3 Copyright: photocopying survey. (.... one
of six higher education institutions which have been selected
to participate in the 1996 [CAL] collection).
Campus Review v.6 no.1 18-24 January 1996
- p.3 Restructuring brings new powers to HEC.
- p.16 Australian university semester dates - 1996
The Australian Higher Education Supplement 17 January 1996
- p.27 Hoare report fosters fresh approach, by Peter Coaldrake
- p.30 HEC in bid for triennial quality review (HEC report The
Promotion of Quality and Innovation in Higher Education)
The Australian Higher Education Supplement 10 January 1996
- p.27 $40m to develop 'growth' campuses (release of Higher
Education Funding Report for the 1996-1998 triennium.
- p.33 Australian universities semester dates for 1996 (from
the AVCC)
The Australian January 9 1996
- p.17 'Poor performance': Telstra Internet drops rebate
The Australian, 2 January 1996
- p. 26 Library archives join international digital image bank
("State Library of NSW...to join an international collection
of on-line archives").
Silverplatter Spotlight, vol. 2, issue 1, January 1996
- p. 2 Providing Improved Access to Australian Universities("Through
a CAUL Trial Program that ran July 1995 through November 1995,
searchers have been accessing a wide range of SilverPlatter's
most widely used and prestigious databases including...").
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