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Confessions of a Poverty Researcher: My Journey Through the Foothills of Scholarship
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper describes the key events, experiences and ideas that influenced the author's career as a poverty researcher. He describes how his early disillusion with economics was replaced by a spark of interest in social issues and how his migration from the UK to Australia in the mid‐1970s provided the impetus to begin what became a lifetime ...
Peter Saunders
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Evaluation Criteria for Farsi Academic E-Books: Librarians Attitude at State Universities in Metro Tehran [PDF]
تحقیقات کتابداری و اطلاعرسانی دانشگاهی, 2010 Purpose: the aim of this research is to consider the most important criteria of Farsi academic e-book from standpoint of academic librarians. Methodology: A researcher-constructed questionnaire was used for the survey.
sepideh fahimifar
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Canadian Academic Librarians and the Need for a Systematic and Comprehensive Research-Support Model
Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2019 Expectations for Canadian academic librarians’ research have evolved, but not all librarians have access to the support systems needed that aid and enable them to conduct and publish research.
Maha Kumaran
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Academic Librarianship and Career Adaptability [PDF]
, 2013 The inspiration for this essay is Barbara Fister’s assertion that librarians must embrace functions that have not traditionally been part of the academic librarian’s portfolio.
Baillargeon, Tara, Carlstrom, Aaron H
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In 2021, a desktop review was conducted of published references to First Nations peoples' approaches to conflict and its management in Australia (Project Stage One), culminating in a report published in 2024. This article focuses on Project Stage Two, a complex, innovative research undertaking building on the findings of Stage One, and being ...
Helen Bishop +3 more
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The Future of Librarianship in Science and Technology Libraries [PDF]
, 2010 Librarians, especially subject specialists in academic sci-tech libraries, appear to be facing a very perilous predicament. Two of their major job responsibilities, developing subject collections and providing face-to-face reference service, are in rapid
Roth, Dana L.
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Tutorials: Resource Instruction for Distance Learners [PDF]
, 2014 Academic librarians, devoted to providing resources and services for learners, find both opportunity and challenge in the continuing growth of online programs in higher education.
Greenlee, Pamela
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The 2023 Australian Voice to Parliament Referendum presented a pivotal moment in the nation's democratic landscape. Despite support for Indigenous well‐being, the referendum did not secure the necessary approval, prompting extensive analysis of its outcome.
Scott Baum, William Mitchell
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An Assessment of Education and Training Needs for Bibliographic Instruction Librarians [PDF]
, 1990 A study was conducted in 1986 by the Education and Library Use Committee of the Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians to determine the educational backgrounds and characteristics of bibliographic instruction (BI) librarians in Wisconsin.
Mandernack, Scott
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Scholarship and the Academic Librarian
College & Research Libraries, 1994 In order for librarians to succeed within the academic model, an environment must be established that recognizes the interplay of activities in the three areas of performance (teaching, research, and service). This environment requires clear criteria for performance, opportunities for and assistance with scholarly activities, a schedule that is ...
Black, William K., Leysen, Joan M.
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