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The Australian Library Journal Library Australian The THE AUSTRALIAN Volume 59 No. 1/2 LIBRARY JOURNAL February/May 2010 Australian Library and Journal of the Australian LIbrary and Information Association Books Matter: The Place Information Association of Traditional Books in PO Box 6335 Kingston Tomorrow’s Library ACT 2604 Australia Lyndon Megarrity http://www.alia.org.au ISSN 0004-9670 Developing a Foreign Language Fiction Collection The Australian Library Journal is the on a Limited Budget flagship publication of the Australian Cindy Bissett Library and Information Association. It supports the Association’s Objects Information Literacy Skills by documenting progress in research Training: a Factor in Student and profesiional practice and stimulates Satisfaction With Access to discussion on issues relevant to libraries High Demand Material Volume 59 No. 1/2 59 No. 1/2 Volume and librarianship. Valerie Perrett The Information-Seeking Behavior of Online Public Library Clients: A Conceptual Model Joan Ruthven February/May 2010 The Australian Library Journal Editor [interim]: Dr Helen Partridge Faculty of Science and Technology Queensland University of Technology GPO Box 2434 Brisbane 4001 ph (07) 3138 9047 [email protected] Book Reviews Editor: Professor G E Gorman, FCLIP, FRSA, AALIA School of Information Management Victoria University of Wellington PO Box 600 Wellington 6140 New Zealand [email protected] The Australian Library Journal is published quarterly by The Australian Library Journal is indexed in Australian the Australian Library and Information Association Ltd Education Index, Australian Public Affairs Information Service (APAIS), ERIC: Education Resources ACN 090 953 236 Information Center, Library Literature and Information PO Box 6335 Science, LISA: Library and Information Science Kingston ACT 2604 Australia Abstracts, Library Information Science & Technology Phone +61 2 6215 8222 Abstracts, and Social Sciences Citation Index. 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The Australian Library Journal February/May 2010 The Australian Library Journal VOL 59 NO. 1/2 FEBRUARY/MAY 2010 Contents 2 Editorial 5 Articles 6 Books Matter: The Place of Traditional Books in Tomorrow’s Library Lyndon Megarrity 12 Developing a Foreign Language Fiction Collection on a Limited Budget Cindy Bissett 23 Information Literacy Skills Training: a Factor in Student Satisfaction With Access to High Demand Material Valerie Perrett 30 The Information-Seeking Behavior of Online Public Library Clients: A Conceptual Model Joan Ruthven 47 Book Reviews 80 Guidelines for Authors The Australian Library Journal February/May 2010 1 Editorial 2010 has been a year of change for ALJ: new cover, new editor, new editorial board, all contributing to the new directions we hope ALJ holds in the future. Welcome new Editor One of the aspects that was pinpointed was the cover and overall look of ALJ. Though ALJ is and new Editorial Board meant to be accessible and of interest to all LIS After the printing of this issue of ALJ, I will step professionals, the cover was much more in line with down as interim ALJ Editor, and hand over the reins AARL – an academic research journal – than inCite to new editor Ann Ritchie. Ann has a wide and – a newsmagazine with a broad readership. Keeping diverse range of experience within the LIS profession, in mind the words ‘accessible’ and ‘practical’, we and extensive editorial experience. I am sure she will redesigned the cover of ALJ to reflect the value of its perform brilliantly at this new challenge, and I wish contents to the profession, but also a user-friendly, her the best of luck in this endeavour. practitioner-based style. ALJ also has a new Editorial Board, one that we are sure will bring fresh new ideas to the journal. At the New direction time of printing, we welcome the following new All of these changes have their roots in the hopes members of the ALJ Editorial Board: that we hold for ALJ in the future. We believe that ALJ and practitioner-based research is essential for a • Keith Webster (Chair) thriving, growing profession, and we believe that our • Gaby Haddow readers believe that too. • Patrick O’Connor In ALIA President (2010-2011) Graham Black’s • Sue Reynolds inaugural Frontline for inCite (V31, Issue 6), he • Leith Robinson states that, “when you think about it, nearly all advancements, no matter how great or small, are New look ALJ based on [research, education, and application]. While the principles are simple, undertaking One of the challenges ALJ faces every issue is rigorous research, delivering pedagogically informed content. Over the last 18 months, ALIA has been education, and ensuring application occurs in a revisiting its publishing program, and trying to define safe and sustainable environment can be incredibly the target audience for each of its publications. ALJ complex and often very expensive. There is also is, and has always intended to be, a practitioner- a fourth factor that goes along with research, based journal, with a focus on evidence-based education, and application and that’s publication.” best practice. However, we have found that many practitioners do not consider themselves researchers, and do not submit their findings, though most perform some sort of research-based problem- solving on an almost day-to-day basis. 2 The Australian Library Journal February/May 2010 We urge each and every one of you to consider buy additional copies of high demand materials as the research, education, and application you have a way of increasing student satisfaction instead it accomplished in your workplaces and to keep that should focus on extending its in-curricula information fourth option – publication – in mind. When you share literacy skills training. Joan Ruthven closes the issue what you have learned, you contribute directly to the with a paper that outlines a conceptual model of advancement and invigoration of the profession. information seeking by public library clients in an online environment. She explores the implications this Double issue model has for contemporary public libraries. As we mentioned in February, ALJ has been under Finally, I would like to thank Gary Gorman for his the direction of an interim editor since November work as Book Reviews Editor, and the contributors 2009. In order to meet the standards and high for their work. I wish Ann and the new Editorial quality that we continue to strive for in ALJ, we Board the very best for the coming issues. decided to release a double-issue in May, as issue Helen Partridge 1/2 of Volume 59. This means there was no February interim ALJ Editor issue of ALJ. This issue ALIA would like to acknowledge the hard Lyndon Megarrity opens the issue with a discussion work and dedication of interim ALJ Editor paper exploring the place of books in the Helen Partridge. We appreciate her time, contemporary library. She argues that libraries should generosity, and skill in taking on ALJ amid be about more than just technology and instant her many other commitments. research questions. Books have a role in libraries and in society that must be valued and protected. The issues and challenges of collection development and management are considered by Cindy Bissett. She presents a case study exploring how the Tasmanian Polytechnic Launceston campus library developed a fiction collection in languages other than English with no budget. Using donation and grant funds the library was able to address the social, literacy, learning and cultural needs of the diverse student base it serves. Valerie Perrett outlines a recent study by the University of Canberra library to explore student satisfaction with access to high demand material. The results of the study revealed that the library did not need to The Australian Library Journal February/May 2010 3 Section 4 TheThe Australian Australian Library Library Journal Journal February/May February/May 2010 2010 ARTICLES 5 Books Matter: The Place of Traditional Booksn i Tomorrow’s Library LYNDON MEGARRITY People who love books can find entering an Australian library in the so-called ‘cyber-age’ to be an unsettling experience. The first thing you notice is the reduced emphasis on book shelves in favour of empty but architecturally pleasing ‘public spaces’, comfortable cushions, computer terminals, sometimes even new cafes and display areas. Indeed, the current boast of many libraries is that they are ‘more than just books’, as if there is something embarrassingly old- fashioned and irrelevant about supplying a book-lending service (Browne, 2009). The next thing that the book-inclined individual finds This article is more of an opinion piece than a strictly is that the colloquialism ‘shhh…’ is seldom heard in a academic research paper. While I have tried to be library these days. In some institutions, the hale and balanced and to provide solid evidence for my hearty now feel more ‘empowered’ to talk at the top arguments, I cannot claim to be an unbiased author.