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Rykhtorova, Anna E. "Global Trends in Marketing Technologies to Promote Library Websites." Bibliotekovedenie [Russian Journal of Library Science] 69, no. 2 (July 20, 2020): 135–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.25281/0869-608x-2020-69-2-135-146.

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In recent decades, the scope of library activities has changed. In addition to providing traditional resources and services, today libraries themselves are becoming developers of digital content and providers of access to electronic content. The user base of libraries is also undergoing significant changes: there are changing the user generations, employment trends, areas of interest and habits. Realizing that marketing activities can increase user loyalty, form public opinion about both — a particular institution and libraries in general, increase the visibility of library resources and enlarge market share, the most active specialists are adapting marketing to the conditions of libraries operation. In 2019, there was organized the study on the websites of libraries in Russia, Australia, the United States and Canada, Western and Eastern Europe, Latin America, as well as in a number of countries in South and South-East Asia in order to identify the main trends in the organization of library promotion in the Internet environment. There were considered the websites of public, national, University and academic libraries. Library websites were analysed for the use of 10 most common tools in Internet marketing, such as: the transition to a modern web site design, effective linking with social networks, marketing in social networks (Social Media Marketing, SMM), the use of banner advertising, the availability of subscription to e-mailing, the publication of press and post releases, the presence of a blog in the library domain, the availability of content evaluation and sharing tools in social networks. The study conclusion was the identification of trends in the development of library sites over a large area and the compilation of heat maps, which clearly demonstrate such trends, where the libraries of the countries of North America, Australia and Northern Europe showed greater consistency with the parameters selected for the study; Central and Southern Europe, Russia and part of the countries of Latin America are in the transition zone, and the least compliance are found in the countries of South Asia. The most common means of promotion is the publication of press and post releases. Among the least used marketing technologies are blogs in the library domain, embedded video and Internet broadcasts, as well as work on optimizing sites for an audience from social networks.

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Stockigt, Janice B. "A Study of British Influence on Musical Taste and Programming: New Choral Works Introduced to Audiences by the Melbourne Philharmonic Society, 1876–1901." Nineteenth-Century Music Review 2, no. 2 (November 2005): 29–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1479409800002196.

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When the Annual Report of Melbourne Philharmonic for 1899 complained about the lack of public support for new musical enterprises of the Society, it stated that more encouragement of the local press was needed so that ‘public curiosity might be excited, an artistic taste educated, and a desire created to hear what the Old World had approved’ (my italics). The domination of British opinion in the assembly of a music library for the Melbourne Philharmonic Society during the years of its existence in the nineteenth century, focusing upon the years 1876 to 1901, is investigated in Part I of this article. Factors influencing the choice of repertoire during this era – particularly the influence of the British publication The Musical Times and Singing-Class Circular (founded in 1844) – are noted. Examination of reports and reviews in the Musical Times supports the hypothesis that much of the new repertoire acquired by the Melbourne Philharmonic Society during these years was the direct result of opinions expressed in that publication, and the availability of performance materials publicized by Novello, Ewer, and Co. through the Musical Times, which was also published by Novello. ‘What J. Alfred Novello had on offer was unashamedly a house magazine … firmly dedicated to the advertisement of Novello's publications’. In the cultivation of musical taste, and in the development of libraries of choral societies, the activities of the publisher extended an authority far beyond the UK, placing the Musical Times in a formidable position of power throughout the English-speaking world. Part II explores three works to receive their Australian or Melbourne premieres at concerts given by the Philharmonic Society in the final quarter of the nineteenth century: each item was promulgated by the Musical Times.

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Butler, Julia. "Law Libraries in Australia - Government Libraries." International Journal of Legal Information 28, no. 2 (2000): 429–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0731126500009203.

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Since the mid 1980's to the present time there has been an unprecedented attitudinal change by governments, both at the federal and state levels, regardless of political persuasion, towards the role of the public sector. There has been a sustained policy to wind back the size of the Public Service across the board.

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Cruz, Isabel Cristina Fonseca da. "A scientific evidence: the OBJN has more quantitative and qualitative links." Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing 3, no. 2 (October 20, 2004): 1–3. http://dx.doi.org/10.17665/1676-4285.20044931.

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It is very important to a scientific journal the citation index. The ejournals are emerging and there is not a consensus protocol to evaluate them. But, the OBJN and other Brazilian ejournals were evaluated by a team research. We present and discuss here part of this report.Marcondes et al (2004) evaluated the Brazilian emerging ejournals in science and technology. they created a methodology based on analysis of links to ejournal’s site. They found these results for the ejournals in public health: AREA HEALTH SCIENCES – PUBLIC HEALTH – 3 EJOURNALSEjornalInc. SciELOtot. linkstot. repeated linkstot. Links from SciELOtot.links foreigners(X 2)tot.links authorities(X 3)tot.Simple links (X 1)GradeCadernos de Saúde Pública yes100 87102 27Revista de Saúde Publica(Public Health journal)yes100 9460 12Revista de Saúde Coletiva yes62 5730 8 Marcondes et al (2004) rated also the nursing ejournals. The table below summarizes the results: AREA: HEALTH SCIENCES – NURSING – 2 EJOURNALSEjornalInc. SciELOtot. linkstot. repeated linkstot. Links from SciELOtot.links foreigners(X 2)tot.links authorities(X 3)tot.Simple links (X 1)GradeOnline Brazilian Journal of Nursing No29 271158Revista Latino Americana de Enfermagem(LatinAmerican Journal of Nursing)Yes75 6840311 Marcondes et al (2004) considered that the area of Nursing revealed a surprising result because in spite of quality criteria to be included in SciELO gateway, Revista Latino-americana de Enfermagem(LatinAmerican Journal of Nursing) got a grade of one-fifth of the grade obtained by the recent published, pure electronic Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing. The authors point out that they did not have a feed back from an expert in nursing, so they supposed that these results may be due to the fact that the OBJN is published in English. Beside that, the OBJN has also link of site considered authority (Brazilian university library). The authors observed that in the foreign links, there are many digital reference services from libraries outsideBrazil (and they refer the OBJN). So, they consider that this may indicate the need to adjust and fine tune the methodology and to enlarge the concept of authority, encompassing the foreign digital reference services.But what are the implications of these research results to the OBJN?First of all, it is very good sensation to got a scientific evidence related to what was a common sense.The OBJN has published 07 numbers totalizing 27 original articles, 20 revision articles,07 opinion articles, 11 these abstracts, 09 editorials, 01 book review and 12 professional communications. Since article submission until its publication takes almost 3 months. The OBJN has more than 47 international peer-reviews. The OBJN is indexed or linked to Brazilian Nursing Association, CINAHL, CUIDEN, DOAJ, Free Medical Journals, Latindex, LIS-BIREME, Nurses. Info, RealNurse, and so on.The OBJN has free access and received more than 11.000 page views since its creation. The last number published in April 2004 received 2450 page views! Our visitors came from Brazil (67,2%), United States (9,3%), Portugal (1,8%), Canadá (1,8%), Korea (1,5%), Australia (1,3%), Chile (1,3%), United Kingdom (0,9%), Spain (0,8%), Mexico (0,7%), unkown (4,7%), and the rest (8,7%) (http://www.nedstatbasic.net/s?tab=1&link=1&id=2963790 Access in 08/25/04, 14:23h)Second, these results showed to us that the OBJN is an important tool to the nursing researcher reach out her/his professional reader.Third, the free access by the web and the texts in English permitted to introduce the Brazilian scientific production to the nurse community around the world.We have working hard to accomplish these goals! But we are also sure that we have to work much more to maintain our position and,of course, to expand it!

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Rajagopalan, Priyadarsini, Hoang Thuy Ha Nguyen, and Andrew Carre. "Acoustic performance of contemporary public libraries: an evaluation of public libraries in Melbourne, Australia." Architectural Science Review 60, no. 2 (December 22, 2016): 104–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00038628.2016.1265483.

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Blount, Simon. "Public opinion and tax aversion in Australia." Journal of Sociology 36, no. 3 (December 2000): 275–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/144078330003600301.

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Mayer, Henry. "Public Opinion and Media Concentration." Media Information Australia 44, no. 1 (May 1987): 18–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1329878x8704400106.

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While, in February 1987, 61% of Australians believed that the Government should restrict the concentration of media ownership in Australia and 48% were concerned by the Murdoch takeover, the very young, the unskilled, and women were least concerned.

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McAllister, I. "Public opinion in Australia on restricting smoking in public places." Tobacco Control 4, no. 1 (March 1, 1995): 30–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tc.4.1.30.

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Bartels, Lorana, Robin Fitzgerald, and Arie Freiberg. "Public opinion on sentencing and parole in Australia." Probation Journal 65, no. 3 (May 27, 2018): 269–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0264550518776763.

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Australia has nine different legislative regimes for sentencing and parole, as well as eight prison regimes; it has therefore been described as an ideal penal laboratory. This paper presents an overview of the extensive body of recent Australian research on public opinion on sentencing and, more recently, parole. The discussion on parole is situated in the context of an analysis of the legislative and policy landscape, which has undergone significant changes in recent years. The paper concludes with some comments on future research directions in relation to Australian public opinion on parole.

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Kelley, Jonathan, and John Braithwaite. "Public opinion and the death penalty in Australia." Justice Quarterly 7, no. 3 (September 1, 1990): 529–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07418829000090721.

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Luterek, Mariusz. "Polish Public Libraries as Intermediaries in Accessing Information and Public Services (e-Government) in the Opinion of Librarians." Zagadnienia Informacji Naukowej - Studia Informacyjne 54, no. 2(108) (October 1, 2016): 63–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.36702/zin.305.

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PURPOSE/THESIS: The aim of this paper is to present opinions of the librarians on the role of public libraries as intermediaries in accessing public information and services in Poland. APPROACH/METHODS: The following hypothesis was adopted: public libraries have means and are willing to act as an intermediaries in accessing information and public services for citizens. The research hypothesis was verified with the results of a survey, which was sent to libraries in three voivodeships: Małopolskie, Mazowieckie and Świętokrzyskie. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: The results prove that the level of interest of Polish public libraries in mediating the access to public electronic information and services is very low. In most cases the following approach was observed: users do not need it, there is not enough place in the library, the library lacks staff and there are too serious financial shortages. ORIGINALITY/VALUE: Data presented in this paper provide basic overview on the topic previously not being addressed in any research of that scope in Poland.

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Burke, Susan K. "Removal of Gay‐Themed Materials from Public Libraries: Public Opinion Trends, 1973–2006." Public Library Quarterly 27, no. 3 (July 2008): 247–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01616840802229552.

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McAllister, Ian, and Donley T. Studlar. "TRENDS IN PUBLIC OPINION ON THE ENVIRONMENT IN AUSTRALIA." International Journal of Public Opinion Research 5, no. 4 (1993): 353–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/5.4.353.

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Rix, Alan. "Cry Havoc?: Public Opinion and Recent Australia-Japan Relations." Policy, Organisation and Society 4, no. 1 (June 1992): 15–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10349952.1991.11876765.

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McAllister, Ian. "Public opinion towards gambling and gambling regulation in Australia." International Gambling Studies 14, no. 1 (December 4, 2013): 146–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14459795.2013.861001.

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Wakeling, Simon, Jane Garner, Philip Hider, Hamid Jamali, Jessie Lymn, Yazdan Mansourian, and Holly Randell-Moon. "‘The challenge now is for us to remain relevant’: Australian public libraries and the COVID-19 crisis." IFLA Journal 48, no. 1 (November 14, 2021): 138–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/03400352211054115.

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The COVID-19 crisis has had a significant impact on public libraries around the world. In Australia, almost all public libraries experienced some period of building closure, requiring libraries to adapt their services and delivery models. This article reports findings from a large-scale survey of public library managers in Australia, which was conducted in August 2020. In particular, it presents the results of a thematic analysis of the participants’ free-text responses to open questions asked as part of the survey. This analysis reveals important insights relating to responses to library closures, staffing issues, new and expanded services and programmes, relationships with parent bodies, and the role of public libraries during the crisis and beyond. While public libraries are perceived by managers to have been agile and adaptable, and to have utilised technology effectively, the findings clearly demonstrate the value to users of library buildings, with important consequences for understanding the role of public libraries.

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Jaeger, Paul T., and Kenneth R. Fleischmann. "Public Libraries, Values, Trust, and E-Government." Information Technology and Libraries 26, no. 4 (December 1, 2007): 34. http://dx.doi.org/10.6017/ital.v26i4.3268.

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As public libraries are becoming e-government access points relied on by both patrons and government agencies, it is important for libraries to consider the implications of these roles. While providing e-government access serves to reinforce the tremendously important role of public libraries in the United States social infrastructure, it also creates new demands on libraries and opens up significant new opportunities. Drawing upon several different strands of research, this paper examines the nexus of public libraries, values, trust, and e-government, focusing on the ways in which the values of librarianship and the trust that communities place in their public libraries reinforce the role of public libraries in the provision of e-government. The unique values embraced by public libraries have not only shaped the missions of libraries, they have influenced popular opinion surrounding public libraries and fostered the confidence that communities place in them as a source of trusted information and assistance in finding information. As public libraries have embraced the provision of Internet access, these values and trust have become intertwined with their new social role as a public access point for e-government both in normal information activities and in the most extreme circumstances. This paper explores the intersections of these issues and the relation of the vital e-government role of public libraries to library funding, public policy, library and information science education, and research initiatives.

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Willard, Patricia. "Public Sector Reform in Australia and its Impact on Libraries." International Information & Library Review 27, no. 4 (December 1995): 359–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10572317.1995.10762381.

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Crook, Stephen, and Jan Pakulski. "Shades of green: Public opinion on environmental issues in Australia." Australian Journal of Political Science 30, no. 1 (March 1995): 39–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00323269508402322.

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Makkai, Toni, and Ian McAllister. "Public Opinion and the Legal Status of Marijuana in Australia." Journal of Drug Issues 23, no. 3 (July 1993): 409–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002204269302300304.

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Since the late 1950s, when the medical use of heroin was banned in Australia, government policy toward marijuana has been based on prohibition. Despite an upsurge in the use of marijuana in the 1960s, government policy has remained virtually unchanged, except for the introduction of the expiation notice in South Australia in 1986. The authors use a wide range of opinion poll data to show that attitudes toward marijuana have remained stable over the past two decades, although the most recent data suggest that public support for reform of the legal status of marijuana may be increasing. There are notable differences in opinion between sociodemographic groups, with men, the young, and those who have been exposed to marijuana being more likely to support reform. The authors argue that as more people who have been exposed to marijuana enter the electorate and as New Politics issues become more prominent, the legal status of marijuana could become a political party issue. Data collected during the 1990 federal election among election candidates suggest that the potential for political party conflict already exists.

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Kuchmurukova, Ekaterina A., and Yulia S. Rinchinova. "Transformation of Library Space: Opinion of Urban Citizens." Bibliotekovedenie [Russian Journal of Library Science] 67, no. 1 (April 22, 2018): 110–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.25281/0869-608x-2018-67-1-110-116.

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The role of libraries in the urban cultural landscape is determined. The authors consider the problem of city branding, analyse the main publications on the studied subject, describe the major factors influencing the formation of urban space, define the specific features of the urban culture, in formation of which the important role play the cultural institutions which are responsible for the leisure activities sphere.Indicating the problem of no demand of the services provided by cultural institutions, there are characterized the normative documents that determine the directions and prospects for the development of public libraries. It is emphasized that in modern conditions there is a discrepancy between the needs of young citizens and the services offered in the information market. This leads to the outflow of readers from libraries and to the lack of interest to the events arranged by them.Using the example of Ulan-Ude city, the capital of the Republic of Buryatia, there are analysed operating procedures of city libraries and considered the questions of space organization of the modern library.There are presented the results of survey, where the main objective is studying the opinion of citizens about the place of libraries in modern society. There are summarized the results of the Round table devoted to the problems of organization of library space, the culture of reading of urban citizens and professional growth of library personnel, held by the Ulan-Ude Central City Library named after I.K. Kalashnikov and the East-Siberian State Institute of Culture.

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Rykhtorova, A. E. "ТРЕНДОВ LIBRARY MARKETING: TRENDS ANALYSIS." Proceedings of SPSTL SB RAS, no. 4 (January 19, 2020): 79–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.20913/2618-7515-2019-4-79-83.

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Active changes are taking place in determining the place of libraries in cultural, scientific, education and information infrastructures of the society. Assuming, that with the help of marketing it is possible to form public opinion about the specific library as well as about libraries in general, and also obtain support from library stakeholders, increase the visibility of libraries and enlarge the market share, specialists are adjusting marketing to the conditions of libraries’ functioning. The purpose of this study is to justify the importance of introducing marketing policy into the libraries’ activities.

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Pietsch, Juliet, and Ian McAllister. "‘A diabolical challenge’: public opinion and climate change policy in Australia." Environmental Politics 19, no. 2 (March 2010): 217–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09644010903574509.

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Lancaster, Kari, Alison Ritter, and Jennifer Stafford. "Public opinion and drug policy in Australia: Engaging the ‘affected community’." Drug and Alcohol Review 32, no. 1 (August 16, 2012): 60–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2012.00497.x.

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Lockyer-Benzie, Maureena. "Social inclusion and the City of Swan public libraries in Western Australia." Health Information and Libraries Journal 21, s2 (September 2004): 36–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1740-3324.2004.00519.x.

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Sullivan, Doreen. "Characteristics of E-Mail Reference Services in Selected Public Libraries, Victoria, Australia." Reference Librarian 41, no. 85 (June 30, 2004): 51–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j120v41n85_05.

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Kelly, Matthew. "Collection Development Policies in Public Libraries in Australia: A Qualitative Content Analysis." Public Library Quarterly 34, no. 1 (January 2, 2015): 44–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01616846.2015.1000783.

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Stilwell, Christine. "Information as currency, democracy, and public libraries." Library Management 39, no. 5 (June 11, 2018): 295–306. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/lm-08-2017-0078.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to endorse the notion that information is the currency of democracy and explore the question of the public library’s role in promoting democracy through the provision of access to information. Design/methodology/approach A review of the literature and a case study are used. Findings From the early days of the public library, there has been a certain democratic paternalism in librarians’ views on public libraries, and ambivalence about the extent to which these libraries have provided information to the whole population. Despite this finding, the paper explores the public library’s role in providing information; the currency of information. Public libraries can contribute to the renewal of a democratic public sphere by providing free and ready access to knowledge and information, as well as safe and trusted social spaces for the exchange of ideas, creativity, and decision making. Originality/value The paper examines material from the dawn of the public library to current concerns about the role of these libraries in providing access to information, in revitalising citizenship and fostering democracy. It draws on the well-known example of the birth of democracy in South Africa and on discussions of public library neutrality and activism in contemporary France, describing limits on the achievements of libraries in these countries in the context of some current, promising examples from the USA, Britain, Denmark, and Australia.

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Waller, Vivienne. "Legitimacy for large public libraries in the digital age." Library Review 57, no. 5 (May 23, 2008): 372–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/00242530810875159.

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to critically analyse recent developments in the relationship of large public libraries with digital technologies, suggesting a way of rethinking the future of large public libraries.Design/methodology/approachThis paper bases its critical analysis on a review of the literature and reference to specific cases. Historical quotes preceding sections augment the argument that many of the current concerns about digital technologies are not new issues for libraries.FindingsIssues around library take up of digital technology are continuations of debates that have occurred throughout the history of public libraries about the role of the library. In Australia, library policy makers are focusing on technology and an imagined user in an effort to prove the legitimacy of large public libraries to funding bodies, the library profession and library users. Such attempts seem doomed to fail.Practical implicationsPublic libraries need to be clear about their purpose as publicly funded institutions in the digital age. This requires a renewed understanding of a library's publics and a critical understanding of the nature of services available using digital technologies.Originality/valueThis paper presents an alternative way of thinking about the future of large public libraries, with much of the discussion also relevant to local public libraries.

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Mackenzie, Geraldine, Caroline Spiranovic, Kate Warner, Nigel Stobbs, Karen Gelb, David Indermaur, Lynne Roberts, Rod Broadhurst, and Thierry Bouhours. "Sentencing and public confidence: Results from a national Australian survey on public opinions towards sentencing." Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology 45, no. 1 (March 16, 2012): 45–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004865811431328.

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This paper examines the critical issue of public confidence in sentencing, and presents findings from Phase I of an Australia-wide sentencing and public confidence project. Phase I comprised a nationally representative telephone survey of 6005 participants. The majority of respondents expressed high levels of punitiveness and were dissatisfied with sentences imposed by the courts. Despite this, many were strongly supportive of the use of alternatives to imprisonment for a range of offences. These nuanced views raise questions regarding the efficacy of gauging public opinion using opinion poll style questions; indeed the expected outcome from this first phase of the four phase sentencing and public confidence project. The following phases of this project, reported on elsewhere, examined the effects of various interventions on the robustness and nature of these views initially expressed in a standard ‘top of the head’ opinion poll.

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Yun, Yongdeok, Hyungseok Oh, and Rohae Myung. "Statistical Modeling of Cultural Differences in Adopting Autonomous Vehicles." Applied Sciences 11, no. 19 (September 28, 2021): 9030. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app11199030.

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As autonomous driving technology develops, the advantages and disadvantages of autonomous vehicles emerge. In order for automated vehicles to find a place in society, public opinion and acceptance are important, and a number of studies about public opinion and acceptance are underway. In this paper, we investigated the relation between cross cultural differences and public opinion on automated vehicles. Through a literature review, public opinion in various countries, including China, India, Japan, the U.S., the U.K., and Australia, was collected. Through these data, the influence of cross cultural differences in public opinion was identified, and statistical models for predicting public opinion about autonomous vehicles were developed. In addition, the prediction models were validated through the results of the survey conducted in this paper. As a result, the influence of cross cultural differences on public opinion about automated vehicles was confirmed.

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Lemon, Barbara, Kerry Blinco, and Brendan Somes. "Building NED: Open Access to Australia’s Digital Documentary Heritage." Publications 8, no. 2 (April 8, 2020): 19. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/publications8020019.

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This article charts the development of Australia’s national edeposit service (NED), from concept to reality. A world-first collaboration between the national, state and territory libraries of Australia, NED was launched in 2019 and transformed our approach to legal deposits in Australia. NED is more than a repository, operating as a national online service for depositing, preserving and accessing Australian electronic publications, with benefits to publishers, libraries and the public alike. This article explains what makes NED unique in the context of global research repository infrastructure, outlining the ways in which NED member libraries worked to balance user needs with technological capacity and the variations within nine sets of legal deposit legislation.

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Mansillo, Luke. "Loyal to the Crown: shifting public opinion towards the monarchy in Australia." Australian Journal of Political Science 51, no. 2 (January 25, 2016): 213–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2015.1123674.

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Marks, G. N., and P. McDonell. "NEW POLITICS? THE MABO DEBATE AND PUBLIC OPINION NATIVE TITLE IN AUSTRALIA." International Journal of Public Opinion Research 8, no. 1 (March 1, 1996): 31–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/8.1.31.

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McAllister, Ian. "Dimensions of environmentalism: Public opinion, political activism and party support in Australia." Environmental Politics 3, no. 1 (March 1994): 22–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09644019408414123.

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Chambers, Ian, Robert Costanza, Logan Zingus, Steve Cork, Marcello Hernandez, Ahmad Sofiullah, Thet Z. Htwe, et al. "A public opinion survey of four future scenarios for Australia in 2050." Futures 107 (March 2019): 119–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2018.12.002.

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Hayes, Linda, Melanie A. Wakefield, and Michelle M. Scollo. "Public opinion about ending the sale of tobacco in Australia: Table 1." Tobacco Control 23, no. 2 (January 8, 2013): 183–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2012-050777.

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Antczak, Mariola. "A Comparison of Selected Aspects of Finnish and Polish Public Libraries." Folia Scandinavica Posnaniensia 16, no. 1 (December 1, 2014): 115–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/fsp-2015-0008.

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Abstract The article presents and compares the general situation of public libraries and readership in Finland and Poland at the beginning of the 21st century, based on selected statistical data on the topic. In order to correctly understand the library policy of Finland - a country in which it is impossible to implement cultural policy without taking into account the geographical and natural conditions of individual regions - the most important data on the country are presented and compared with data on Poland. Statistical schedules, online reports on the activity of public libraries, libraries’ homepages, legislative acts and professional library science magazines, among others, served as source materials for the conducted analysis. The comparative method, documentation analysis method and statistical method were used to achieve the assumed objectives. Considering the limitations on the article size, a decision was made to select a few specific aspects of the topic for analysis - the most important ones in the author’s opinion. Among others, these included information on public libraries made available in both countries, contemporary government policies implemented towards the institutions that the author is interested in, conducting qualitative and quantitative research, generating reports on the research, as well as the governments’ compliance with international and national standards of the quality of library collections, personnel and services.

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Nakhoda, Maryam, and Samaneh Rahimian. "Factors affecting empowerment of female librarians, views of female managers of Tehran public libraries." Library Management 36, no. 8/9 (November 9, 2015): 663–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/lm-09-2015-0059.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study promoting and inhibiting factors in empowerment of female librarians in the opinion of female managers. It is necessary that library managers identify and monitor influential factors in empowering librarians, and attempt to eliminate factors with negative effects. Design/methodology/approach – This study is conducted in a phenomenological approach, which relies on in-depth interviews among nine female managers of top public library in Tehran. Data were collected via semi-structured interviews. Qualitative thematic analysis method was used for analysis of data. Findings – Interviews analysis revealed that job skills, participation and teamwork, role resolution, access to information, motivation, role modeling, recognition, and appreciation were among the effective factors in empowerment of female librarians. On the other hand, poor organizational communication system, negative attitudes toward staff, and instructional management style were among the inhibiting factors in empowerment of female librarians in the opinion of female public library managers. Originality/value – Results of the present study can help managers of public libraries to identify factors affecting empowerment of female librarians’. Also the findings can be used in managers’ planning and decision-making process.

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Louis, Winnifred R., Julie M. Duck, Deborah J. Terry, and Richard N. Lalonde. "Speaking Out on Immigration Policy in Australia: Identity Threat and the Interplay of Own Opinion and Public Opinion." Journal of Social Issues 66, no. 4 (December 2010): 653–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-4560.2010.01669.x.

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Hughes, Owen E. "MPA Programs in Australia." Chinese Public Administration Review 3, no. 1-2 (March 2005): 24–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.22140/cpar.v3i1.2.53.

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Australian universities have established specific Masters programs for public servants over the past twenty years. However, until recently, despite being established, they have not thrived by comparison with MBA and other masters courses in business. It was not easy to attract students and good staff. MPA programs have generally not captured the public sector community's attention in the same way as is the case in a number of US schools of public administration or management. This situation changed in 2003 with the creation of the Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG). This is a consortium of five governments - the Commonwealth government, the New Zealand government, and the three largest state governments - and nine universities set up to provide an Executive Masters in Public Administration. The ANZSOG cohort is composed of future leaders in the opinion of their governments. All students are fully funded by their governments and at a level that is more costly per student than other training. Funding of this scale reflects a major change for governments in Australia. The establishment of the Australia and New Zealand School of Government represents a major change in education of public managers in Australia. There are lessons for other countries in its establishment.

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Hughes, Owen E. "MPA Programs in Australia." Chinese Public Administration Review 3, no. 1/2 (November 4, 2016): 24. http://dx.doi.org/10.22140/cpar.v3i1/2.53.

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Australian universities have established specific Masters programs for public servants over the past twenty years. However, until recently, despite being established, they have not thrived by comparison with MBA and other masters courses in business. It was not easy to attract students and good staff. MPA programs have generally not captured the public sector community’s attention in the same way as is the case in a number of US schools of public administration or management. This situation changed in 2003 with the creation of the Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG). This is a consortium of five governments - the Commonwealth government, the New Zealand government, and the three largest state governments - and nine universities set up to provide an Executive Masters in Public Administration. The ANZSOG cohort is composed of future leaders in the opinion of their governments. All students are fully funded by their governments and at a level that is more costly per student than other training. Funding of this scale reflects a major change for governments in Australia.The establishment of the Australia and New Zealand School of Government represents a major change in education of public managers in Australia. There are lessons for other countries in its establishment.

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Smeaton, Kathleen, and Kate Davis. "Using social media to create a participatory library service: an Australian study." Library and Information Research 38, no. 117 (June 7, 2014): 54–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.29173/lirg593.

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Public libraries are increasingly using social media in an attempt to meet users in their own spaces. Social media can be useful when used to create a participatory library service emphasising engagement with users. However, there has been little empirical investigation into the success of social media use by public libraries. This article reports on the findings of a research project that explored the use of social media by Australian public libraries. Two organisations participated in case studies that involved interviews, document analysis, and social media observation. To contextualise the use of social media in the case study organisations, a sub-study was undertaken involving observation of an additional 24 public libraries across Australia. This article focuses on the findings from the observation sub-study. It presents and applies a methodology for classifying social media content to determine whether the sample libraries’ social media use is indicative of a participatory approach to service delivery. This article explores how a range of social media platforms are used by the sample libraries and considers what best practice in participatory library service looks like. The two case study organisations’ use of social media is highlighted as exemplary practice.

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Tong, Allison, Angelique F. Ralph, Jeremy R. Chapman, Germaine Wong, John S. Gill, Michelle A. Josephson, and Jonathan C. Craig. "Focus Group Study of Public Opinion About Paying Living Kidney Donors in Australia." Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 10, no. 7 (April 23, 2015): 1217–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.2215/cjn.10821014.

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Carson, Andrea, Shaun Ratcliff, and Yannick Dufresne. "Public opinion and policy responsiveness: the case of same-sex marriage in Australia." Australian Journal of Political Science 53, no. 1 (October 13, 2017): 3–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2017.1381944.

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Khan, Asad Ullah, Zhiqiang Zhang, Milad Taleby Ahvanooey, and Wajid Rafique. "Opinion mining towards blockchain technology adoption for accessing digital library resources." Aslib Journal of Information Management 74, no. 1 (December 7, 2021): 135–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ajim-01-2021-0016.

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PurposeBlockchain technology is a distributed and decentralized public digital ledger, which is employed to save dynamic transaction data and static records across several computers so that each record could not be modified retroactively without the collusion of the network and alteration of all subsequent blocks. Recently, it has become immensely popular in digital resource sharing in different research areas such as healthcare, smart cities, cryptocurrency and libraries. Since the current eLibrary systems are vulnerable to issues such as unauthorized access, plagiarism, etc., there is a lack of access control system that can efficiently address these issues.Design/methodology/approachThe authors designed a conceptual model for evaluating the users' intention in the use of blockchain-based digital libraries, which can facilitate the resource organization and provide additional security to interactive processes between users. To conduct our survey, the authors devised and shared two versions, English and Chinese, among 298 participants. Moreover, 7 PhD students participated in the pre-testing of the questioner design. The authors analyzed the demographic data using the Jamovi software and SmartPLS in order to generate the path modeling.FindingsThis study revealed that blockchain technology adaption in eLibraries is essential for enhancing the quality of services, infrastructure and resources for libraries. The study’s results show that optimism, informativeness, perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, attitude and intention to use blockchain technology for accessing digital resources in libraries.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the adoption of blockchain technology in the digital library. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this work is the first empirical attempt to provide a new perspective of developing digital libraries based on security policies. This model shows the underpinning knowledge to manage digital resources, which can facilitate the design phases and enhance the management costs in eLibraries.

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Roberts, Lynne D., Caroline Spiranovic, and David Indermaur. "A country not divided: A comparison of public punitiveness and confidence in sentencing across Australia." Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology 44, no. 3 (December 2011): 370–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004865811419059.

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Changes to sentencing legislation are often introduced or justified on the basis of satisfying public opinion. If sentencing policy is a reflection of public opinion we should see a concordance between different sentencing policies and public opinion. This paper provides a comparison between Australian States and Territories in terms of two key measures of public attitude concerning sentencing: confidence in sentencing and punitiveness. These results are based on acomprehensive telephone survey ( N = 6005) of Australian adults which utilized a stratified random sample of households from the Electronic White Pages. It was found that there were only minor differences in the key measures of public attitude despite the notable differences between the States and Territories of Australia with respect to sentencing policy. Differences in public attitudes across jurisdictions were small, accounting for less than 2 per cent of variation in confidence in sentencing and punitive attitudes scores. In addition, despite the predicted moderately negative association between confidence in sentencing and punitiveness, neither of these variables was related in any systematic way to jurisdictional differences in imprisonment rates. The major implication of these findings is that the wide differences in sentencing practice and policy between jurisdictions in Australia are not linked to differences in public attitudes, supporting Beckett's (1997) argument that sentencing policy is better understood as a function of political initiative rather than a direct articulation of public attitude.

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Fitzgerald, Brendan, and Frances Savage. "Public libraries in Victoria, Australia: an overview of current ICT developments, challenges, and issues." OCLC Systems & Services: International digital library perspectives 20, no. 1 (March 2004): 24–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/10650750410527304.

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Cavanagh, Michael John. "Are community-managed libraries effective?" Library Management 38, no. 4/5 (June 13, 2017): 226–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/lm-11-2016-0081.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the effectiveness of community-managed libraries (CMLs) in England. It traces their history and considers the evidence base in respect of their effectiveness. Design/methodology/approach Through quantitative research (web surveys) with volunteers and chief librarians, the study establishes: the range of services being delivered; the perceived need for and extent of training given to volunteers; the criteria through which public library effectiveness can be measured, and the extent to which CMLs are able to deliver against these criteria. Findings The study found widespread variation in the range of services offered and the extent of training received. Further, it found significant differences of opinion and priorities between the research groups in respect of the relative importance of various effectiveness criteria and the ability of CMLs to deliver against these criteria. The evidence from this study points to a fragmented and inconsistent network of volunteer delivered libraries. A key reason is the variation in approach and level of support from local authorities. The paper concludes that the lack of national standards and consistently applied professional advice could be contributing to this variation and points to the Welsh Public Libraries approach, based on their standards framework, as a model that could be replicated. Originality/value These findings have implications for policy makers in respect of the case made for the reintroduction of a standard/quality framework to reduce service variability. The findings will also be of value to local authorities that are considering implementing a community-managed library model.

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Boaden, Sue. "Education for art librarianship in Australia." Art Libraries Journal 19, no. 2 (1994): 5–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0307472200008725.

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The growth of art history and art practice courses in Australia has been remarkable over the last 20 years. Unfortunately training for art librarianship has not matched this growth. There are eleven universities in Australia offering graduate degrees and post-graduate diplomas in librarianship but none offer specific courses leading towards a specialisation in art librarianship. ARLIS/ANZ provides opportunities for training and education. Advances in scholarly art research and publishing in Australia, the development of Australian-related electronic art databases, the growth of specialist collections in State and public libraries, and the increased demand by the general community for art-related information, confirm the need for well-developed skills in the management and dissemination of art information.

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