Abstract
This is the fifth seminar for librarians in the criminal justice system. The papers within cover a variety of topics on how to access criminal justice information. Topics include computer technology, the Australian Bibliographic Network (ABN), and criminal justice databases. It also discusses how to access criminal justice and court statistics.
Proceedings of the fifth seminar, 15-18 April 1986
Contents
- Introduction and welcome
The microcomputer, ABN and criminal justice databases
- Appropriate computer technology for the small library
Glenn Sanders - Computer assistance in the Special Prosecutors Office
Diana Higgins - Workshop on ABN - what's in it for me?
- ABN update: summary
Cheryl Pye - ABN for a small library: the experience of the Alcohol and Drug Foundation, Australia
Barbara M. Allan - ABN: the dial-up user's view
Julia Butler
- ABN update: summary
- CINCH searching tips
Nikki Riszko - AGIS as a database on SCALE
Moira Burgess - Dealing with data: the work of the Social Science Data Archives
Jane Mugford - Demonstrations and discussions
David Grainger and others
Access to criminal justice information
- Mining for criminological ore - a user's perspective
Richard Fox - The collection and sources of Australian criminal justice statistics
Debbie Neuhaus - Court statistics - answering the questions
Clarrie Pickerd - Developing a reader education program for a Police Academy library
Suzanne Shibble - Workshop on access to criminal justice information
- Book selection in a criminology library
Gael Parr - Subject access to books in a criminology library
Judith Iltis
- Book selection in a criminology library
- Special interest groups: reports and statements
- Co-operative indexing for CINCH: workshop
- Co-operative indexing for the ATLIS database
Margaret Thompson - Closing discussion
- List of participants