Seminar for librarians in the criminal justice system

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
  • 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

 

  • 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