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Lankes, D. (2014). 3. The Mission of libraries: expect more than books. In Expect More:demanding better libraries for today's complex world. Medium. Retrieved from https://medium.com/p/c9efcfa6bd24 (To jump to this chapter easily, use F to "find" the search string "expect more than books" and go to the second occurrence)

Battles, M. (2003). Burning Alexandria. In Library: an unquiet history (pp. 22-55). New York, NY: W.W. Norton and Company. Retrieved fromhttp://edocs.library.curtin.edu.au/eres_display.cgi?url=dc60262459.pdf

Butters, A. (2008). RFID in Australian Academic Libraries: Exploring the Barriers to Implementation. Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 39(3), 198. Retrieved from http://search.informit.com.au.dbgw.lis.curtin.edu.au/fullText;dn=349995453137060;res=IELAPA

Rettig, J. (2006). Reference service: from certainty to uncertainty. In Advances in Librarianship (pp. 105-143). London, England: Elsevier. Retrieved from http://edocs.library.curtin.edu.au/eres_display.cgi?url=dc60261918.pdf

Catoggio, A., & Robertson, S. (2007). Strategic Procurement of Public Library Collections. Australasian Public Libraries and Information Services, 20(1). Retrieved from http://search.informit.com.au.dbgw.lis.curtin.edu.au/fullText;dn=347113028782173;res=IELHSS

Library Day in the Life Project. (n.d.). wiki, . Retrieved from http://librarydayinthelife.pbworks.com/w/page/16941198/FrontPage This is organised by the day that was recorded. Select one of the days and look at the job descriptions of the participating librarians. Select five linked blog posts and click through to read them. Select one librarian and see whether you can find multiple days from that author.

Gutsche, B. (2009, June 22). Competency Index for the Library Field. Retrieved from http://icma.org/en/icma/knowledge_network/documents/kn/Document/301297/Competency_Index_for_the_Library_Field

Australian Library and Information Association. (2005). The library and information sector: core knowledge, skills and attitude. Retrieved from https://www.alia.org.au/about-alia/policies-standards-and-guidelines/library-and-information-sector-core-knowledge-skills-and-attributes

Biagi, G. (2006). The Library: its past and future. In Library daylight:tracings of modern librarianship 1874 - 1922 (pp. 111-123). Library Juice Press. Retrieved fromhttp://edocs.library.curtin.edu.au/eres_display.cgi?url=dc60261222.pdf This is an address to the American Library Association in 1904. The predictions at the bottom of p. 117 are fascinating.

Munn, R., & Pitt, E. . (1935). Australian libraries: a survey of conditions and suggestions for their improvement. Melbourne: Australian Council for Educational Research. *** Hardcopy only ***

Budd, J. (2008). Genealogy of the profession. In Self-examination: the present and future of librarianship. Westport Connecticut: Libraries Unlimited. Retrieved fromhttp://edocs.library.curtin.edu.au/eres_display.cgi?url=dc60261220.pdf This is a good overview, but rather thorough. You might want to skim the chapter and read in more detail sections that are of interest to you.

McColvin, L. R. (1947). Public libraries in Austalia: present conditions and future possibilities. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press for Australian Council for Educatonial Research.

Schmidmaier, D., & Doherty, A. (2005). Pay equity for the library profession: a State Library of New South Wales perspective. In Libraries - a voyage of discovery. Presented at the World Library and Information Congress: 71th IFLA General Conference and Council, Oslo. Retrieved fromhttp://archive.ifla.org/IV/ifla71/papers/179e-Schmidmaie_Doherty.pdf

Hallam, G. C. (2008). Nexus: An investigation into the library and information services workforce in Australia. Final report. Retrieved from http://eprints.qut.edu.au/12908/

Raish, M. (2010, August 20). Librarians in the Movies: An Annotated Filmography. Retrieved from http://emp.byui.edu/raishm/films/introduction.html

Kneale, R. (2009). Stereotype? What stereotype? in You Don't Look Like a Librarian: Shattering Stereotypes and Creating Positive New Images in the Internet Age. Information Today, Inc. pp. 1-18. Retrieved fromhttp://edocs.library.curtin.edu.au/eres_display.cgi?url=dc60250772.pdf

Hildenbrand, S. (2000). Library feminism and library women's history: Activism and scholarship, equity and culture. Libraries & culture, 35(1), 51-65. Retrieved fromhttp://sentra.ischool.utexas.edu/~lcr/archive/fulltext/LandC_35_1_Hildenbrand.pdf

Munn, R. (1949). It's a mistake to recruit men. Library Journal, 74, 1639-40. Retrieved from: http://edocs.library.curtin.edu.au/eres_display.cgi?url=dc60267595.pdf

Seale, M. (2008). Old Maids, Policeman, and Social Rejects. Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship, 9(1). Retrieved fromhttp://southernlibrarianship.icaap.org/content/v09n01/seale_m01.html

Biskup, P. (1994). Overview of Australian Library Development. Libraries in Australia (pp. 1-39). Wagga Wagga: Centre for Information Studies. Retrieved from http://edocs.library.curtin.edu.au/eres_display.cgi?url=dc60247646.pdf