NCJ Number
83131
Editor(s)
G Parr
Date Published
1981
Length
74 pages
Annotation
The publication presents papers delivered at an Australian seminar for librarians working in the criminal justice system.
Abstract
The opening address discusses the development of information in criminology. The role of the J.V. Barry Memorial Library of the Australian Institute of Criminology is highlighted, as well as the library of the Supreme Court of Western Australia. The methodology of compiling a bibliography about Aborigines and the law is reviewed, and the Family Information Centre of the Institute of Family Studies is examined. Issues in the provision of library services to Australian prisoners are discussed; the script of a video tape on the Police College Library in South Yarra, Victoria, is presented; and the services of the University of New South Wales Law Library are described. Summaries of discussions are included, and reports by special interest groups at the seminar focus on special libraries for corrective services, courts, police, and university law. Seminar objectives, resolutions, and a list of seminar participants are supplied.