Across the Seas

Across the Seas

Author: 
Mamtora, Jayshree
Place: 
Hershey
Publisher: 
IGI Global
Date published: 
2013
Responsibility: 
Walton, Peter, jt.author
Editor: 
Chakraborty, Susmita
Journal Title: 
Collaboration in International and Comparative Librarianship
Source: 
Collaboration in International and Comparative Librarianship
Abstract: 

This chapter reports on four current and significant collaborative projects between Australia and the Pacific Islands in the area of libraries, archives and information centres, their respective staff, and Pacific counterparts. In the context of this chapter, and mirroring the Australian Government’s Pacific policies, all the collaborations mentioned involve countries in the south Pacific (i.e. Melanesia and Polynesia), although two Micronesian countries with strong links to Australia—Kiribati and Nauru—are included. The projects are: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau – microfilming and preserving historic documents; Pacific Islands Law Library Community Twinning Program; Marine Library Twinning Project; and the Melanesian Agricultural Information System. Based on experiences in carrying out these projects, this chapter shares some strategies for successful collaboration and the value of such projects.

Series: 
Advances in Library and Information Science

CITATION: Mamtora, Jayshree. Across the Seas edited by Chakraborty, Susmita . Hershey : IGI Global , 2013. Collaboration in International and Comparative Librarianship - Available at: https://library.au.int/across-seas