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APLA |
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Perth 2005 |
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Mary Seefried |
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Parliamentary Librarian |
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Generalist v specialist |
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How big is
big enough to specialise ? |
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1974 – Reference Section |
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1979 - Research and Reference- 1989-90 –
Research Publications section started – |
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Research and Reference |
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Responses to individual personal requests |
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Spectrum
- Analysis to quick reference |
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Research Publications |
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General distribution papers |
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Research
Briefs |
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Hot Topics |
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Parliamentary Record |
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Staffing |
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4
research officers and 4 reference officers |
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Qualifications – 2 degrees – like legal trained
graduates |
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Salary scales |
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Managing Inquiry process |
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Evaluation |
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Quality control |
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Staffing -2 legally trained officers |
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Salary scales |
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Forecasting |
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Productivity |
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Limitations |
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Downtime periods? |
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Quality control |
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Is there a critical mass( no of staff) at which
it is possible to have specialist teams? |
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Specialisation v generalists - informal reality |
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External Pressure to merge |
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Silo effect? |
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Chances for cooperative action between teams? –
Hot Topics |
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Notes
