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Fix this textUNIKEN THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Fix this textNo. 423 (No. 2 of 1997)
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Fix this text28 February 1997
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Fix this textNew head of
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Fix this textThe Committee to Review Higher
Fix this textEducation, chaired by Mr Roderick
Fix this textWest, will give UNSW the opportu-
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Fix this textaccording to Nina Shatifan, the new Direc-
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Fix this text“UNSW is committed to excellence, which
Fix this textmeans excellence in equity, too,” said Ms
Fix this textShatifan, who took up the new position in
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Fix this textmerly EEO) into a single Equity Unit.
Fix this text“The aim in bringing student and staff
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Fix this text“The former arrangement, having the two
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Fix this textEquity enhances good management, Ms
Fix this textShatifan said. “It ensures that you keep the
Fix this textbest people already on staff and that you
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Fix this text“In the present economic climate, we can’t
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Fix this texttimes of economic cuts, equity is one of the
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Fix this text“Good equity practice not only improves our
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Fix this textMs Shatifan and the unit’s five staff will
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Fix this textAustralian print culture
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Fix this textBy Susanne Ainger
Fix this textAssociate Professor Martyn Lyons
Fix this textof UNSW’s School of History is
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Fix this textAn Australian Research Council (ARC)
Fix this textgrant of $204,000 is funding the project
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Fix this textProfessor Lyons is executive editor of the
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Fix this textcommittee are Associate Professor Wallace
Fix this textKirsop, Monash University (Chair); John
Fix this textArnold, National Centre for Australian
Fix this textStudies; Dr Bryan Coleboume and Dr Eliza-
Fix this textbeth Morrison, Monash University; Associate
Fix this textProfessor John Curtain, Royal Melbourne
Fix this textInstitute of Technology; Dr Craig Munro,
Fix this textUniversity of Queensland Press; and Profes-
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Fix this textSuch is the interest in the history of the
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Fix this textthe past 15 years, Professor Lyons said.
Fix this textIn undertaking the HOBA project, Australia
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Fix this textThe Netherlands have also joined the club.
Fix this textFrance was “first off the mark”. Its four-
Fix this textvolume history of the book, Histoire de
Fix this textVEdition francaise, came out in the mid-
Fix this text1980s and is now available in paperback.
Fix this textProfessor Lyons, who will teach “The History
Fix this textof Reading in the West”, a new subject at
Fix this textUNSW this year, contributed to one volume
Fix this textof the French history with a chapter on “Best
Fix this textSellers in the Nineteenth Century”.
Fix this textThe History of the Book in Australia will
Fix this textbegin at the point of European contact and
Fix this textbe divided into three chronological sec-
Fix this texttions - from the beginnings to 1890, from
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Fix this text“Our aim is to research fundamental and
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Fix this text“We are exploring the history of the pro-
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Fix this textWhile a certain amount of research on
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Fix this textoverall history, Professor Lyons said.
Fix this text“In feet, the landscape of our current knowl-
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Fix this textThe history of the book represents a “vast
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Fix this text“(It is) a history of the diffusion of ideas
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Fix this text“Our research will look at this chain in the
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Fix this text“In fact, the history of the book, as well as
Fix this textreflecting our society’s cultural develop-
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Fix this textits peaks, troughs and crashes, showing the
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Fix this text“Our History of the Book will incorporate
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Fix this textThe international context of the “Austral-
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Fix this textpast dependence on British publishers and
Fix this textthe time when Australia was viewed by
Fix this textthem as a convenient “dumping ground”.
Fix this textBut the emphasis will be on the develop-
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Fix this textThe j-jqba project will give an overview of
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Fix this textAssociate Professor Martyn Lyons ... the project will fill the “deep ravines and the
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