Towards an understanding of annual reports of university and technikon libraries in South Africa

College and Research Libraries

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 141-150

  Swanepoel, A J ^a   Smit, I P J ^b  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b NONE

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EID: 0037361596     PISSN: 00100870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5860/crl.64.2.141     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. A technikon is a technological higher educational institution in South Africa.
2. Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, Information to Be Included in the Annual Report to Shareholders (Toronto: Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, 1991), 30-31.
3. Mark Clatworthy and Michael Jones, "Annual Reporting: Room for Improvement?" Management Accounting 77 (Apr. 1999): 1-4. Available online from http://web6.infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/693/12/23189431w6/.
4. Ron Blunn, "Whither the Annual Report?" CIRI Financial Reporting Seminar (Montreal: Canadian Investor Relations Institute, Sept. 28, 2001). Available online from http://www.blunnco.com/about/perspectives/perspective0901.htm.
5. "Annual Reports: Who Reads Them and Why? Findings from the Yankelovich Study," @issue 1 (2001). Available online from http://cdf.org/cdf/atissue/vol1_1/yankelovich/yankelovich.html.
6. Jonathan Pite, "Annual Report Trends," Graffiti: The Art Directors Club of Denver (winter 1999-2000): 1-2. Available online from http://www.adcd.com/newsletters/winter2000.pdf.
7. Carol Ann Tilt, "The Content and Disclosure of Australian Corporate Environmental Policies" (Adelaide SA: Flinders University, School of Commerce, 1999), 22 (Research Paper Series: 99-4). Available online from http://commerce.flinders.edu.au/researchpapers/99-4.htm.
8. Examples are Sid Cato's Annual International Annual Report Conference, available online from http://www.sidcato.com/events.htm; and a recent conference entitled "Corporate Disclosure and the New Role of the Annual Report: Guidance on Trends in Disclosure and Transparency and Design," held on Nov. 6, 2002, available online from http://www.niriceniralfl.org/calendar.cfm.
9. Examples are the Czech Top 100 Best Annual Report of the Year, available online from http: //www.czechtop100.cz/; and the American Society of Professional Communicators (ASPC) Annual Report Awards Competition, available online from http://www.asprocomm.com/ AnnRpt.htm.
10. Examples are Sidcato's Newsletter on Annual Reports, published by Cato Communications, Inc., and Annual Report Information, published by Artisan Field Inc.
11. In the 1970s and 1980s, Australian Academic and Research Libraries published a number of articles by Harrison Bryan and others that surveyed and reviewed the contents of annual reports of Australian university libraries. This series ceased in 1988, although a similar overview appeared in 1993. See Colin Steele and Joan Jensen, "The State of the Nation: An Overview of Australian University and Research Library Annual Reports," Australian Academic and Research Libraries 24 (1993): 116-26.
12. Reuben Musiker, "South African University Library Annual Reports: A Comparative Assessment," Wits Journal of Librarianship and Information Science 12 (Dec 1983): 63-74.
13. Ibid., 74