Currently working on the role of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (formerly the Australian Broadcasting Commission) in the development of an Australian music culture. This will involve an investigation of a dataset of 40000 data records of music recordings made by the ABC between 1942 and approximately 2000.
Prior research includes:
Carmichael, L., 1985. A romantic past : a study of historical romance as a form of recreational fiction in public libraries (MA (Library Studies)). South Australian Institute of Technology, Adelaide.
Carmichael, L., 1972. Past and present German migration : a comparison of two major periods of German migration to South Australia (1836-1900 and 1947-71) with special reference to secondary school age children of German migrants (Advanced Diploma in Teaching). Western Teachers College, Adelaide [S. Aust.].