Project Team
Professor Helen Partridge
Queensland University of Technology - Project Leader
Dr Helen Partridge is Professor in the Information Sciences Discipline at Queensland University of Technology (QUT). She is the coordinator for the library and information science (LIS) education programme in the Faculty of Science and Technology. Professor Partridge has published widely in the area of teaching and learning and has won a number of teaching awards including the 2004 and 2005 QUT Vice Chancellors Distinguished Teaching Award. Prior to joining QUT, she worked as a librarian in public and special libraries. Professor Partridge was elected to the Board of Directors of the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) in 2006 and 2008. Actively involved in ALIA she is a member of the Research and Publishing Standing Committee, and the association’s representative on the IFLA Library Theory and Research Standing Committee. Professor Partridge received the State Library of Queensland Library Board award in 2007 for professional excellence. In 2008 she received one of eight Teaching Fellowships from the Australian Learning and Teaching Council. The fellowship established guiding principles and models of best practice for LIS education 2.0. Professor Partridge’s work in LIS education has recently been recognized through the receipt of a European Commission’s Erasmus Mundus Scholarship. Through this scholarship she was a visiting scholar at the Oslo University College where she taught into the International Master in Digital Library Learning.
Dr Hilary Hughes
Queensland University of Technology
Dr Hilary Hughes is Coordinator/Lecturer for the Master of Education (Teacher-Librarianship) in the Faculty of Education at Queensland University of Technology (QUT). Her qualifications include: PhD (QUT, 2009); Master of Librarianship (University of Sheffield, UK, 1978); BA Combined Honours in Spanish and Romance Linguistics (University of Birmingham, UK, 1975); NAATI accredited translator (Spanish-English); Certificate IV in Workplace Training & Assessment; AALIA. Hilary has held her current position at QUT since November 2004. Previously, she gained extensive experience as reference librarian and information literacy educator at CQU Brisbane International Campus, QUT, BCAE Curriculum Library, Northpoint Institute of TAFE, Education Queensland and Glenden Town Library. Hilary’s research interests include: information literacy; using information and learning in culturally diverse and online environments; international student experiences; and teacher-librarianship. Her doctoral thesis (2009) is entitled: International students using online information resources to learn. Hilary has received two QUT teaching awards (2006) and a QUT Vice-Chancellor’s Performance Fund Award (2008).
Associate Professor Philip Hider
Charles Sturt University
Associate Professor Philip Hider is Head of the School of Information Studies at Charles Sturt University. Dr Hider worked at the British Library from 1995-1997, in Singapore from 1997-2003, and since then at CSU. He teaches and researches primarily in the areas of information organisation, retrieval and architecture. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, an Associate Member of the Australian Library and Information Association, and a member of the Australian Committee on Cataloguing.
Barbara Combes
Edith Cowan University
Barbara currently lectures for the School of Computing and Information Science (SCIS) at Edith Cowan University. She lectures in information services management, information literacy, research proposal, library systems and children’s literature. Barbara is currently doing her PhD and examining the information seeking behaviour of the Net Generation/Gen Y. Her major interest areas include the role of teacher librarians in education, plagiarism, online learning and the online experience in distance education particularly for first time users, information literacy, policy and planning. During 2001-2002 she worked as the Teacher Librarian and Information Manager at Sevenoaks Senior College. In this role Barbara managed the Library and Information Centre, acted as webmaster for the College and was the WebCT and HarvestRoad Administrator. Another aspect of her role has involved working closely with staff on the development of a range of online curriculum modules and online courses to support teaching-learning programs at the College. Prior to 2001, Barbara worked as an Evaluation Officer and as the webmaster for Curriculum Materials Information Services (CMIS) Evaluation, Department of Education and Training Western Australia.
Dr Sue Reynolds
RMIT University
Dr Sue Reynolds is an academic in Information Management at RMIT University, Melbourne. She has recently completed her PhD thesis on the history of the first thirty years of the Library of the Supreme Court of Victoria through Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga which she undertook part-time while also teaching in the Library Technician program at Victoria University and the Graduate Diploma in Information Management at RMIT University. Sue commenced her professional career as a teacher-librarian with the Department of Education, Victoria before moving to California to undertake a Masters degree in Library Science at San Jose State University, where she was also a graduate assistant teaching cataloguing. She has also worked as an editor for the Victorian Education Department’s Library Branch and has taught cataloguing in Vietnam at Can Tho and Thai Nguyen Universities. Sue has been teaching library and information studies in the TAFE and higher education sectors for over thirty years. Sue’s main academic interests are the history of libraries, information organisation and the development of online delivery of courses in information management.
Dr Jo Hanisch
University of South Australia
Dr Jo Hanisch was appointed Program Director for the Business Information Management and Library and Information Management programs in July 2009 following the sudden illness of Dr Simon Shurville. Jo is a lecturer and researcher in Information Systems in the School of Computer and Information Science at the University of South Australia. Jo has lectured undergraduates and postgraduates since joining the University of South Australia in 1991, coordinating courses in Adelaide, Hong Kong and Singapore. Jo has been Program Director for various programs over the years, including the Master of Business (Administrative Management); the Bachelor of Business (Management Information Systems); the Bachelor of Information Systems; and the Bachelor of Business (Management of Information Technology). This follows a diverse career commencing in CSIRO, Canberra; the Commonwealth and State public service; and the Information Technology Group of Telstra Corporation. Jo holds degrees Science from Adelaide University and Business from the University of South Australia; and a PhD in Information Systems from Deakin University. Melbourne. Jo has published in numerous conference proceedings and scholarly journals. Her research interests include the interrelated areas of: the digital divide; communities of practice; records management; aged care; and sports information systems.
Maureen Henninger
University of Technology Sydney
Maureen Henninger has a Master degree in Information Science and a Graduate Diploma in Information Management (Librarianship) and is currently a Senior Lecturer in Information and Knowledge Management at the University of Technology, Sydney. She has had extensive academic and professional experience in the storing and retrieval of digital information, particularly database design, and in information design. Maureen consults widely in industry, government and for non-government organizations in these areas and has been invited to speak at many conferences on digital information retrieval in wide range of topics, including competitive intelligence, biomedical technology and government information. In her current academic position she has developed subjects in information design, information architecture, digital libraries, and digital curation. She is the coordinator of the undergraduate program in information and media and is on the education committee of the Australian Library and Information Association. Maureen's research activities include Web retrieval processes, digital libraries and data curation. For many years Maureen managed a successful continuing professional education program at the University of New South Wales. She is the author of books about digital information retrieval, the latest of which is a second edition of The Hidden Web.
Dr Mary Carroll
Victoria University
Dr Mary Carroll is a teacher in the Library and Cultural Studies Unit of Victoria University, Melbourne and a lecturer in the School of Business Information Technology at RMIT. In her earlier career she worked in various roles including as a teacher librarian, librarian, language and literacy educator and classroom teacher. Research interests include the relationship between library development and educational reform, the history of education for librarianship and cross-sectoral issues associated with current education for the library industry in Australia.
Dr Sally Burford
University of Canberra
Dr Sally Burford is a Senior Lecturer in Knowledge and Information Studies in the Faculty of Arts and Design at the University of Canberra. She is the Course Convenor for the Master of Information Studies (MIS) and teaches in internet communication and knowledge and information management. Sally was the key proponent of the new MIS at UC which is intent on meeting the needs of the information sector at large. Researching in the area of web information architecture, Sally’s early findings were published and awarded the Paul Thistlewaite prize for Best Conference Paper at AusWeb 2008. Sally is also working with colleagues at UC researching in the area of Knowledge Management standards and guidelines and how they are used in organisations. She is a member of the Web Industry Professionals Association (WIPA) and the Australian Libraries and Information Association (ALIA). Sally was responsible for the implementation of a single corporate visual design and a successful content management system implementation during her management of an organizational website and she has considerable industry experience in managing online environments.
Associate Professor Paul Genoni
Curtin University
Dr Paul Genoni is an Associate Professor with the School of Media, Culture and Creative Arts at Curtin University of Technology. His teaching, research and publication have been in the areas of reference work and collection management. He also has a longstanding engagement with issues related to education and professional development. He is currently a member of the ALIA Standing Committee on Education and Professional development, and was previously a member of the Executive Committee of the IFLA Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning Section. He is the editor (with Graham Walton) of Continuing Professional Development: Preparing for New Roles in Libraries (Saur, 2005). Paul’s PhD is in the area of Australian literature and he also continues to research and publish in this field. He is the author of Subverting the Empire: Explorers and Exploration in Australian Fiction (Common Ground, 2004), and editor (with Sue Sheridan) of Thea Astley’s Fictional Worlds (Cambridge Scholars Press, 2006; rev ed, 2009). He is currently President of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature.
Dr Kerry Tanner
Monash University
Dr Kerry Tanner is a senior lecturer and course director of the postgraduate information and knowledge management courses in the Faculty of IT, Monash University, Caulfield. Kerry has been a library and information science educator for most of her professional career. She has been at Monash since 2000, and prior to that was a lecturer/senior lecturer at RMIT (1979-1999); a lecturer at Melbourne State College (1977-1978); and a lecturer involved in training school librarians within the Education Dept of Victoria from 1972-1976. Over her career, she has taught in most areas of the library curriculum—more recently in information services/IT management, information/IT strategy and governance, knowledge management, information organisation, and research methods. She has been an active researcher in the field for over 20 years, with research projects into the professional development needs of information professionals; secondary students' and tertiary students' library usage habits; university library and public library user surveys; evaluating library resource adequacy; management of electronic resources in schools; evaluating information delivery and the information needs of managers; human networks in organisational information processing; outsourcing of information services and information technology in Australia; knowledge management and community informatics.
Dr Leonie Ellis
University of Tasmania
Dr Leonie Ellis is a lecturer at the University of Tasmania and was awarded her doctorate in December 2009. Her research focused on implementing organisational and technology based change. Leonie is currently a member of the eHealth Services Research group within the School of Computing and Information Systems providing a focus on Problem Based Learning. Leonie is the Post Graduate Coursework Coordinator and manages the Graduate Diploma of Information Management which provides students with an accredited library qualification.
Christine Yates
Queensland University of Technology
Christine Yates is a recent graduate of the Master of Information Technology (Library & Information Science) at QUT. Within the library and information science profession she has worked as a research assistant and various positions in academic, special and school library environments. Her experience outside of the profession has included working in social housing management, project management and community education roles in government and community sectors. Christine is involved in the project in the capacity as Project Manager.
James Whittle
Queensland University of Technology
James Whittle graduated from the QUT Masters of Education program specialising in Teacher Librarianship in 2009. He has previously worked as a teacher librarian and currently works for Brisbane City Council Library Services as a Library Technician. He has previously taught mathematics, English and Middle Years in Lismore and the Sandover region of the Northern Territory. James is involved in the project as the Research Assistant for student considerations.
Sharyn Wise
University of Technology Sydney
Sharyn Wise is completing the M.A. Information and Knowledge Management program at UTS, where she had graduated with a B.A. Communications a decade earlier. Her early career encompassed analysis, design and development of business systems and databases, moving later into web and content management systems. This experience led to an interest in Information Architecture, User experience and the broader contexts of information behaviour and knowledge management. Sharyn’s recent work has included consultancy and research assistance on digital library projects. She is involved in the project as the Research Assistant for workforce considerations.
Amanda Winters
Queensland University of Technology
Amanda Winters is a recent graduate of the Master of Information Technology (Library & Information Science) at QUT. She has worked in both academic and special library settings, and is currently working with the library systems team at Griffith University. She is most interested in library technology, metadata and standards. Amanda is involved in the project as the Research Assistant for higher education considerations.
Sarah Brown
Queensland University of Technology
Sarah Brown is a recent graduate of the Master of Information Technology (Library and Information Science) course at QUT. In 2007 she graduated from the University of California, San Diego with a BA in World Literature. She currently works at a secondary school library. Sarah is involved in the project as the Research Assistant for higher education considerations.
Deborah Ponting
Queensland University of Technology
Deborah Ponting is a recent graduate of the Master of Information Management (Information Management and Knowledge) at QUT. She is a teacher with 25 years of experience in the TAFE and Secondary sectors. Deborah is involved in the project as a Research Assistant for higher education considerations.
Aliese Millington
Queensland University of Technology
Aliese Millington graduated from the University of South Australia’s Graduate Diploma in Library and Information Management in 2009. In 2008 she was awarded a PhD in Ethnomusicology by the University of Adelaide, her PhD studies leading to an interest in academic librarianship. Aliese has worked in academic libraries since 2000, including the Elder Music Library (University of Adelaide) and Flinders University Library’s Law Library and Special Collections. Aliese’s UniSA studies and work at Flinders have fostered her curiosity and involvement in library exhibition and preservation (including digital preservation) practices. She is involved in the project as Research Assistant for student considerations.
Carrie Munro
Queensland University of Technology
Carrie Munro is a student of the Master of Information Management at QUT. As part of her studies she recently completed an exchange program at the Swedish School of Library and Information Science (SSLIS) at the University of Boras, Sweden. She has an interest in special and academic libraries, and is currently working as a member of the Virtual Reference team at QUT Library. Carrie was involved in the project as the Research Assistant for higher education considerations.
Leith Robinson
Curtin University of Technology
Leith Robinson is a Ph D student in Information Studies at Curtin University of Technology. Her thesis addresses convergence and collecting institutions, professional identity and the information commons. Leith’s qualifications are BA (L&CIM) (Hons), Grad Cert Loc Stds, Assoc Dip Bus (Admin), Cert Bus, Cert Mus Stud. She worked in records management in the private sector for thirteen years, and has published articles since 2004 not only on her academic but also recreational interests, such as women’s history. Leith was involved in the project as a Research Assistant for workforce considerations.
