Sherrey Quinn

Director, Libraries Alive! Pty Ltd

Qualifications

Bachelor of Arts, University of Sydney

Diploma in Librarianship, University of NSW

Australian Library and Information Association Certified Practitioner

Registered Indexer, Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers

Awards

R.D. Williamson information science award 1987
Fellow, Australian Library and Information Association, 2007-

Professional Contribution

Associate of Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA), 1971- ; Fellow 2007-

Secretary, Australian Database Development Association 1984-90

Member, Kinetica Advisory Committee (National Library of Australia) 1996-

ALIA representative, National Resource Sharing Policy Committee 2000-2004

Member, ALIA Inter-Library Lending Expert Advisory Group 2000-2004

Secretary, ACTive ALIA Group, 2002-05; Convenor, 2006-2007

Member, Special Libraries Association (US), 2000-

Mentor, Aurora Library Leadership Institute 2003, 2005

Work history

Librarian, NSW Traffic Accident Research Unit 1972-77

Librarian, Social Sciences Information Services, National Library 1978

Librarian, Aeronautical Research Laboratories 1979

Manager Information Services, Australian Road Research Board 1979-85

Consultant, CSIRO Information Services, 1988-95

Director, Online Information Resources Pty Ltd, 1988-2000

Manager Library Services, BHP Research 1996-99

Director, Libraries Alive! 1997–

Expertise

Project management

Library & information services management

Information synthesis & analysis

Technology assessment & implementation

Database and Website content management & navigation

Specialities

Library services consulting

Special libraries

Information services development

Metadata, indexing & thesaurus development

Technical & user documentation

Select list of publications

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