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

Professional contribution

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

Member, Special Libraries Association (US), 2000-

Secretary, Australian Database Development Association 1984-90

Member, Libraries Australia Advisory Committee (National Library of Australia) 1998-2009

ALIA representative, National Resource Sharing Policy Committee 2000-04

Member, ALIA Inter-Library Lending Expert Advisory Group 2000-04

Mentor, Aurora Library Leadership Institute 2003, 2005

Committee member, Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers ACT Branch 2005-

Secretary, ACTive ALIA Group, 2002-05; Convenor, 2006-07; Committee member 2008-

Work history

Librarian, Cataloguing and Reference, National Library of Australia 1971-72

Librarian, NSW Traffic Accident Research Unit 1972-77

Librarian, Social Sciences Information Services, National Library of Australia 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! Pty Ltd 1997–

Expertise

Library & information services management

Information synthesis & analysis

Technology assessment & implementation

Project management

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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