Experience

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  Barree

  • Meredith, Victoria, Australia

  • Director, Barree Rural

    • Jul 2021 - Present
    • Meredith, Victoria, Australia

    Farming activity, and the home of GC Natural Horsemanship.

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  Deakin University

  • Australia
  • Higher Education
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Director, Collections and Global Access

    • Sep 2014 - Jul 2021

    Director responsible for Collections and Global Access at Deakin University Library, and member of the Australian Library & Information Association (ALIA).Portfolio covered the Library’s collections and access to them, along with the Copyright and licensing environments around them. Collections and access are impacted by the global information industry and the scholarly communications life cycle, metadata supporting digital initiatives, and a knowledge of the legislative framework within which access to knowledge resources is enabled.Responsible for the Library’s information management functions, including strategies to acquire and manage the Library’s digital and physical collections, and the negotiation and implementation of access to enable creative use of knowledge resources.Key responsibilities include:- the development of the the strategic vision for collections and content, and models of access to global information resources supporting learning, teaching and research;- directing and managing the development and implementation of metadata strategies, standards and workflows that support the discovery and curation of the Library’s collections and content, including digital and digitised content, and scholarly partnership projects;- leading and directing the Library’s information management functions, including quality assured approaches to the acquisition, licensing and preservation of digital and print knowledge resources.Specialties: Library Management, Collections - digital and print, Licensing, Copyright, Library buildings and spaces, Research support, Library distance and online education services, online information resources, mobile technologies in libraries.

  • Manager, Library Services, Faculty of Health, and Geelong Campus Library

    • 1989 - Aug 2014

    Management of Library Services to the Faculty of Health, and the Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus Library.

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  Swinburne University of Technology

  • Reference Librarian - Engineering

    • 1981 - 1989

    Library liaison and reference services to the Faculty of Engineering, reference advice, information literacy, research support

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  La Trobe University

  • Acquisitions officer

    • 1977 - 1980