delegate career profiles

Delegate

Career Profiles

Much of the success of life depends upon keeping one's mind open to opportunity and seizing it when it comes.

Alice Foote MacDougall

Success Stories

• What do we want HERE??

Claire Hill

Mylee Joseph

• Began career as a library assistant in a rural regional library (NSW)

• Currently manager of outreach services at Willoughby City Library

• Interest in providing continuing professional development and networking opportunities for CYS colleagues

• 9 years aliaCYS committee member

Roz Howland

• Member of Australian volunteers abroad – library set up in Sri Lanka

• Indigenous Libraries Unit, Cairns – opened libraries in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities throughout Queensland

• Involved in National Native Title Tribunal

Virginia Dickson

• NLS Bright and Funky Prizewinner

• “One who illuminates their professional workspace so that it is a vibrant, enlightening place to visit. Bold yet playful, lively and cheerful, intelligent and promising.”

Robyn Gattera

Fiona Rigby

Tony Wauchope• 1995 - Tony travelled

and worked in the US, UK and Canada

• 1996 to 1999 - Library Tech and Lib. Asst.

• 1999 - Librarian – Garden City

• 2000 - Branch Librarian RFID Trial at Wynnum

• 2001 - Team Leader - Sunnybank Hills

• 2002 - Delegate to Aurora at Threadbo

Lisa Paul

Fiona Doyle

• NLS Bright and Funky Prizewinner

• “Resourceful pro with consummate grace, Who'll find it online or face-to-face. Proactive one with style and flair, Knows what's what and what is where.”

Sarah Steed

• Began career as Children’s and Youth’ Librarian - Parramatta

• Currently – Manager Gungahlin branch, ACT Public Library

• Olympic Athletes Village Library volunteer for Sydney 2000 Olympics

• Marjorie Cotton Award 2000 for services to youth library services

Fiona Emberton

Kelly Morris

• Kelly has worked between Burnside and Walkerville Public Libraries in S.A

• Kelly proactively packed up the cat, hit the road through the centre of Australia and is currently branch manager at Casuarina Library, Northern Territory.

Alison O’Connor

Natalie Blanchard

• Graduated RMIT 1998• Worked for RMIT

Publishing (Informit)• National Meteorological

Library• Participated in tropical

cyclone research mission to Calcutta

• Presenter at recent IFLA Conference in Glasgow

• Currently employed by Thomson Gale

Sue Hutley

• Wife to Craig and MUM to Olivia

• Aurora Leadership Institute 1995

• Queen’s Trust for Young Australians 1997

• International Young Professionals’ Summit 2001

• Convener NLS 2002• Member Zonta

International (Women’s Service Club).

Terena Solomons

You!!!!

• Where do you want to be?

• What do you want to do?

• How will you contribute?

• It’s up to YOU!