Australia Day Honours 2011

The ALIA Board of Directors are pleased and proud that a number of ALIA members, library leaders and library supporters have been acknowledged in the 2011 Australia Day Honours with biographical notes.

Congratulations to:

Spencer Routh, OAM, For service to the library and information sciences sector, particularly through the University of Queensland.

Aladin Rahemtula, OAM, For service to librarianship through the Supreme Court of Queensland, and to the community through the preservation of legal heritage.

David Clune, OAM, For service to librarianship, and to the documentation and preservation of the history of politics, and to the Parliament of New South Wales.

James Sourris, OAM, For service to the arts and to the community through the development of the motion picture industry and through philanthropic contributions, particularly to the Queensland Art Gallery and the State Library of Queensland.

Ron Store, OAM, For service to library and information services, and to education.

Congratulations and thanks to the continuing work of the National Library of Australia Digitisation volunteers, who were recognised on Australia Day 2010.

Book supplier honoured

Len Woodley, founder of Standard Book and ALS Library Services, received a Medal of the Order of Australia ‘for services to the community and book industry’, in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.

Professor Paul Sturges OBE

Professor Paul Sturges has been awarded an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the Queen's Birthday Honours list. Professor Sturges was the Chair of IFLA's Committee on Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE) between 2003 and 2009, and has been involved in international librarianship for many years, contributing a tremendous amount through his work in the area of freedom of access to information and freedom of expression. For more information see the IFLA article.

Queen's Birthday Honours 2010

Congratulations to Janice Rickards and Jennifer Muir who each received a Medal of the Order of Australia for services to libraries.