Ainslie Drew - ALIA Fellow

Ainslie Dewe has been conferred with the distinction of Fellow of the Australian Library and Information Association. ALIA fellowships are awarded to distinguished members of the profession and Ainslie joins an elite group.

Ainslie Dewe is University Librarian at La Trobe University, in Melbourne. Prior to taking up this appointment in 2008, Ainslie was University Librarian and Director of Knowledge Management at Auckland University of Technology from 2002 and 2008 and was Director, RMIT University Library, also in Melbourne, from 1997 to 2002.

Vale Norman Horrocks

ALIA is saddened to inform members and the library community of the death of Norman Horrocks, professor emeritus, School of Information Management, Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, who died peacefully during the night 14 October.

In 2006, Norman was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in recognition of his lifetime devotion to library and information science and was the only person to have been elected to Honorary Membership in the three national library associations, Canadian, British, and American. Norman was very proud of his membership of four national library associations, those of Canada, UK, USA and Australia and his links with colleagues in those countries were highly valued. His loss will be felt by many in the countries where he made his home at various times and throughout the world.

Vale Michele Huston

"She encouraged and championed new thinking from perspectives well away from the traditional areas in cultural institutions. The Australian library sector has lost much with her passing, but she leaves a legacy in the people she encouraged and in many of the web initiatives she set in place." Mal Booth

Vale - Bob McKee CILIP CEO

Bob McKee PhD MCLIP FRSA

At the time of his death Bob McKee was Chief Executive of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP). He was previously Chief Executive of The Library Association, one of CILIP’s predecessor bodies. Bob was a prominent member of the library and information community. Bob was attending the International Federation of Library Associations Congress in Gothenburg, Sweden. He was attending the meeting as a member of the Governing Board and Executive Committee of IFLA.

University of Queensland 100 reunion

The photos and news about the University of Queensland 100 reunion celebrations can all be found on the UQ website.

Vale ~ Suzanne Mourot

Miss Suzanne Mourot held the position of Mitchell Librarian at the State Library of NSW between 1973 and 1979. Last week she passed away at the age of 91.

Miss Mourot was born in New Caledonia. She joined the Public Library in 1944. Her considerable talents were quickly realised and she worked across the Library's collections, both published and unpublished. She was particularly interested in collection arrangement, and was instrumental in regularising the cataloguing and description of the pictures and manuscript collection during the late 1950s. Her roles included Manuscript Librarian, Dixson Librarian, with responsibility too, for the pictures collection.

At various times she also held the positions of Deputy Mitchell Librarian and Associate Mitchell Librarian, before being appointed Mitchell Librarian in 1973. She retired in 1979. Her corporate history, however, does little to capture the respect and high regard with which she was held, and the influence she had on this Library. Miss Mourot was widely admired for her authority and knowledge of the collections she administered, and she was keenly involved with their interpretation and promotion. She led the very successful Captain Cook Bicentennial Exhibition in 1970.

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.