2005 ALIA Stars

Kevin Dudeney

Kevin Dudeney has been awarded the 2005 ALIA Library Technician of the Year Award. Kevin's contribution to the advancement of library technicians has been outstanding. Working previously as a book retailer, Kevin began his career in librarianship working as an assistant library technician with the NSW Department of Corrective Services, before moving into his current role of library technician at the NSW Department of Corrective Services.

In awarding Kevin the 2005 Library Technician of the Year, the panel noted Kevin's excellent initiative and negotiation skills in the workplace, his consistently cheerful and positive outlook and his strong personal skills and ability to maintain excellent relationships with education officers in corrective service libraries throughout NSW. [more]

Congratulations Kevin.

MusicAustralia

MusicAustralia is a federated online music service, launched on 14 March 2005 and internationally-lauded for its ground-breaking comprehensive access to the nation's musical resources and information. It has been developed by the National Library of Australia and the National Film and Sound Archive (a Division of the Australian Film Commission) together with leading cultural organisations around the nation, including all state and many specialist libraries. MusicAustralia aims to assist anyone, anywhere to explore the whole landscape of Australia's music across all formats, styles and genres, both heritage and contemporary. It is free to all users!

From a single access point, you can find, access and navigate the nation's musical resources and information about musicians, organisations and services. You can see and print digitised historic sheet music, hear sound recordings, find multimedia, websites, pictures, manuscripts, books and theses, and get artist and organisational information harvested from a range of contemporary services. And if you can't get the resource online, then you can find out what it is and where to access it. Explore this service, find out how it works, and how to contribute by visiting http://www.musicaustralia.org.

'...I am now your best disciple on this wonderful site - I shall tell the world!' Publisher, folklorist and performer

'Amazing - you can find the detritus of my creative work...' Robyn Archer, singer, writer, composer, stage director and advocate for the arts, launching MusicAustralia

'...so much actual content is available - I can print out scores at my own desk...' A Queensland researcher

'...this is the best thing that has happened on the internet for years' An amateur musician

'Great site - I especially like the Themed section...' A Special Library user

'MusicAustralia is a great initiative' Professional musician

'It looks great' A user in UK

'...fantastic new resource' Comment from a major art gallery

'...Absolutely fabulous' E-mail comment from the general public

Natasha Griggs

Natasha Griggs from the City of Belmont Library (Perth) has been awarded the peer-nominated ALIA Excellence Award for her role as the driving force behind the Finding MY Place career guidance program for at-risk students.

A partnership between the Department of Education and Training of Western Australia and the Ruth Faulkner Public Library in the City of Belmont, the Finding My Place program was devised as an intervention strategy to assist students with different needs to mainstream students, using the local library to complement existing education, training and career development.

For further information see ALIA West's evening of excellence and the Finding MY Place career guidance program online.

The Excellence Award recognises excellence in any area, field or aspect of practice in the library and information services sector.

Kate Sinclair

Kate is the first recipient of the new peer-nominated Metcalfe Award, which recognises high achievement by a personal member in their first five years of practice.

As the Law Liaison Librarian in the Law Library of Flinders University, Kate has displayed a willingness to explore and develop innovative ways of providing services. These include developing interactive web-delivered information literacy tutorials on practical legal research methods; being awarded, along with two law academic staff members, a University Teaching and Learning Grant to further develop OnRoute software for more general application in teaching law; maintaining the policing component of the Australian WebLaw gateway; initiating a monthly e-mail bulletin to law staff promoting new resources in the collection and initiating an e-newsletter service from the Law Library to law staff.

Kate recognises the vital role professional associations play in a career and supports this through her extensive work within ALIA. Her roles have included convenor of the highly-successful 2nd ALIA New Librarians' Symposium in Adelaide, 2004; convenor of a number of state-based groups and her current role as a member of the ALIA New Generation Policy and Advisory Group.

Kate Sinclair's achievements and her outstanding professionalism make her a worthy recipient of the Metcalfe Award for high achievement by a personal member of ALIA in their first five years of practice in libraries and information services.

Marianne Broadbent

Dr Marianne Broadbent has been conferred as a Fellow of the Australian Library and Information Association. With a professional life hallmarked by enterprise and initiative, Marianne's career is the ultimate example of how far it is possible to travel with the skills and attributes which are the foundations of the library and information services profession. Marianne currently holds the position of senior vice-president - Global Research Business Strategy at the Gartner group. A prolific writer, Marianne's latest book, The new CIO leader: setting the agenda and delivering results was published by the Harvard Business School Press and co-authored by Ellen Kitzis. This immensely readable book has already sold its first impression.

Within ALIA, Marianne has contributed widely as an educator, author, researcher and office-holder. She is a regular speaker at ALIA gatherings and through her conference presentations, her publications and independent consultancies has made a unique contribution to the literature and the theoretical and practical bases of the profession, particularly in the newly-emergent discipline of information management.

The distinction of Fellow is conferred on a member who has reached an exceptionally high standard of proficiency in library and information science and has made a distinguished contribution to the theory or practice of library and information science.

John Dwight

John Dwight, executive chair of DA Information Services, is the recipient of the Redmond Barry Award. A leader in enhancing the library and information services sector in Australia, John has been promoting the Australian library sector in the international arena for the past twenty years and is an inspiration to his many colleagues in the sector. He has an excellent understanding of the needs of Australian libraries and has shared these insights with the publishers and organisations that DA represents.

The Redmond Barry Award is the Association's highest honour that can be bestowed on an individual not eligible for associate or technician membership of the Association. It is awarded in recognition of outstanding service to or promotion of a library and information service or libraries and information services, or to the theory or practice of library and information science, or an associated field.

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