Biographies of ALIA directors
Derek Whitehead OAM
President to 2009 Annual General Meeting
BA(Hons), BD(Hons)(MCD), GradDipLib, MLib, FALIA,
Present position
Director, Information Resources and University Copyright Officer at Swinburne University of Technology. He is responsible for the university library, the university web site, and copyright.
Previous positions
He was previously with the State Library of Victoria, becoming Deputy State Librarian in 1996.
Professional activities
Derek has been active in both ALIA and ACLIS, leading the ALIA multicultural campaign in the 1980s, the Acquisitions Section in the 1990s, and was the president of ACLIS 1998-99. He chairs ALIA's Online Content and Regulation Reference Group. His medal of the Order of Australia (2002) is for services to libraries and the internet.
Jan Richards
Vice-president to 2009 Annual General Meeting
BA(LIS), ALGMA, AALIA
Present position
Manager, Central West Libraries
Previous positions
The majority of Jan's professional life has been public library based and divided equally between Wollongong and Orange. This was interrupted by a 4 year interlude in “specials” with the NSW Department of Primary Industries.
Professional activities
Jan is Secretary of Public Libraries NSW – Country, a member of the NSW Public Libraries Consultative Committee; a member of ALIA’s Public Library Advisory Committee and until recently a Director of Public Libraries Australia. Jan is coordinating the NSW @ your library campaign and has been a mentor at the Aurora Institute.
Damian Lodge
Board member until 2009 Annual General Meeting
BBus (Info & Lib Mgt), AssDipAppSci (Lib Tech), MAppSci (Lib & Info Mgt), MBA, AALIA
Present position
Lecturer and Associate Director of the Centre for Information
Studies at Charles Sturt University.
Previous positions
Manager, Client & Information Services at Wagga Campus Library of Charles Sturt University. Damian worked in libraries in NSW, Victoria and Tasmania. He started his library career in the early 90's as a library technician at the Launceston Public Library.
Professional activities
Damian is currently an active member of ALIA contributing in a number of ways, one of which is as the Convenor of the Riverina (country NSW) ALIA group since 2005. Damian regularly presents and publishes papers locally and internationally at both library and non library events on research related to library management and technology.
Kate Watson
Board member until 2009 Annual General Meeting
MIT, BA, GradDipLib, AALIA
Present position
Research Information Systems Coordinator,
University of the Sunshine Coast
Previous positions
Electronic Services Librarian (2004-2006), Central Queensland University; Systems and Collections Development Librarian (2003-2004), Cataloguing Librarian, Rockhampton City Council Libraries; Information Librarian (2002-2003), Somerville House; Reference Librarian (2001), Library Assistant, Queensland University of Technology.
Professional activities
Speaker at Information Online Conference (2007), Speaker at Educause Australasia Conference (2007), Recipient of the ALIA Ray Choate Research Scholarship (2006), National Chair for ALIA New Generation Policy and Advisory Group (NGPAG) (2005), Group Coordinator (Central Queensland) for ALIA New Graduates Group (NGG) (2005), Speaker at ALIA Biennial Conference (2004), Coordinator for inCite 'Energise>>Enthuse>>Inspire' column (2003-2006), Elist administrator of ALIA New Grad elist (2003-2004), Speaker at ALIA New Librarians Symposium (NLS) (2003), Member of ALIA New Generation Policy And Advisory Group (NGPAG) (2002-2005), Secretary for ALIA New Graduates Group (NGG) (2002-2004).
Helen Partridge
Board member to 2010 Annual General Meeting
BA, Grad Cert Ed (Higher Ed), GraDipPsych (UQ) MIT, Phd (QUT), AALIA
Present position
Associate Professor, Faculty of Information Technology, Queensland University of Technology (QUT).
Previous positions
Lecturer A, B & C QUT, 2001-2008; Internet trainer, State Library of Queensland, 2000-2003; Research assistant, QUT, 2000-2001; Reference librarian, Redland Shire Library (RSL), 2000-2001; Researcher, BBC, 1999; Assistant branch librarian, RSL, 1996-1998.
Professional activities
Recipient Board Award State Library of Queensland 2007; Recipient ALIA Silver Pin 2005; Convenor, ALIA Pathways 2006-; Secretary, ALIA Quill, 2002-2006; ALIA Representative Library Theory and Research Standing Committee IFLA 2006-; Chair ALIA Research and Publishing Standing Committee 2007-; Recipient Carrick Institute of Teaching and Learning Associate Fellowship 2008.
Michelle Brennand
Board member to 2010 Annual General Meeting
MBA, BA, GDipLIST, GradDipBus, AALIA
Present position
Manager library services, City of Wannaroo, Perth WA.
Previous positions
Manager Library Servises town of Cambridge,Perth WA; Project manager, Supplier Assisted Services, State Library of Western Australia, fixed term secondment August 2005-February 2006; Project manager, Dorling Kindersley, PLC Media Resource Centre, (2 year fixed term contract based in London) 1997-1998.
Professional activities
Chair, Metropolitan Library Managers (WA), 2006-2007; Representative, ALIA Public Libraries Reference Group, 2005-2006; Organising committee member and Chair, marketing committee, ALIA Biennial Conference, 2006; Radio presenter 'Ask us anything' monthly segment MIX 4.5FM; Co-ordinator, @ your library 2004 for WA Public Libraries; Local Government Librarians Association (WA), committee member, 2001-2002 and 2005-2006, presidential nominee, 2006-2007; Chair, Resonate Working Party 2007 (co-ordination of a statewide community event to celebrate WA public libraries' 50th birthday).
Philip Keane
Board member to 2010 Annual General Meeting
BSc, DipLib, MBA (Adel), AALIA, MAICD
Present position
Head, Library and Educational Information Services, Royal Adelaide Hospital - IMVS Library.
Previous positions
Librarian, Australian National University, the Australian Department of Health and the National Library of Australia in Canberra; Librarian, SA TAFE, Adelaide and the University of Tasmania.
Professional activities
Active member of the ALIA and LAA since 1978; Convenor, 10th ALIA Health, Special and Law Librarians Conference, Adelaide; Convenor, ALIA SA Group. Philip has lectured and tutored in three library schools and has lectured in marketing.
He has served on a number of national bodies in Australia, including the National Library's ABN and Kinetica committees, and more recently Blackwell Publishing's Library Advisory Board.
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