Imogen Garner becomes university librarian at Curtin University of Technology

Current vice-president and president-elect of the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA), Imogen Garner, has recently been appointed university librarian and deputy chief information officer at Curtin University of Technology.

As ALIA members will know Imogen has been chair of the ALIA Board of Education, general councillor for Western Australia and a member of the Library and Information Science Education for the Knowledge Age (LISEKA) Project. She is particularly interested in managing libraries in an educational environment and defining the role of the library in both an e-learning and physical space. As the deputy chief information officer at Curtin she plans to work in partnership with the chief information officer to contribute to the innovative use of IT in the provision of information services to staff and students.

Before her appointment to Curtin in July 2003, Imogen worked at the University of Western Australia Library as the associate librarian, Client Services from 1990-2003. Imogen also worked for the Education Department of WA in a number of roles including co-ordinator of the Curriculum Materials Information Section and as a teacher-librarian in secondary schools.

Imogen will maintain her involvement in a number of professional areas through her membership of the ALIA Board of Directors, West Australian Group of University Librarians (WAGUL) and Council of University Librarians (CAUL).

As vice-president (president-elect) of ALIA and Curtin university librarian, Imogen sees exciting opportunities to contribute to the promotion and improvement of library and information services through innovative practice.

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