ALIA West

July 2005

Early career awards 2005

Congratulations to Kylie Smith and Jillian Jones who are the finalists for the Early Career Award 2005 in Information Services. The award identifies and rewards outstanding graduates in the workplace. Below are short biographies of these very busy finalists.

You are all invited to the gala awards night during which the winner of the Information Services Award will be announced. See attached flyer.

The gala night, hosted by the Hon Dr Hendy Cowan, chancellor, Edith Cowan University, will be held Wedensday 13 July 2005 at Parmelia Hilton Perth. Tickets available from BOCS: ph 9484 1133.

Further information about the gala night and the awards, including biographies of some of the finalists for other awards, available online.

Jill Jones is a consultant of the recordkeeping services team of the State Records Office of WA. Jill has completed an Associate Diploma of Applied Science (in Library Technology) and has completed a Bachelor of Science in Communications and Information Technology (with a records management minor) from Edith Cowan University and is currently studying towards a Master of Arts in Public Policy at Murdoch University.

In 2002, Jill won the J Eddis Linton Excellence in Records Management (Outstanding Student Award) awarded by the Records Management Association of Australasia.

Jill has worked in both state government and the private sector and has been employed in a records management environment since 1998, working in the position of co-ordinator: corporate information of the State Library of Western Australia.

Jill's main objective at the moment is to successfully combine a satisfying professional career (where her skills can continue to grow) with home duties including caring for two small (but very energetic!) children.

Kylie Smith is acting team leader: arts at the state reference library, a position she has held since March 2005. Kylie graduated from UWA with a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Music in 2000, and completed a Graduate Diploma in Information & Library Studies at Curtin University the following year. She then commenced working at Curtin University Library in the business division. Kylie began working in the music and performing arts team in the state reference library in May 2002 as a part-time librarian, and continued to work part-time at Curtin. At the end of the year, she began working in the social sciences team, where she is responsible for the map collection.

Kylie's major achievement to date has been her contribution to MusicAustralia, a nation-wide music digitisation project, and as a result of this, she has presented papers at the International Association of Music Librarians (Aust Branch) conference at the national library in Sept 2004, and most recently, lunchtime talks about digitisation at the State Library of WA.

Kylie is actively involved in professional development activities through ALIA and International Association of Music Librarians.

Kylie received her framed finalists certificate at an afternoon tea held at the state library on Tuesday 28 June.

Jeanette Hill (please remove '.nospam' from address), ALIAWest