ALIA Board of Directors

Biographies

President: Joyce Kirk

Present position
Dean, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Technology, Sydney.

Previous positions
Professor of information studies, Associate dean (coursework programs), Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences 1995-1999 and head, School of Information Studies, University of Technology Sydney 1991-1994. Positions at Kuring-gai and Riverina CAE's and with Library Services, NSW Department of Education.

Professional activities
ALIA Board of Education member 1990-1995; Deputy chair, ALIA Board of Education 1991-1994; Positions on State and National School Libraries Section committees 1989-1991; FID chair, Education and Training Committee 1996-1998; RMAA Branch Council and Education Committee member 1989-1992; Institute of Information Scientists Editorial Board member.

[president to 2003 annual general meeting]

Vice-president: Christine Mackenzie

Present position
Manager library services, Brisbane City Council

Previous positions
Manager library and information services, Mornington Peninsula Shire Council, 1995-1997; Regional librarian, Peninsula Library Service,1993-1995; Deputy regional librarian, Mordialloc Chelsea Library Service, 1992-1993; Reference and information services librarian, Dandenong Valley Regional Library Service, 1986-1992.

Professional activities
Chair (2000- ), Committee member (1999- ), Public Libraries Advisory Committee, Library Board of Queensland; Member, Bertelsmann Foundation, International Network of Public Libraries, 2000- ; President (1999), treasurer (1998), Queensland Branch; President (1996-1998), secretary (1994-1996), VICLINK; Vice-president, ALIA Victorian Branch, 1997; President (1996-1997), secretary (1993-1995), newsletter editor (1989-1992), Victorian Public Libraries Section; Newsletter editor, Reference and Information Services Section, 1989-1992; Vice-president (1997-1998), Board member (1995-1997), AIMA Training and Consultancy Services; Course development advisory committee, Department of Librarianship, Archives and Records, Monash University, 1997-1998; Library Board of Victoria's Public Libraries Advisory Committee (1996) and the Networking Committee (1997-1998).

[vice-president to 2003 annual general meeting, then president]

Kevin Dudeney

Present position
Senior library technician, NSW Department of Corrective Services.

Previous positions
Assistant library technician, NSW Department of Corrective Services 1994-1997; Self-employed book retailer 1988-1992; Director of three private companies.

Professional activities
President, NSW Library Technicians Section 1999-2001; Member, Distance Education Special Interest Group; Member, Parramatta Cit Council, Library Advisory Committee 1991-1999.

[board member to 2003 annual general meeting]

Moyra McAllister

Present position
National library services manager at Blake Dawson Waldron Lawyers.

Previous positions
Deputy librarian, Victorian Parliamentary Library 1986-1995; Reader services librarian, Telecom Australia 1981-1986; previous positions with Monash University, Burwood Teachers College and Dandenong Valley Regional Library Service.

Professional activities
Committee member and president, Vic Special Libraries Section 1993-1994; Mentor since the inception of the Victorian scheme; Member of the Mentoring Working Party for the last 6 years; Co-organiser and facilitator of Group Mentoring in Victoria; Member of VALA; Member of ALLG.

[board member to 2003 annual general meeting]

Angela Bridgland

Present position
Director, Teaching, Learning and Research Support Department, Information Division, The University of Melbourne.

Previous positions
University of Melbourne Library: Director, Library Services, 2000; Deputy university librarian, 1999-2000; Associate librarian, Management and Development Services, 1997-1998; Director, Management Services, 1994-1996. Library educator: Tasmanian College of Advanced Education, University Tasmania, Melbourne College of Advanced Education, University of Melbourne, 1976-1993.

Professional activities
ALIA Board of Directors, 2000-2002; Member, ALIA Board of Education, 1989-1994; Committee member, Education for Library and Information Studies and the School Libraries (Vic) Section; Victorian Branch councillor and president, Victorian Branch 1985; Member Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI); International Society for Performance Improvement, Australia (ISPI).

[board member to 2004 annual general meeting]

Vicki McDonald

Present position
Executive manager, policy and development, State Library of Queensland.

Previous positions
Senior policy position, Brisbane City Council; Library manager, Toowoomba City Council; Deputy library manager, Logan City Council. Also held a number of positions in academic libraries: Brisbane College of Advanced Education, Bond University and Queensland University of Technology.

Professional activities
Convenor, QUORUM, 2001- ; President (2000-2001), continuing professional development officer (1998-1999), Queensland Branch.

[board member to 2004 annual general meeting]

Deanne Barrett

Present position
Manager, Library & Information Services, Federal Court of Australia.

Previous positions
Library manager, Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission 1999-2002; Librarian, Department of Productivity and Labour Relations 1996-1999; Librarian, Parliamentary Library, Perth 1988-1996.

Professional activities
General councillor, WA, January-March 2000; Member of the ALIA Divisional subcommittee 1999-2000; WA Continuing professional development convenor and committee member, 1995-1997; Committee member, WA Special Librarian of the Year Award, 2000-2001; National president and secretary, Special Libraries Section 1996-1998; Secretary and committee member, Special Libraries Section (WA) 1990-1992; Mentor, WA mentoring program since 1993; Member, advisory board of the School of Media and Information at the Curtin University of Technology in 2000.

[board member to 2004 annual general meeting]