Professional Profiles
We interview LIS professionals – finding out how they got to where they are and any advice they have for students or new professionals.
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Troy Tuhou, Team Leader, Library Executive, Auckland University of Technology.
Kia ora Troy and thanks for sharing your career pathway with our readers. First up; can you tell us about your current role? What is your job title and what do you do day-to-day? Can you also tell us what qualifications you have? Kia ora koutou katoa, I am currently the Team Leader for the AUT South Campus Library Community Engagement team. My role is varied and includes managing the day- to- day operations at South Campus Library including care and maintenance of the collection, facilities, furniture and equipment. I also manage the South Campus team and consider myself to be an enabler, ensuring that they have the resources and equipment to do their job, but also helping them to develop their skills. READ MORE > |
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Adrienne Hannan, Children’s and Youth Services Coordinator at Wellington City Libraries.
Kia ora Adrienne and thanks for sharing your career pathway with our readers. First up, can you tell us about your current role? What is your job title and what do you do day-to-day? Can you also tell us what qualifications you have? I’m the Children’s and Youth Services Coordinator at Wellington City Libraries. I cover all the operational (and often strategic) aspects of our programmes, events, and services for 0 – 18 year olds and their families. My role covers service design, training and professional development, marketing and communication, resourcing, and relationship management. READ MORE > Linda Palmer, University Librarian at Massey University.
Kia ora Linda, and thanks for sharing your career pathway with our readers. First up; can you tell us what qualifications you have? I studied for a Bachelor of Arts here at Massey University (1986) and I’m a Teachers’ College drop-out. There must be a lot of crossover between teaching and library work. Yes, but it turned out that I didn’t enjoy working with children, so it wasn’t for me. But basically nobody in my family had been to university, so going to Teachers’ College was a step into tertiary study. It was a year they were taking the top academics, so they screened us all by qualifications and didn’t stop to ask if we actually wanted to work with children. READ MORE > |
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Allison Dobbie, a life in public libraries. In November 2018 Allison Dobbie retired from her role as Principal Development Advisor Community Services at Auckland Libraries after decades of dedicated services to libraries. We review her career and hear about her interest in the Pacific. READ MORE > |
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Judith Wenborn, a librarian behind the wire. 'I decided during 2007 that I needed to de-stress my life and move on from Selwyn. I accepted a position ‘behind the wire’ at Christchurch Men’s Prison, starting in January 2008. So, for the last eleven years, I have been a Prison Librarian.' Judith Wenbourne retired from a career of almost 30 years in libraries in 2019. We hear from her about her work in public and prison libraries READ MORE > |