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- ↑ Welcome to the new Director General of the NLA - New Technologies for Libraries
- 1 2 Biography for Anne-Marie Schwirtlich - Austlit - University of Queensland
- 1 2 3 Biography for Anne-Marie Schwirtlich - Australian National University website
- 1 2 3 Anne-Marie Schwirtlich - The Australian Library and Information Association
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