Sue Roberts (librarian)

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Sue Roberts

Born1970
CitizenshipUK
Occupationlibrarian
Employer(s) Edge Hill University, Victoria University of Wellington, Victoria State Library, University of Auckland

Sue Roberts MCLIP is an English-Antipodean librarian. After studying in the UK (BA (Hons), DipLib, MA) and working at Edge Hill University in Lancashire, she has held a series of library leadership roles in Australia and New Zealand, including a period as head of the State Library of Victoria. She currently lead the libraries at the University of Auckland. [1]

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  1. 1 2 "Sue Roberts". unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz. The University of Auckland.
  2. "LEARNING SERVICES". News. Sue Roberts is Head of Learning Services at Edge Hill, she said: "We have invested in new buildings, facilities and resources to make sure that students have all the support they need to make the most of their study time. Our Learning Resource Centre (LRC) and the Learning Innovation Centre (LINC) are both very well equipped to provide excellent resources for student study. Our experienced Specialist Support and Study Skills teams offer a first rate service, from one to one support for study skills to specialist provision for students with dyslexia or specific learning difficulties."
  3. "Edge Hill". lep.co.uk.
  4. "Victoria University of Wellington". victoria.ac.nz.
  5. "New librarian appointed at Victoria".
  6. "Sue Roberts begins role as CEO and State Librarian".
  7. "Gadfly: Packing in the freedom". The Saturday Paper. Barely a flicker was raised by the recent announcement of the retirement of Sue Roberts as CEO of the State Library of Victoria and state librarian. Just a year ago English-trained Roberts was talking confidently about the library's role in five years' time "as a cultural powerhouse, connecting with significantly more people across the state, nationally and internationally, through technology but also in other ways". A greater focus on specific audiences was foretold, with a dash of management speak, by way of "increased partnership and collaboration in order to deliver to all those needs".
  8. "Chief librarians & presidents". State Library Victoria. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  9. "CEO and State Librarian Ms Sue Roberts will be retiring from her role".
  10. "Booking a place in the future". The Age. Sue Roberts was appointed CEO and State Librarian in April. After a distinguished career in Britain, Roberts, an internationally recognised authority on the changing role of libraries, had spent five years as chief librarian at Victoria University in New Zealand.
  11. "Roberts to retire as SLV CEO and state librarian". The State Library of Victoria (SLV) has announced that Sue Roberts will retire from her role as CEO and state librarian. Roberts will step down from the position in mid-April but will continue to consult for the library until the end of June while a new CEO is recruited. Roberts has been CEO since 2012 and was previously head librarian at Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand.
  12. Bhakthi Puvanenthiran. "State Library of Victoria to get e-town hall in $83.1 million revamp". The Sydney Morning Herald. Transforming the beleaguered Queen's Hall into a second reading room, a new "e-town hall" and a rooftop gardenwill be key planks in a new $83.1 million revamp of the State Library of Victoria.The redevelopment, first promised by Daniel Andrews during the 2014 state election and confirmed on Wednesday morning, will go ahead despite the absence of a permanent replacement for outgoing CEO and State Librarian Sue Roberts.
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