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Ms Kathryn Greenhill

  • Master of Information Management (2010) Curtin University
  • Bachelor of Arts (Theatre Studies) (1988) University of Western Australia
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    • Role:
    • Associate Lecturer
    • Department:
    • Department of Information Studies
    • Location:
    • Humanities 337
    • Telephone:
    • +61 8 9266 (+618) 9266 7173

Kathryn Greenhill joined the Department of Information Studies in July 2010 as an Associate Lecturer. She has previously worked as Emerging Technology Specialist at Murdoch University, a cataloguer, systems librarian, legal librarian and managed a community information service.

She regularly presents nationally and internationally about the educational and community-building value of new web tools, the changing role of libraries and about creating learning environments. She is enthusiastic about new models of collaboration like Open Source Software, Open Access publishing, Creative Commons and unconferences – and how this collaboration can transform cultural institutions.

You can see more about Kathryn's work projects at infoventurer.com and follower her Twitter account for work-related information at @infoventurer .

Research Interests

  • Emerging technologies in libraries
  • Open Source Software in cultural institutions
  • Acquisition and sharing of technological knowledge by library practitioners
  • Creativity and public libraries
  • Informal learning methods for professional knowledge - unconferences, barcamps, communties of practice, personal learning environments

Teaching - Undergraduate

  • Information Management Technologies
  • Public Librarianship

Teaching - Postgraduate

  • Information Management Technologies
  • Public Librarianship

Memberships

  • Australian Library and Information Association (CP)

Awards

  • 2009 – Recipient of the Jean Arnot Memorial Fellowship from the State Library of New South Wales.
  • 2008 - Finalist in the Australian Library and Information Association Information Online Excellence Award.
  • 2008 - Awarded the Nada Nadanasabapathy Library Innovation and Outstanding Service Award , Murdoch University Library
  • 2008 - Awarded the 2008 VALA Travel Scholarship to travel to the United States to investigate alternative discovery layers and Open Source Library Management Systems.
  • 2007 - Aurora Leadership Institute

Publications

Fully written papers (Refereed Conference proceedings)

  • Greenhill, K. 2012. No library required: the free and easy backwaters of online content sharing. VALA 2012: eM-powering eFutures, 06/02/2012. Melbourne, Australia: VALA; Libraries, technology and the future.