Allison Dobbie reacts to being granted honorary life
membership of the Library and Information Association of
New Zealand Aotearoa. Photo by Ross Becker.
Former Dunedin Public Library manager Allison Dobbie, of
Auckland, has been granted honorary life membership of the
Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa.
The library association council recognised the "knowledge and
skills she had demonstrated and shared with the profession",
council officials said.
Her significant contributions included over public lending
rights for authors, and adult literacy.
She was this year appointed as the first manager of the new
Auckland Council Libraries, which includes more than 60
community libraries and about 1000 staff.
The award was announced at the association's centenary
conference in Dunedin this week.
Marilyn Fordyce, University of Otago Library information
services manager, has been awarded association fellowship,
partly "for ... leadership in librarianship, particularly for
collection and access management".
She is conference programme convener.
Other honorary life memberships: Penny Carnaby, national
librarian and National Library of New Zealand chief
executive; Sue Sutherland, National Library deputy chief
executive; Marjorie Warwick, former librarian at Auckland
Regional Authority.
Other fellowships: Daniel Dorner, senior lecturer, School of
Information Management, Victoria University of Wellington;
Brian Flaherty, assistant university librarian, Auckland
University Library; Spencer Lilley, of Wellington, partly for
helping develop Maori information services; Sandra Mann,
manager, Hutt City Libraries; Ann Reweti, Wellington City
Libraries; Anne Scott, library IT manager, Canterbury
University; Helen Woodhouse, Takapuna Library manager.
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