Dr Grace Saw commenced in the position of Director, Information Services on 12 Jan 2009. Grace had previously worked at the University of Queensland Library for 6 1/2 years in 2008, she returned to work at QUT where she had previously worked in the mid 1990's. Grace was the inaugural University Librarian at the Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand from 1998 to 2002. Grace has also worked at the University of Western Australia, the Northern Territory University (now Charles Darwin University). Grace has published and presented widely in information science professional journals and conferences. QUALIFICATIONS Graduate Diploma in Library and Information Science - Riverina-Murray Institute of Higher Education (now Charles Sturt University) Doctor of Philosophy - University of New England Master of Business Administration - University of Queensland Bachelor of Arts - University of New England Certificate IV in Assessment and Workplace Training - Mater Education Centre PROFESSIONAL ADMISSION & MEMBERSHIPS Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) - Management and Marketing Committee
Articles
2010: A library odyssey (with Wai Wai Lui and Fei Yu), Library management (2008)
Purpose – The paper aims to provide an overview of how the University of Queensland...
Conference Papers
Social media for international students: It's not all about Facebook (with Wendy Abbott, Jessie Donaghey, and Carolyn McDonald), 33rd Annual IATUL (International Association of Scientific and Technological University Libraries) conference (2012)
According to the OECD there are nearly four million tertiary students enrolled in a course...
Library 3.0: Where art our skills? (with Heather Todd), Paper presented at the World library and information congress: 73rd IFLA general conference and council (2007)
Library 3.0 is just around the corner – so what are the selection criteria for...
Managing international education: the cybrary’s perspective, 18th IDP Australian International Education Conference (2004)
The diverse community at the University of Queensland includes 6000 international students from 124 countries....
Reading Rodski: User surveys revisited (with Nicole Clark), Paper presented at the 25th annual IATUL conference: Library management in changing environment (2004)
The University of Queensland Cybrary is one of a number of Australian Libraries who have...
Bridging the great divide: Combining engineers and musicians, document delivery and circulation (with Pauline Lister), Paper presented at the 12th ALIA national library technicians conference: Bridging services - embracing reality (2003)
At the end of 1999 two physically separate University of Queensland branch libraries, the Dorothy...
Other
Social Media for International Students: It's Not All About Facebook (with Wendy Abbott, Jessie Donaghey, and Carolyn McDonald), Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences (2012)
According to the OECD there are nearly four million tertiary students enrolled in a course...