Mark Sutherland's current interests include the changing role of libraries in a
world where the lines between professionals, amateurs and the public are blurring,
particularly through the use of mobile technology and social media. 

Mark is a broad-based professional with extensive experience in managing libraries and
technology in the higher education sector. He was most recently Acting Director of IT
Services at Bond University and prior to that, Associate Director of Corporate Services
where his portfolio for a number of years covered a range of services across the Library
and IT areas. Mark has almost 3 decades of experience in university libraries both in
Australia and South Africa. He has played a leading and innovative role in a number of
library building and refurbishment projects including the transformation of an
underutilised art gallery into a multimedia learning centre and the modernising of a
computer lab precinct. 

He has a keen interest in library and learning environment design and the integration of
technology into buildings as well as the optimal utilisation of technology in the
discovery, creation and sharing of information. 

Bachelor of Arts; Bachelor of Library & Information Science; Graduate Certificate in
Management; Associate of the Australian Library and Information Association (AALIA)

Articles

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Transforming the library for the new millennium (with Wendy Abbott), Information Services papers (2008)

In the past decade, academic libraries have experienced dramatic change. Various developments including new information...

 

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Open Source or Off-the-Shelf? Establishing an institutional repository for a small institution (with Peta Hopkins), Information Services papers (2006)

Effective management of digital assets as well as increasing research exposure and impact are particular...

 

Conference Papers

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The Balnaves Foundation Multimedia Learning Centre (with Hamilton Wilson), Next Generation Learning Spaces Colloquium (2008)

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The Multimedia Learning Centre (MLC) is located in the northern wing of the main...