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Kathryn Greenhill is an author, presenter and facilitator who for the last twenty years has been helping others learn about new technologies and the future of libraries. She currently works as Associate Lecturer in Information Studies at Curtin University in Perth, Western Australia. You can connect with Kathryn at her blog, Librarians Matter.
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Kathryn Greenhill is an author, presenter and facilitator who for the last twenty years has been helping others learn about new technologies and the future of libraries. In the last three years she has given over 50 presentations and workshops in the United States, the Netherlands, Spain, Australia and New Zealand. She currently works as Associate Lecturer in Information Studies at Curtin University in Perth, Western Australia.
In 2009 Kathryn was awarded the Jean Arnot Memorial Fellowship by the State Library of New South Wales. She was also recipient of the 2009 VALA:Libraries Technology and the Future Inc Travelling Scholarship, which allowed her to travel to the United States to research libraries that developed Open Source Software for her Masters thesis. Kathryn has previously worked as Emerging Technology Specialist at Murdoch University, a systems librarian, a legal librarian, a cataloguer and managed a community information service. You can connect with Kathryn on her influential blog Librarians Matter
LONGER VERSION
Kathryn Greenhill is an author, presenter and facilitator who for the last twenty years has been helping others learn about new technologies and the future of libraries. In the last three years she has given over 50 presentations and workshops in the United States, the Netherlands, Spain, Australia and New Zealand.
Kathryn is currently Associate Lecturer in Information Studies at Curtin University in Perth, Western Australia. She has previously worked as Emerging Technology Specialist at Murdoch University, a cataloguer, systems librarian, legal librarian and managed a community information service.
In 2009 Kathryn was awarded the Jean Arnot Memorial Fellowship by the State Library of New South Wales. She was also recipient of the 2009 VALA:Libraries Technology and the Future Inc Travelling Scholarship, which allowed her to travel to the United States to research libraries that developed Open Source Software for her Masters thesis.
Kathryn regularly presents about the educational and community-building value of new web tools, the changing role of libraries and 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.
She enjoys leading discussions and creating workshops where everyone learns from each other.
You can connect with Kathryn on her blog Librarians Matter., (librariansmatter.com), at the collaborative Australian blog Libraries Interact (librariesinteract.info) and at KathrynGreenhill.com.
FURTHER INFORMATION
A comprehensive list of workshops, presentations, writing, awards and professional interests and activities is on her Professional page at Librarians Matter .
