TOBY BURROWS - CURRICULUM VITAE


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Qualifications

Bachelor of Arts (with First-class Honours), The University of Western Australia, 1975

Master of Arts (with Distinction), University of London, 1976

Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Western Australia, 1980

Graduate Diploma in Library Studies, Western Australian Institute of Technology, 1983

Awards

Travelling Fellowship, Australian Academy of the Humanities, 2003

By-Fellowship, Churchill College, University of Cambridge, 2000/2001

James Cook Bicentenary Scholarship, Great Britain, 1986/87

Positions held (current)

The University of Western Australia Library : Principal Librarian, Scholars' Centre, 1994-

Director, Digital Services, ARC Network for Early European Research (NEER), 2005-

Curtin University of Technology, Department of Media and Information, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, 2003-

The University of Western Australia, School of Humanities, Honorary Research Fellow, 2002-

Editorial Board (Reviews Editor), Parergon, 1996-

University of Western Australia, Faculty of Arts, Faculty Board, 1999-

Advisory Board, Acta Sanctorum (Chadwyck-Healey Ltd), 2000-

Advisory Board, Gale Group Literary Criticism Series, 2000-

Editorial Board, AustLit Australian Literature Gateway, 2001-

Editorial Board, Education for information, 2002-

Editorial Board, OCLC Systems and Services, 2003-

Other positions held (selected)

National Resource Sharing Working Group, 1999-2004 (chair 2001-2004)

National Resource Sharing Policy Committee, 2001-2004

Project Director, "Australian Literary Manuscript Collections: a National Database of Finding Aids", 2000-2004

Kinetica Expert Advisory Group on Access to Electronic Resources, 2000

Vice-President, Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand, 1996-1997

University of Western Australia Campus Wide Information Service Management Committee, 1996

Edith Cowan University (Western Australia), Department of Information and Library Science: Course Consultant, 1994-1995, 2000

"Towards Federation 2001" National Bibliographic Conference, member, Serials Format Group, 1991-92

The Haworth Press, New York: Senior Editor (Australasian Librarianship), 1990-1994

University College London, School of Library, Archive and Information Studies: Honorary Research Fellow, 1986/87

University of Western Australia Library: previous positions held: Divisional Librarian, Technical Services, 1990-1993; Serials Librarian, 1986-1990 ; Assistant Librarian (Acquisitions, Official Publications, Cataloguing), 1979-85

Publications

A full publications list is available here.


Last updated: May 2005

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