Vale David Barron

David Barron was Canberra Public Librarian from 1979 to 1994, and prior to that held senior positions in the National Library of Australia and the Commonwealth Parliamentary Library. He was NLA Liaison Officer in London for three years and represented NLA/Australia on a number of international bodies. He was Vice-President and President of the ACT Branch of ALIA in 1982 and 1983. A full obituary, written by Marie Sexton with assistance from Jenny Gleeson and David Wardle, appeared in the Canberra Times, March 28 2012, page 10.

Roxanne Missingham now ANU Librarian

Ms Roxanne Missingham is the Australian National University Librarian (Chief Scholarly Information Officer). Roxanne took up her appointment on 14 February 2012. She was previously the Parliamentary Librarian for the Parliament of Australia, and prior to that was an Assistant Director-General (Resource Sharing Division) at the National Library of Australia for five years. Roxanne has over twenty years of senior management experience in Australian public sector libraries, and brings with her a wealth of knowledge of enabling technology to provide scholarly infomation. She has also written extensively on the role of contemporary libraries.