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Appendix C – List of hearings and witnesses

Wednesday, 28 April 2010, Sydney

Australian School Library Association

  • Mr Kenneth Brock, President;
  • Ms June Wall, Vice-President, Association Operations; and
  • Ms Karen Suzanne Bonanno, Executive Officer

Australian Society of Authors

  • Ms Libby Gleeson, Former Chair; and
  • Mr Angelo Loukakis, Executive Director

Catholic Primary Teachers Librarians Association

  • Mrs Virginia Maree Preddey, President; and
  • Mrs Kate Armstrong, Secretary

Central Coast Teacher Librarian Network

  • Ms Cherry Louise Beckett, Member; and
  • Ms Lidia Teresa Jeffrey, Teacher Librarian and Head Teacher Secondary Studies

Department of Education and Training, NSW

  • Mr Ken Olah, Acting Director, Curriculum

The Hub, Campaign for Quality School Libraries in Australia

  • Mrs Georgia Phillips, Co-Founder; and
  • Mrs Sharon McGuiness, Member

Illawarrra School Libraries Association

  • Ms Margaret Anne Cooper, President

NSW Primary Principals Association

  • Ms Jennie Fogarty, Vice-President; and
  • Mr Mark Hagan, Chair, Curriculum Reference Group and Principal, Greenway Park Public School; and

NSW Teachers Federation

  • Ms Lenore Hankinson, Acting Assistant General Secretary, Research and Industrial; and
  • Mr James (Jim) Alfred Richardson, Industrial Officer and Teacher Librarian, Byron Bay High School

Sutherland Shire Teachers Librarian Network

  • Ms Cecilie Anne Yates, President; and
  • Miss Janine Maree Mayne, Listserv Manager


Thursday, 29 April 2010, Melbourne

Australian Education Union

  • Ms Darcel Russell, Deputy Federal Secretary; and
  • Ms Jennifer Devereaux, Federal Research Officer

Australian Library and Information Association

  • Ms Sue Robyn Hutley, Executive Director;
  • Ms Anne Girolami, Australian Library and Information Association Schools Convenor; and
  • Ms Sandra Elizabeth Ryan, Member

Monash University

  • Ms Rosamund Winter, Lecturer-in-charge, Teacher Librarianship 2003-2008, Faculty of Education

School Library Association of Victoria

  • Dr Susan Gaye La Marca, Member of Committee of Management and Editor; and
  • Ms Mary Charlotte Manning, Executive Officer

VALA – Libraries, Technology and the Future Inc.

  • Mr Bart McCrae, VALA President 2010; and
  • Mr David Feighan, VALA 2010 Program Chair

Victorian Catholic Teacher Librarian Network

  • Ms Tilly Maria Hendrika Stoove, Chairperson; and
  • Mrs Fay Lynette Pattison, Committee Member

Friday, 30 April 2010, Hobart

Private citizens

  • Ms Jill Budge;
  • Mrs Patricia Corby, Tasmanian Online Campus;
  • Professor James Henri, Founding Director, Your School Library;
  • Mrs Kate Reid; and
  • Mrs Isobel Williams

Australian Education Union (Tasmanian Branch)

  • Mrs Aila Elisabeth, Teacher Librarian, Rose Bay High School

Australian School Library Association Tasmania

  • Dr Jennifer Lea Bales, President

Department of Education, Tasmania

  • Ms Lynelle (Lyn)Dunn, Principal, Distance Education Tasmania;
  • Ms Siobhan Gaskell, Director, Community Knowledge Network; and
  • Mr Bob Phillips, General Manager, Learning Services (South-East)

The Hutchins School

  • Dr Jillian Abell, Director of Information Services

Tasmanian State School Parents and Friends Inc.

  • Mrs Dianne Ellson, Executive Officer


Thursday, 13 May 2010, Canberra

Electronic Resources Australia

  • Ms Roxanne Missingham, Chair, Executive Committee; and
  • Dr Warwick Cathro, Member, Executive Committee


Thursday, 27 May 2010, Canberra

Australian School Library Association (ACT)

  • Ms Olivia Danielle Neilson, Vice-President/Publications Councillor;
  • Ms Susan Jill Martin, Committee Member and Past President; and
  • Ms Anne Margaret Glavimans, Public Officer

Catholic Education Office

  • Miss Anne Plowman, Teacher Librarian Representing Denis Granlund. Library Services Officer


Thursday, 3 June 2010, Canberra

Charles Sturt University

  • Ms Lyn Hay, Lecturer, School of Information Studies, Faculty of Education


Thursday, 17 June 2010, Canberra

Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations

  • Dr Evan Arthur, Group Manager; and
  • Ms Margaret Banks, Teacher Workforce Reforms Branch


Thursday, 24 June 2010, Canberra

Australian School Library Association

  • Ms June Wall, Vice-President; and
  • Ms Karen Suzanne Bonanno, Executive Officer


Monday 5 July 2010, Darwin

Private citizens

  • Ms Mary Denniss;
  • Ms Kay Pisel;
  • Ms Susan Janet Ross

Australian Library and Information Association Retirees

  • Mrs Robin Hempel, National Committee Member

Department of Education and Training, Northern Territory

  • Mr Alan Green, Executive Director; and
  • Mrs Heather West, Director

Northern Territory Association for the Gifted and Talented

  • Mrs Susanne Elizabeth Erratt, President


Tuesday, 6 July 2010, Brisbane

Brisbane Catholic Education

  • Mrs Jane Connolly, Professional Officer, Executive Support;
  • Ms Adrienne McDarra, Executive Officer, Education; and
  • Mrs Mary Tsourounakis, Principal Education Officer, Learning and Teaching

Children’s Book Council of Australia

  • Mrs Marjorie Ruth Kirkland, National President; and
  • Mrs Megan Daley, National Vice-President

Mackay Regional Council Libraries

  • Ms Katherine Louise Balderson, Library Assistant, Young People’s Services

Mackay West State School

  • Mrs Margaret Ann Spillman, Teacher Librarian

Queensland Catholic Education Commission

  • Ms Terry Creagh, Assistant Director, Education

Queensland Department of Education and Training

  • Mr Laurie Campbell, Director eLearning;
  • Mr Gary Francis, Director, Workforce Futures;
  • Ms Julie-Ann McCullough, Director, Teaching and Learning Branch

Queensland Teachers Union

  • Ms Margaret Anne Kittson, Convenor, Teacher-Librarian Special Interest Group; and
  • Ms Kate Julie Seed, Industrial Advocate

Queensland University of Technology

  • Dr Hilary Eva Mary Hughes, Course Coordinator and Lecturer in Teacher-Librarianship; and
  • Dr Mandy Lupton, Lecturer in Teacher-Librarianship

Saving Aussie Books Revisted

  • Ms Sheryl Christine Gwyther, Organiser

School Library Association of Queensland Inc.

  • Mrs Christine Kahl, President;
  • Mrs Robbie Rentz, President, Brisbane Sub-Committee

Softlink International Ltd

  • Mr Kim Anthony Duffy, Chief Executive Officer;
  • Mr Nathan John Godfrey, Chief Operating Officer

Sunshine Coast Teacher-Librarian Network

  • Mrs Kylie Louise Downey, Member/Spokesperson; and
  • Mr Graeme Leonard Smith, Member/Spokesperson

 
Monday, 12 July 2010, Adelaide

Australian Library and Information Association

  • Mrs Sue Robyn Hutley, Executive Director

Children’s Book Council of Australia, South Australia Branch

  • Mrs Julie Mary Pacholski Wells, President

Education Services Australia

  • Ms Stacey Carol Hattensen, Senior Manager, Publications and Library Services;
  • Ms Prudence Mary Mitchell, Senior Education Officer

Friends of Libraries Australia

  • Dr Alan Bundy, President

Joint Use Libraries Association

  • Mrs Margaret Mary Honan, Chair; and
  • Mrs Deidre Jane Moloney, Member and Representative of Joint Use Libraries Association Executive of Public Libraries

Public Libraries Australia

  • Ms Bernice McSwain, Vice-President; and
  • Ms Judith Anne Cameron, Executive Committee Member;

School Library Association of South Australia

  • Ms Sue Johnston, Secretary; and
  • Ms Nola Maureen Uzzell, National Councillor and Vice-President, Advocacy

University of South Australia

  • Dr Josephine Shepherd Hanisch, Program Director, Researcher


Tuesday, 13 July 2010, Perth

Private citizen

  • Mrs Annette Ainsworth

Association of Independent Schools of Western Australia

  • Mrs Penelope Edythe Worthington, President;
  • Mrs Robin Wake, Committee Member

Catholic Primary Principals Association of Australia

  • Mr David Gerard Barns, President; and
  • Mr Timothy Denis Emery, Member of Executive Committee

Children’s Book Council of Australia

  • Mrs Blanche Diane Kailis, Committee Member, Western Australian Branch; and
  • Ms Janice Nicholls, President, Western Australian Branch

Department of Education and Training, Western Australia

  • Ms Susanne Lapham, Adviser; and
  • Mr Andrew Ian Thompson, Acting Executive Director, School Support Programs

Department of Training and Workforce Development

  • Ms Jean Anning, Acting Coordinator, Curriculum Materials Information Services

Professional Teaching Council

  • Ms Valmai (Val) Baird, Treasurer

Western Australian Local Government Association

  • Ms Michele Poepjes, Policy Manager, Community

Western Australian School Library Association

  • Ms Valmai (Val) Baird, Treasurer; and
  • Ms Barbara Combes, Lecturer Edith Cowan University and President, Western Australian Operations

WritingWA

  • Mrs Alison Sutherland, Board Member

Friday, 11 February 2011, Canberra

Australian Library and Information Association

  • Ms Sue Hutley, Executive Director

Australian School Library Association

  • Ms Karen Bonanno, Executive Officer

Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations

  • Dr Evan Arthur, Group Manager
  • Ms Margaret Banks, Teacher Workforce Reforms Branch
  • Ms Deborah Fleming, Teacher Performance Team

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