Anne-Marie Lucienne Schwirtlich , is an Australian librarian who was the Director-General of the

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from 2011 to 2017. In 2015, she was appointed a Member of the

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(AM). Born in

Bombay Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...

in India to a French-speaking Mauritian mother and a German-speaking Czech father, Anne-Marie Schwirtlich spent her early years living in Bombay where she attended the Pck Presentation Convent Primary School in

Kodaikanal Kodaikanal () is a hill station which is located in Dindigul district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Its name in the Tamil language means "The Gift of the Forest". Kodaikanal is referred to as the "Princess of Hill stations" and has a long ...

. With her parents she migrated to Australia in 1972 and attended

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. She completed her education at

Macquarie University Macquarie University ( ) is a public research university based in Sydney, Australia, in the suburb of Macquarie Park. Founded in 1964 by the New South Wales Government, it was the third university to be established in the metropolitan area of S ...

in Sydney where she took her

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degree in ancient history.Canberra Conversations: Anne-Marie Schwirtlich - 666 ABC Canberra
/ref> She also graduated from the

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with a Diploma in Archives Administration.Welcome to the new Director General of the NLA - New Technologies for Libraries
/ref> In 1978 she commenced her career in the

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before moving on to a post as Senior Curator of Printed and Written Records and Art (1988-1994) at the

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. Schwirtlich was Director of Access and Information Services at the

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(1995-1998) and Acting Director of Australian Collections and Information Services at the

(1998). She was Assistant Director-General of Public and Reader Services at the

(1998-2000); Director-General of the National Archives of Australia (2000-2003); Chief Executive Officer of the

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(2003-2011) and was the Director-General of the

from 2011 to 2017.Biography for Anne-Marie Schwirtlich - Austlit
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University of Queensland , mottoeng = By means of knowledge and hard work , established = , endowment = A$224.3 million , budget = A$2.1 billion , type = Public research university , chancellor = Peter Varghese , vice_chancellor = Deborah Terry , city = B ...

Biography for Anne-Marie Schwirtlich
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website Schwirtlich served as a Member (2003-2017) and as Chair (2004-2006) of the National & State Libraries Australasia; she was President of the

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(1989-1990); she has been a Fellow of the Society since 1992 and was their first Laureate in 1993 for outstanding service to the Society. In addition, she has been a member of the National Collections Heritage Committee, the

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and is the Deputy Chair of the Art Exhibitions Australia Board. In 2008, Schwirtlich became a Fellow of the

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in Victoria. In 2015 she was appointed a Member of the

"for significant service to the library and archives sector through leadership roles at state and national levels, and to professional information management organisations". In 2016 she was awarded the Ifould Award by the

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for "distinguished service to Australian libraries and archives and leadership within the cultural sector". In the same year she received the Redmond Barry Award by the Australian Library and Information Association for her outstanding contribution to the library and information sector in Australia and was elected as an Honorary Fellow of the

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. She is currently serving as a member of the Council of the

.Anne-Marie Schwirtlich - The Australian Library and Information Association
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Awards

*1993 - Laureate - Australian Society of Archivists *2015 - Member -

*2016 - Ifould Award - State Library of New South Wales *2016 - winner ALIA Awards — Redmond Barry Award *2016 - recipient — Honorary Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.

References

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