Kerrie Burn
| Kerrie Burn | |
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| Born | 1964 |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Australian |
| 💼 Occupation | Librarian |
Kerrie Burn (born 1964) is an Australian librarian and author specializing in theology and religious studies librarianship. She has been recognized as an Associate Fellow of the Australian LIbrary and Information Association (ALIA) and is also a Distinguished Certified Professional of the association.[1] Burn is the first member frm outside North America to be elected to the Atla (formerly Americal Theological Library Association) Board of Directors and was an inaugural member of Atla's International Theological Librarianship Education Task Force.[2][3]
Education[edit]
Burn obtained a Bachelor of Science from Melbourne University, as well as a Graduate Diploma in Librarian and Information Studies.[4] In 2006, she received a Australian Postgraduate Research Award (APA) scholarship which allowed her to research full time.[5]
In 2007, Burn completed a Master of Arts through the Melbourne College of Divinity. Her thesis title is The Australian Baptist Heritage Collection: Management of a Geographically Distributed Special Collection.[6]
Career[edit]
Burn has worked at various theological librarys including Whitley College and her current position at Mannix Library. She was the Team Leader and responsible for Resource services at Southern Cross University Library.[citation needed] In 2007, Burn was awarded an ALIA Associate Fellowship. ALIA is the Australian Library and Information Association, which supported Burn through their professional development programs.[5]
She is currently the Library Mannager at Mannix Library[7] and manager of the University of Divinity online Library Hub. Burns leads the Australian Women in Religion project,[8][9][10] part of the international 1000 Women in Religion project, which is a major intiative of the Women's Caucus of the Americal Academy of Religion and Sociaty of Biblical Literature, supported by Atla (Collectors and Connectors in Religion and Theology) and the Women's Task Force of the Parliament of World Religions. The project aims to raise up the significant contributions of women to religious and spiritual traditions by increasing the number of biographical entries about women on Wikipedia.
Throughout her career Burn has published several scholarly journal articles and book chapters and presented at national and international conferences. Her areas of research interest include theological librarianship, institutional respositiores, library histroy, collection development and library special collections. Her paper on institutional repository growth was listed as a 'Must Read" in The Charleston Report which noted that it was "a resource for any institution or IR manager seeking useful stragegies for marketing to faculty and increasing faculty engagement."[11]
In 2019, Burn was instrumental in the development of a special collections room at Mannix Library.[12] This room houses the James Goold Collection, the library of the first Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne.[13] Burn was a memebr of the project team for the Australian Research Council-funded Discovery Project (DP 170100426), A Baroque Archbisop in Colonial Australia: James Alipius Goold, 1812-1886. This prject was chosen by the ARC as one of the best 100 research projects in Australia.[14] Burn also contributed to an exhibition associated witht he Goold Project that was held at Melbourne's Old Treasure Building.
Burn is on the board of Atla, previously the American Theological Librarians Association. She is the first person outside North America to be appointed to this position.[15][16]
Publications[edit]
- Burn, Kerrie L.; Wilson, Katie (2009). "Build it and they will come?: assessing the impact of ' academic-friendly' practices on institutional repository growth at Southern Cross University". Southern Cross University. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.516.7045.
- Burn, Kerrie (2017). "Alone We Can Do So Little; Together We Can Do So Much": Collaborative Library Projects at the University of Divinity". ANZTLA eJournal. 19: 21–37.
- Burn, Kerrie (2018). "Archbishop James Alipius Goold and Mannix Library". Footprints. 33 (2): 34–40.
- Carmody, Shane; Burn, Kerrie; Gellatly, Nick; Sandaver, Huw (2019). "Divining a purpose: the logic of Bishop Goold's library". In Jaynie Anderson; Max Vodola; Shane Carmody. The Invention of Melbourne: A Baroque Archbishop and a Gothic Architect. Miegunyah Press. Search this book on
- Burn, Kerrie (2020). "Theological Libraries in Australia and New Zealand". In Ćurić, Matina. Introduction to Theological Libraries. doi:10.31046/atlaopenpress.34. ISBN 9781949800043. Search this book on
References[edit]
- ↑ "LIST OF DISTINGUISHED CERTIFIED PROFESSIONALS - ALIA - Australian Library and Information Association". membership.alia.org.au. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
- ↑ "Kerrie Burn". Atla. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
- ↑ Burn, Kerrie (2020-02-20). "Atla Board of Directors Members Elected for 2020-2023". Vox. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
- ↑ "Kerrie Burn | Staff directory". staff.divinity.edu.au. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Burn, Kerrie (2009). "A professional development journey". InCite: Magazine of the Australian Library and Information Association.
- ↑ Burn, Kerrie (2007). The Australian Baptist Heritage Collection: Management of a Geographically Distributed Special Collection. Southern Cross University ePublications. Search this book on
- ↑ "About Mannix Library". mannix.org.au. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
- ↑ "More Wikipedia Women". Catholic Voice. 2021-03-24. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
- ↑ Hub, Library (2021-03-23). "Australian Women in Religion Edit-a-thon". Vox. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
- ↑ June 3rd, Rebecca Abbott |; Comment, 2021 12:34 PM | Add a. "Aussies join global effort to get more religious women on Wikipedia - Eternity News". www.eternitynews.com.au. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
- ↑ "Must Reads". The Charleston Report: Business Insights into the Library Market. 13, no.4 Jan/Feb 2009.
- ↑ Burn, Kerrie (2019-06-04). "Launch of Mannix Library's Special Collections Room". ANZTLA eJournal (22): 15–18. doi:10.31046/anztla.v0i22.1461. ISSN 1839-8758.
- ↑ "James Goold Digital Collections". mannix.org.au. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
- ↑ "Making a Difference 2019-2020". FlippingBook. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
- ↑ "Atla Board Members: Kerrie Burn". Unknown parameter
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