Sally Mary Edridge
| Sally Mary Edridge | |
|---|---|
| Born | Christchurch (New Zealand) |
| 🏳️ Citizenship | New Zealander |
| 🎓 Alma mater | University of Canterbury |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | Bibliographic work |
| Notable work | Bibliography of the Solomon Islands to 1980 |
| Title | Librarian |
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Sally Edridge is a New Zealand librarian native of Christchurch. She is, alongside Sidney Hockey, one of the figures responsible for the development of the National Library of Solomon Islands.[1] After their departure from the Solomon Islands, their works have been continued by members of the solomonese population.[1]
Biography
Before 1970
1957
Edridge contributes to a social club at the Christchurch Teachers' College.[2]
1961
Edridge gradue d'un baccalauréat à l'Université de Canterbury.[3]
The 1970s
1971
During a conference laid by the professor Harry E. Maude as part of a meeting organized by UNESCO in Canberra, he states that a large proportion of the Pacific Islands documentation, when there are no interest in bibliographic control, « might as well be buried under the ground » [4]. This idea resonnated with Edridge and would come back later on.
1974
Edridge is elected national librarian.[5][6] The sole accessible picture of Edridge was taken on march 13th, probably in a context linked to the occasion [1]. A few months later, in september 1974, Robert Langdon, pays a visit to Edridge and suggests that her efforts to develop the national collection aim farther. Reminiscing Mr. Maude, he proposes to her that she should instead aim for compiling the national bibliography of the Solomon Islands. In her acknowledgements, Edridge would later thank him for playing the role of guide and mentor for the whole length of the research and writing processes.[4]
1976
The plans for the national library are officially approved by the government.[7] Edridge contributes to the publication of a prayer book by Wilfrid Jon Pinson titled How Can You Sing the Lord's Song without A Book? as she works at the national library.[8]
1977
Edridge left the Solomon Islands while continuing to work on her National Bibliography in her free time.[9] While travelling towards New-Zealand, she stops by Suva to consult the collections of the University of the South Pacific's library as well as the Western Pacific Archives.[4] After arriving in New-Zealand, she frequently goes to the Alexander Turnbull library of Wellington in order to continue her research, even being given the privilege to freely access the books as she pleases.[4]
1979
A year after the independance of the solomonese people, the Libraries Act officially established the national library.[10]
The 1980s
1980
Thanks to a Nuffield grant, Edridge goes to England and uses the British Library's collection to verify the accuracy of the references that she had then found,.[11] She would also reach out to about ten other establishments and would have the opportunity to visit the melanesian diplomatic mission in Watford, a visit during which she accessed numerous bibles and pamphlets in English and solomonese vernacular languages.[4]
1981
Thanks to a grant by the Australian Government, Edridge has the occasion to visit the country land to continue her search for new entries,.[11] In that regard, she often went to the national library of Australia and to the Australian National University.[4]
1983
Edridge is transfered to Christchurch by the National Library of New Zealand. She would then complete most of the work that was left towards publishing the bibliography on a six months paid leave.
1986
After 11 years of work, Edridge supervises finally the last printing details of the book that is being co-published by the University of the South Pacific, the National Library of New Zealand and the solomonese national library.[11]
1987
Edridge's competences are praised by Wilfred John Plumbe.[12] James A. Boutilier, of the Royal Roads Military College writes in the Journal of the Polynesian Society that Edridge's work represents an "impressive national resource and research tool" to be used by the solomonese people and their scholars.[13] While Edridge has stopped working at the Solomon Islands' national library, she nonetheless continues to support research efforts towards them, putting her Bibliography at the disposition of an author to facilitate the writing of a book on the contemporary history of the Solomon Islands.[14] Edridhe still works at the National Library of New Zealand.[14]
The 1990s
1991
Following budget cuts by the National Library of New Zealand, Edridge contacts Press and says that personnel of the Selwyn's library will have to be laid off.[15] A few days later, she recontacts the journal to promote a new exchange network between local libraries aiming to reduce some of the costs from their activities.[16] She intervenes once again in the following days, this time to announce the continuous support of the national library towards the library of Akaroa.[17]
1996
Edridge's bibliographies are mentioned as an indispensable tool that was used in the redaction of the New Bibliography of the New Guinea area[18].
The 2000s
2002
Her Bibliography is used as a reference in the compiling of David N. Griffith's Bibliography of the Book of common prayer, 1549-1999.[19]
2008
The Bibliography is once again described as a necessary tool for researchers studying the Solomon Islands.[20]
2017
Clive Moore repeats how important the Bibliography is and adds that any researcher aiming to study the islands ant their people have little choice but to refer back to it.[21]
Bibliography
- Bibliography of New Zealand drama, 1953-1963. 1964. [unpublished][22]
- Guidelines to non-book materials in libraries. 1978.[23]
- Non-book materials in libraries: guidelines for library practice. 1980.[24]
- « Arranged in two parts: an introduction to selection and acquisition, cataloging, and administration; and details on particular formats, e.g., microforms, videotapes, works of art, etc. »[25]
- National Bibliography of the Solomons. 1985.[26]
- Book processing and mending: guidelines for school and public libraries. 1987.[27]
- Collection management guidelines for public and school/community libraries. 1988.[28]
- Collection planning for libraries : a manual for developing district libraries' collections. 1992.[29]
- Collection management : building collections to meet the information needs of the community. 1993.[30]
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Solomon Islands". World encyclopedia of library and information services. Chicago: American Library Association. 1993. p. 779. ISBN 978-0-8389-0609-5. Retrieved 2025-11-20. Search this book on
- ↑ Christchurch Training College Students' Association (1957). Recorder : magazine of the Christchurch Teachers' College Students' Association : 1957. Christchurch: Christchurch Training College Students' Association. p. 63. Retrieved 2025-11-20. Search this book on
- ↑ "NZ University Graduates 1870-1961". shadowsoftime.co.nz. Retrieved 2025-11-21.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Sally Edridge, « Introduction », Bibliography of the Solomon Islands to 1980, Suva, Fiji : Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific ; Wellington, N.Z. : Alexander Turnbull Library ; Honiara [Solomon Islands] : Solomon Islands National Library, 1985, p.ix-xi. ISBN 978-0-908702-03-9 Search this book on .
- ↑ Tony Dadalo (1999-04-01). The State of Libraries in Solomon Islands in the 1990s. Loughborough: Loughborough University. p. 23. Retrieved 2025-11-20. Search this book on
- ↑ Moore, Clive. "National Library of Solomon Islands - Corporate entry - Solomon Islands Encyclopaedia, 1893-1978". www.solomonencyclopaedia.net. Retrieved 2025-11-21.
- ↑ Tony Dadalo (1999-04-01). The State of Libraries in Solomon Islands in the 1990s. Loughborough: Loughborough University. p. 23. Retrieved 2025-11-20. Search this book on
- ↑ Pinson, Wilfrid John (1976). How Can You Sing the Lord's Song without A Book?. Honiara: Presse provinciale d'Honiara. p. 2. Retrieved 2025-11-20. Search this book on
- ↑ "Transitions". Pacific Islands Monthly. 57 (8): 49–50. 1986-08-01.
- ↑ Tony Dadalo (1999-04-01). The State of Libraries in Solomon Islands in the 1990s. Loughborough: Loughborough University. p. 23. Retrieved 2025-11-20. Search this book on
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Transitions". Pacific Islands Monthly. 57 (8): 49-50. 1986-08-01.
- ↑ Plumbe, Wilfred John (1987). Tropical librarianship. Metuchen. N.J., & London: Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press. p. 269. ISBN 978-0-8108-2057-9. Retrieved 2025-11-20. Search this book on
- ↑ Boutilier, James A. (1987). "Review of Solomon Islands Bibliography to 1980". The Journal of the Polynesian Society. 96 (2): 258–259. ISSN 0032-4000. Retrieved 2025-11-28.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Bennett, Judith A. (1987). Wealth of the Solomons : a history of a Pacific archipelago, 1800-1978. Honolulu, HI : University of Hawaii Press : Pacific Islands Studies Program, Center for Pacific and Asian Studies, University of Hawaii. p. xxiii. ISBN 978-0-8248-1078-8. Retrieved 2025-11-20. Search this book on
- ↑ "Library changes for Selwyn". Press: 5. 13 September 1991.
- ↑ "Libraries urged to pool books". 1991-09-19. p. 4. Retrieved 2025-11-21.
- ↑ "Akaroa takes up hospital grounds challenge". Press: 6. 1 October 1991.
- ↑ Carrington, Lois (1996). A Linguistic bibliography of the New Guinea area. Canberra: Dept. of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University. p. v. ISBN 978-0-85883-449-1. Retrieved 2025-11-20. Search this book on
- ↑ Griffiths, David N. (2002). The bibliography of the Book of common prayer, 1549-1999. London : British Library ; New Castle, DE : Oak Knoll Press. p. 34. ISBN 978-1-58456-081-4. Retrieved 2025-11-21. Search this book on
- ↑ Brij V. Lal; Vicki Luker (2008). Telling Pacific Lives: Prisms of Process. Canberra: Australian National University E Press. p. 274. ISBN 9781921313820. Retrieved 2025-11-20. Search this book on
- ↑ Clive Moore (2017). Making Mala: Malaita in Solomon Islands, 1870s–1930s. Canberra: Australian National University Press. p. xxi. ISBN 9781760460983. Retrieved 2025-11-20. Search this book on
- ↑ Sally Edridge (1964). Bibliography of New Zealand drama, 1953-1963. p. 13. Search this book on
- ↑ Sally Edridge (1978). Guidelines to non-book materials in libraries. Wellington: Library School, National Library of New Zealand. pp. 7, 3, 10 feuillets. Search this book on
- ↑ Sally Edridge (1980). Non-book materials in libraries: guidelines for library practice. Wellington: New Zealand Library Association. ISBN 978-0-908560-03-5. Search this book on
- ↑ "Professional Reading". Library Journal: 1713. 1980-09-01. ISSN 0363-0277.
- ↑ Edridge, Sally (1985). Solomon Islands Bibliography to 1980. Suva, Fiji : Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific ; Wellington, N.Z. : Alexander Turnbull Library ; Honiara [Solomon Islands] : Solomon Islands National Library. ISBN 978-0-908702-03-9. Search this book on
- ↑ Sally Edridge; Andrea King (1987). Book processing and mending : guidelines for school and public libraries. Nouvelle-Zélande: Christchurch. ISBN 9780477074018. Search this book on
- ↑ Sally Edridge (1988). Collection management guidelines for public and school/community libraries. Christchurch: National Library of New Zealand, Regional Services. ISBN 9780477074025. Search this book on
- ↑ Sally Edridge (1992). Collection planning for libraries : a manual for developing district libraries' collections. Wellington: National Library of New Zealand, National Library Public Library Advisory Committee. ISBN 9780477027250. Search this book on
- ↑ Sally Edridge (1993). Collection management : building collections to meet the information needs of the community. North Shore: North Shore Public Libraries. Search this book on
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