About
ALIA Queensland
ALIA Queensland is a member group providing and supporting professional development opportunities for ALIA members in Queensland.
Meet the Executive Team
Tony Courtenay
Convenor
Tony has been an active member of the group since 2015. He has served regularly as chair of the annual Mini-Conference. In 2020 he took on the role of Group Convenor. Tony has worked in High schools, Public and Vocational Libraries. He is currently in Health libraries. He lives and works in Cairns and has become a master of online meetings, presentations and webinars.
Ashleigh Lowry
Secretary
Ashleigh is currently studying a Master of Information Studies (Children’s Librarianship) at Charles Sturt University with plans to either continue onto a PHD or find a job in children’s library programs. ALIA QLD has been a great source of friendship and networking for her as a baby librarian. Her dream is to build a network of Queensland and national GLAM professionals so we can all work together to make our industry as strong and welcoming as possible.
Phyllis Goodridge
Treasurer
Phyllis has worked in special, academic and public libraries, and supporting and teaching students wanting to work in libraries for many years. She joined ALIA in the mid-80s and the services provided by ALIA to its members has always been a great support to her in her professional life. Working with the awesome people in the ALIA Queensland Group Committee is something she feels can give back to the profession.
Phoebe Radford
Social Media Coordinator
Phoebe joined ALIA Queensland in 2019. She completed a traineeship in a primary school library, work placement in a university library and has worked in public libraries since 2006. She is a life member of ALIA and committed to strengthening the profession.
Meet the Committee
Senn Oon
Committee Member
Senn Oon is studying a Master of Information Science (Extended) at Curtin University and has been involved with ALIA QLD since 2023. Their background is in IT and education, and they have also been involved in academic research. In their spare time, they enjoy arts and crafts, video and tabletop games, and cuddling their two cats.
Fiona Jensen
Committee Member
Fiona has been a committee member of ALIA Queensland since 2022. Fiona worked in public libraries across QLD and NSW for the first decade of her career and has worked in hospital libraries for the last fifteen years. She was on two New Librarian’s Symposium committees (#3 and #7) and has been a personal member of ALIA for twenty years. Outside of work, Fiona is a proud mum of three boys, a total netball tragic, and loves holidays of all shapes and sizes.
Jack Douglas
Committee Member
Jack is an early career librarian with an interest in special collections and academic libraries.
Jack has been working in the industry for almost 10 years now, with experience working in charity, special, school, and academic libraries. His career goal long term is to work as a collection photographer, but right now he is trying to experience as much of the industry as possible.
He loves volunteering with libraries, it’s an excellent way to make contacts in the industry and build a network while also making a difference.