About
ALIA Students & New Graduates Group
The ALIA Students and New Graduates Group provides a space for students and graduates to communicate with ALIA, ALIA Regional /Special Interest Groups and library colleagues from the GLAMR sector.
Focus:
The group aims to promote library advocacy, networking and support professional development learning and skills for students, graduates and the LIS community.
We welcome and support ALIA Members who identify as LGBTQIA+, from CALD (Culturally and Linguistically Diverse), Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander group and members with Hidden and visible disabilities to join our group.
Values
- Teamwork
- Creativity
- Diversity
- Freedom, Openess and Access
- Connection
- Curiosity to learn skills and knowledge
- Sustainability
History of Student and New Graduates Group
The New Grads Group was the initiative of the ALIA New Generation Policy and Advisory Group, now ALIA New Generation Advisory Committee (ALIA NGAC). In 2003, Alison O’Connor (Convenor) and Kate Watson (Secretary) set up the ALIA New Grads Group. It was known as the ALIA New Graduates Group in 2003 and was renamed the ALIA Students and New Graduates Group in mid-2014.
Meet the Executive Team
Meet the SNGG Team
Previous SNGG Members
It’s important to acknowledge the past and continuing contributions made by the following individuals to the Students and New Graduates Group. We thank our previous Convenors, Secretaries, Tresurer, Regional Coordinators and Social Media Coordinators for serving the group.
Alison O’Connor (Founding Member)
Convenor
2003 – 2005
Simone Hys
Convenor
2005 – 2006
Trevor Mackay
Convenor
2006 – 2007
Janetta Mascilongo
Convenor
2007 – 2008
Andrew Finegan
Convenor
2008 – 2010
Melanie Chivers
Convenor
Regional Coordinator, Victoria
2011 – 2012
May 2009 – Sept 2012
Hiba Kanj
Convenor
2012 – 2015
Patrick Splwa – Neyman
Convenor
Regional Coordinator VIC
Secretary
2015 – 2016
Feb 2013 – Dec 2013
Dec 2013 – Jul 2015
Ellen OHeir
Convenor
Regional Coordinator, VIC
2016 – 2017
Sept 2014 – Mar 2016
Anna Rubinowski
Convenor
2016 – 2018
Annette Messell
Convenor
Regional Coordinator QLD
Social Media Coordinator Instagram
2018 – 2020
Oct 2014 – Jul 2018
Jan 2018 – Jun 2018
Maddy Medlycott
Convenor
Regional Coordinator QLD
Social Media Coordinator, Instagram
2018 – 2020
Sept 2016- Jul 2018
May 2017 – Jun 2018
Eva Cegielka
Convenor
2020 – 2020
Caitlin Wallace
Convenor
2020 – 2024
Kate Watson
Secretary
2003 – 2005
Romany Manuell
Secretary
2009 – 2013
James Nicholson
Secretary
2016 – 2017
Jeff Schneider
Secretary
Regional Coordinator TAS
2014 – 2015
Oct 2014 – Sept 2015
Anita Castanho
Secretary
Regional Coordinator, VIC
2017 – 2019
Jun 2017 – Dec 2018
Kylie Burges
Secretary
Regional Coordinator, QLD
Social Media Coordinator, WordPress Blog
2019 – 2020
Dec 2016 – Mar 2019
Dec 2016 – Jul 2018
Ash Dooley
Secretary
Social Media Coordinator, Facebook
2020 – 2020
2019 – 2022
Sam Spry
Secretary
2020 – 2021
Brie Henri
Secretary
2021 – 2021
Cait Harvey
Secretary
2021 – 2021
Matthias Liffers
Regional Coordinator, Western Australia
Sept 2010 – Jan 2012
Daniel Giddens
Regional Coordinator, Victoria & WordPress Blog Coordinator
Jan 2008 – Jan 2012
Yasmine Shaheem
Regional Coordinator,South Australia
Jun 2011 – Dec 2012
Rebecca Parker
Regional Coordinator, Victoria
Jan 2008 – Dec 2012
Nyssa Parkes
Regional Coordinator, Victoria
Jan 2008 – Dec 2013
Jenny Gibson
Regional Coordinator, Victoria
Feb 2013 – Apr 2014
Karina Tumon
Regional Coordinator, Tasmania
Mar 2011 – Dec 2013
Karina Oliver
Regional Coordinator, Victoria
Jan 2012 – Dec 2013
Liz Stokes
Regional Coordinator, New South Wales
Jun 2012- Dec 2013
Liz Weise
Regional Coordinator, New South Wales
Jun 2012 – Dec 2013
Jacqui Boga
Regional Coordinator, Queensland
Jun 2013 – Sept 2013
Molly Tebo
Regional Coordinator, Western Australia
Jan 2008 – Dec 2012
Alisa Howlett
Regional Coordinator, Queensland
Nov 2010 – Apr 2014
Tim Ormsby
Regional Coordinator, South Australia
Jan 2012 – Jul 2014
Susannah Peareth-Kingston
Regional Coordinator, Victoria
May 2013 – Oct 2014
Kelly Johnson
Regional Coordinator, Queensland
Aug 2011 – Oct 2014
Noriko Kuchi
Treasurer
Jan 2008- Oct 2014
Jessica Mary Sanford
Regional Coordinator, New South Wales
Dec 2013 – Nov 2014
Matthew Penguilley
Regional Coordinator, Queensland
Jun 2013 – Nov 2014
Katie Haden
Regional Coordinator, Victoria
National Blog Coordinator
Jan 2014 – Nov 2014
Nov 2014 – Jun 2015
Hannah Ranson
Regional Coordinator, South Australia
Jan 2014 – Nov 2014
Megan Fitzgibbons
Regional Coordinator, Western Australia
Jul 2014- Sept 2015
Anna Rotar
Regional Coordinator, Victoria
National Online Coordinator
Aug 2015- Sept 2016
Dec 2013- Jun 2015
Catherine Stead
Regional Coordinator, South Australia
Nov 2014- Sept 2015
Melissa Maloney
Regional Coordinator, New South Wales
Nov 2014 – Aug 2016
Melissa Sherlock
Regional Coordinator, New South Wales
Dec 2013- Aug 2016
Poala Beretta Soares De Araujo
Regional Coordinator, ACT
Aug 2015- Dec 2016
Sophie Wright
Regional Coordinator, Victoria
Oct 2015 – Dec 2016
Jessica Michael
Regional Coordinator, Victoria
Jan 2016- Mar 2016
Tanya Graham
Regional Coordinator, Victoria
Sept 2016- Jun 2017
Anna Kovac
Regional Coordinator, South Australia
Jul 2016- Jan 2017
Alex Williams
Regional Coordinator, NT
Sept 2014- Dec 2016
Sally Turbit
Regional Coordinator, New South Wales
Feb 2016 – Sept 2016
Breanne Sartori
Social Media Coordinator
Dec 2016- May 2017
Shirin Vloeberghs
Regional Coordinator, QLD
Apr 2016- Apr 2017
Michelle Stuart (Coxsen)
Regional Coordinator, NSW
Sept 2016- Jul 2017
Michelle Feely
Regional Coordinator, NSW
Sept 2016- Jul 2017
Christine Vandor
Social Media Coordinator,
Dec 2016- Aug 2017
Sian Sewell
Regional Coordinator, Victoria
Sept 2016- Sept 2017
Lydia Dawe
Regional Coordinator, WA
Jan 2014- Sept 2017
Dylan Young
Social Media Coordinator, WordPress Blog
July 2017- Oct 2017
Havva Teede
Regional Coordinator, WA
Dec 2017- Dec 2018
Sienna Gilchrist
Regional Coordinator, WA
Dec 2017- Dec 2018
Kristin Stephenson
Regional Coordinator, WA
Dec 2017- Dec 2018
Chris Sonneveld
Regional Coordinator, ACT
Nov 2016- Nov 2017
Cindy Nguyen
Regional Coordinator, ACT
Mar 2017-Dec 2017
Angela Bagaric
Regional Coordinator, NSW
Social Media Coordinator, Twitter
Nov 2016- Nov 2017
Jade Koekoe
Regional Coordinator, ACT
Social Media Coordinator, Twitter
Feb 2015- Dec 2017
Reti Brar
Regional Coordinator, WA
Mar 2013- Dec 2017
Chloe Czerwiec
Regional Coordinator, WA
Jan 2015- Dec 2017
Angela Bagaric
Regional Coordinator, NSW
Social Media Coordinator, Twitter
Nov 2016- Nov 2017
Tamara Cappa
Regional Coordinator, WA
Sept 2011- Dec 2017
Blair Gatehouse
ALIA SNGG Resume Review Service Coordinator
Apr 2016- Jan 2018
Apr 2016- Jan 2018
Hannah Gellard
Regional Coordinator, SA
Mar 2017- Jul 2018
Lorylene (Lory) Osorio
Social Media Coordinator, WordPress Blog
Jul 2017- Jan 2018
Chloe Walsh
Regional Coordinator, NT
May 2017- Feb 2018
Jane Cheng
Social Media Coordinator, Facebook
Oct 2017- Feb 2018
Sienna Gilchrist
Regional Coordinator, WA
Jan 2018- Apr 2018
Katherine Lee
Social Media Coordinator, WordPress
Jul 2017- Apr 2018
Hazel Kearns-Rees
Regional Coordinator, VIC
May 2017- Apr 2018
Maria Costa
Regional Coordinator, SA
Mar 2017- Apr 2018
Anthea Darmon
Social Media Coordinator, WordPress Blog
Jul 2017- Sept 2018
Michelle Canny
Regional Coordinator, QLD
Jul 2017- Oct 2018
Glenn Mulcaster
Regional Coordinator, TAS
Oct 2015- Nov 2018
Sylvia Pilz
ALIA SNGG Resume Review Service Coordinator
Dec 2017- Nov 2018
Nicole (Nic) Brett
Social Media Coordinator, Twitter
Dec 2017- Nov 2018
Melissa Buckman
Regional Coordinator, NSW
ALIA SNGG Resume Review Service Coordinator
Sept 2017- Sept 2018
Sept 2017- Nov 2019
Heather Marshall
Regional Coordinator, VIC
Feb 2018- Feb 2019
James Wilson
Regional Coordinator, SA
Mar 2017- Mar 2019
Kristen Berry
Social Media Coordinator, Instagram
Aug 2018- Mar 2019
Amanda Travis
Regional Coordinator, NSW
Mar 2017- Mar 2019
Brooke Reid
Regional Coordinator, VIC
Dec 2018- Dec 2019
Sonja Prokop
Regional Coordinator, WA
Sept 2017- Nov 2019
Rebecca Lee
Social Media Coordinator, WordPress
Oct 2018- Dec 2020
Kylie Smithson
Social Media Coordinator, Instagram
Oct 2018- Jun 2020
Irene Guidotti
Socia Media Coordinator, Facebook
Dec 2016- Sept 2020
Laura Wheatley
Regional Coordinator, QLD
Jul 2018- Sept 2020
Liz Parnell
Regional Coordinator, NSW
Jun 2018- Sept 2020
Rory Caddis
Regional Coordinator, NSW
Apr 2019 – Sept 2020
Tracy Burrows
Regional Coordinator, QLD
May 2019 – Sept 2020
David Trimble
Regional Coordinator, ACT
Jul 2018- Sept 2020
Ronna Wang
Regional Coordinator, SA
Jan 2019- Sept 2020
Kaitlyn Housten
Social Media Coordinator, Facebook
Jul 2018- Sept 2020
Veronica Falconer
Social Media Coordinator, Facebook
Oct 2017- Sept 2020
Stephanie Morton
Social Media Coordinator, Twitter
SNGG Resume Review Service Coordinator
Jul 2017- Nov 2020
Jul 2017- Jul 2020
Melisah Lester
Social Media Coordinator, Instagram
Jan 2018- Jul 2021
Alysha Esdaile
Social Media Coordinator, Twitter
Dec 2017- Sept 2020
Ashleigh Paul
Social Media Coordinator, Twitter
Mar 2019- Nov 2020
Nikki Anderson
Social Media Coordinator, Twitter
Jan 2019- Jul 2021
Jewl Hancock
Social Media Coordinator, Twitter
Oct 2020- Jul 2021
Andrew Ryan
Social Media Coordinator, Twitter
Sept 2020- Nov 2021
Melanie Phillips
Regional Coordinator, SA
ALIA SNGG Resume Review Service
Feb 2018- Jul 2022
Miranda Overmeire
Regional Coordinator, WA
Nov 2019- Oct 2021
Phillipa Telford
Social Media Coordinator, WordPress Blog
Sept 2020- Jul 2022
Michael Watson
Social Media Coordinator, WordPress Blog
Jan 2020- Jul 2022
Josh Carter
Regional Coordinator, VIC
SNGG Resume Review Service
Jun 2018- Jul 2021
Veronica Fitzpatrick
SNGG Resume Review Service
Oct 2017- Jul2022
Peta Noonan
Regional Coordinator, VIC
Sept 2020- Jul 2022
Kristin Stephenson
Regional Coordinator, WA
Jan 2018- Jul 2022
Alice Berry
Social Media Coordinator, Instagram
Sept 2020- Jul 2022
Zoe Bannister
Regional Coordinator, ACT
Mar 2020- Jul 2022
Lucy Hawthorne
Regional Coordinator, TAS
Jul 2019- Jul 2022
Rachel Homburg
Social Media Coordinator, Instagram
Jul 2019 – Dec 2022
Ashleigh Ward
Regional Coordinator, SA
Apr 2019- Jul 2022
Sarah Doecke
Regional Coordinator, QLD
Sept 2020- Jul 2022
Maddie Wilson
Regional Coordinator, NSW
May 2019 – Jul 2022
Bryan Valionis
Social Media Coordinator, WordPress Blog
Oct 2022 – Nov 2022
Adriene Rodriguez
Regional Coordinator, VIC
Dec 2018 – Dec 2022
Kate Davis
Social Media Coordinator, WordPress
Oct 2022 – Feb 2023
Bebe Majstorovic
Social Media Coordinator, Instagram
Sept 2020 – Apr 2023
Keren Moskal
Social Media Coordinator, Twitter
Sept 2020 – Apr 2023
Juliet Berry
Social Media Coordinator, Instagram
Mar 2023 – Sept 2023
Leah Reckord
Social Media Coordinator, ALIA Students and New Graduates Group Site/WordPress Blog
Sept 2023 – Jan 2024
Michelle Coxsen
Social Media Coordinator, Facebook
Apr 2023 – Feb 2024
Emily Paull
Regional Coordinator WA
Oct 2021 – Mar 2024
Amanda Kow
ALIA SNGG Regional Coordinator WA
Oct 2021 – Mar 2024
Sonya Goldberg
Social Media Coordinator, ALIA Students and New Graduates Group Site/WordPress Blog
Nov 2023 – Feb 2024
Dot Miller
Regional Coordinator, WA
Oct 2021 – Mar 2024
Sarah Hugo
Regional Coordinator,WA
Jul 2021 – Mar 2024
Lesa Maclean
Regional Coordinator, VIC
Jan 2012 – Jul 2013
Emily Beimers
Regional Coordinator, VIC
Jan 2016 – Feb 2016
Erica Cooke
Regional Coordinator, QLD
Jan 2016- Aug 2016
Bonnie Dixson
Regional Coordinator, QLD
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012
Holgar Aman
Regional Coordinator, QLD
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012
Rebecca Whitehead
Regional Coordinator, SA
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012
Heather Leaf
Regional Coordinator, NSW
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012
Lynette Loone
Regional Coordinator, NT
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012
Social Media Coordinator, X/Twitter and Instagram
Nov 2023 – Sept 2025
Sheeni Mutheu
Oct 2022 – May 2025
Eleni Michael
ALIA SNGG Social Media Coordinator, Instagram
March 2023 – May 2025
April Tate
March 2024 – May 2025
Kirsty Fraser
ALIA Students and New Graduates Group WordPress Blog/Site , Social Media Coordinator
July 2024 – May 2025
Richard Menkens
ALIA Students and New Graduates Group, WordPress Blog/Site Social Media Coordinator
June 2024 – May 2025
Louise Elizabeth Warren
ALIA Students and New Graduates Group, WordPress Blog/Site Social Media Coordinator
Feb 2024 – Sept 2025
Ailish Hallinan
ALIA Students and New Graduates Group, WordPress Blog/Site Social Media Coordinator
Jan 2024 – Sept 2025
Rachel Dowe
ALIA Students and New Graduates Group, WordPress Blog/Site Social Media Coordinator
Nov 2024 – Sept 2025
Elizabeth Heck
ALIA Students and New Graduates Group, WordPress Blog/Site Social Media Coordinator, Social Media Coordinator X/Twitter
Jan 2024 – Sept 2025
Cameron Mitchel
ALIA SNGG Social Media Coordinator, Instagram
March 2024 – May 2025
Laura Doherty
ALIA SNGG Social Media Coordinator, Instagram
July 2024 – Sept 2025
Acacia Beaumont
ALIA SNGG Social Media Coordinator, Instagram
July 2024 – Sept 2025
Laura Doherty
ALIA SNGG Social Media Coordinator, Instagram
July 2024 – Sept 2025
Tammy De Zilva
ALIA SNGG Social Media Coordinator, Instagram
May 2025 – Sept 2025
Priya Jathes
ALIA SNGG Social Media Coordinator, Facebook
June 2025 – Sept 2025
Annalyce Wiebenga
ALIA SNGG Social Media Coordinator, Facebook
Sept 2023 – Sept 2025
Queena Chen
ALIA SNGG Social Media Coordinator, Facebook
2023 – Sept 2025
Rhodora Spring
ALIA SNGG Social Media Coordinator, X/Twitter, Social Media Coordinator and ALIA SNGG National Secretary
Nov 2019 – Sept 2025
Jack Kelly
ALIA SNGG National Convenor
Nov 2023 – Sept 2025