#PhotoCredit Andrew Finigan.

Hi there, I’m Andrew!

I’ve been milling around the library scene for a few years now, but I’m still very much a new graduate librarian. I first joined ALIA in November 2006, just after moving from Melbourne to Darwin for my first professional job as a librarian. Less than a month later, I was in Sydney, attending NLS2006, and I met a bunch of awesome people – some of whom made the following years of relative isolation in the Top End far more bearable, through online professional peer support.

Since then, I’ve been involved in ALIA through the ALIA Top End Group, the 4th ALIA New Librarians Symposium in 2008, and, since early 2009, the ALIA Students and New Graduates Group, where I now am as Convenor of the group after relocating back to Melbourne from the Northern Territory.

Whilst I’ve worked in academic, public and state libraries, I’ve most recently settled into a library manager position at an inner-suburban Melbourne government school, which I have been enjoying very much. In my spare time, I enjoy reading (Yes, I know, libraries aren’t JUST about books, but they’re not NOT about books either!), writing words and music, performing them, and generally enjoying the busy social scene in Melbourne.

So, that’s me.

Andrew.