Professor (Dr) L. Anne Clyde

Citation

(2006), "Professor (Dr) L. Anne Clyde", New Library World, Vol. 107 No. 5/6. https://doi.org/10.1108/nlw.2006.072107eaa.002

Professor (Dr) L. Anne Clyde

Shortly after sending a paper to New Library World, Professor L. Anne Clyde died suddenly. It was a most untimely loss of an outstanding literary educator, vigorous proponent for school libraries, strong IFLA supporter, and effective member of New Library World’s Editorial Advisory Board.

Anne Clyde was a Professor in the Department of Library and Information Science at the University of Iceland, the 2003-2007 Chair of the IFLA Section of School Libraries and Resource Centres, an Associate of the Australian Library and Information Association, a Fellow of CILIP and a member of the Australian College of Educators. In an outstanding academic career, Anne Clyde held academic positions in three Australian states, at the University of British Columbia in Canada, and at the University of Iceland. She taught and researched in many other places in Australia and Iceland and beyond, including projects in North America, Europe and Namibia. Her extensive list of publications includes Weblogs and Libraries (2004), An Introduction to the Internet (1994, 12th ed. 2004), Managing InfoTech in School Media Centers (1999), School Libraries and the Electronic Community: The Internet Connection (1997), and Computer Applications in Libraries (1993).

Anne Clyde’s work spanned many aspects of the library and information field, especially school librarianship, where she made an extensive and notable contribution. Apart from her leadership in the IFLA Section of School Libraries and Resource Centres, Anne Clyde contributed enormously to the International Association of School Librarianship, for which she was most recently Webmaster.

Many colleagues throughout the world expressed great sadness at losing Anne and gratitude for the ways in which she enriched lives.

Both as a tribute to Anne Clyde, and in celebration of her achievements, her paper is published in this issue of New Library World.