Sue Roberts, Chief Executive Officer and State Librarian of the State Library of Victoria
December 2011
The President of the Library Board of Victoria, The Hon John Cain, today announced the appointment of the State Library of Victoria’s new Chief Executive Officer and State Librarian, Sue Roberts.
Ms Roberts comes to the role with 15 years’ experience in strategic library leadership in the UK and New Zealand. She will relocate to Melbourne from Wellington, where she has been University Librarian at Victoria University since 2007, and serves as Chair of the Council of New Zealand University Librarians and Director of the Library Consortium of New Zealand.
A published author and leading thinker on the changing role of libraries, Ms Roberts’ previous positions include Dean of Learning Services at Edge Hill University in the UK and the Director of SOLSTICE, a national centre for excellence in online learning.
Ms Roberts will commence at the State Library of Victoria in late March 2012.