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ISSN 1039-3498 | no. 49| February 2001
Pam Dunlop leaves
Pam Dunlop, Cataloguing and Special Projects
The National Librarys Manager of Cataloguing and Special Projects, Pam Dunlop, resigned from the Library on 31 January. Pam is one of the National Librarys best known and widely respected staff members among Australias cataloguing and standards communities.
Originally from the Hunter region, Pam joined the National Library in 1970 after working in public and educational libraries in Maitland and Newcastle. During her career at the Library, Pam worked in many different areas of the Library including SALSSAH, APAIS, serials, the Australian national bibliography, cataloguing, and standards. Pam was instrumental in assisting the special materials areas of the Library to begin automated cataloguing on ABN, and the much increased level of bibliographic control over these materials today are a tribute to her early perseverance and persuasiveness.
Pam served on the Australian Committee on Cataloguing (ACOC) for a number of years, and was involved in the establishment and revision of cataloguing standards. She was also well known as a conference speaker around Australia and an early advocate of recording special materials on the National Bibliographic Database. Through these activities Pam established a wide network of contacts and associates with whom she was always ready to share her experience and insights.
Pams resignation follows a year of illness, and her absence is keenly felt within the Library and further afield.
Please address any comments and enquiries to The Editor, Gateways: dthomas@nla.gov.au