ISSN 1039-3498 | no. 58| August 2002
| Asian Collections: Marie Sexton Retires | |
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Marie Sexton, Branch Head of Asian Collections, retired in June after a career which began in 1963. As one of the dozens of graduates and professionals recruited from throughout Australia to staff the new Library building, which opened in 1968, Marie worked in a variety of areas including reference, union cataloguing, technical processing and selection. During the past 13 years as Branch Head of Asian Collections she oversaw the adoption of automated cataloguing for Chinese, Japanese and Korean languages and the refurbishment of the Reading Room. Marie’s role in the development of the CJK Service was recognised with an NLA Australia Day Award in 1994. She sees the Internet as providing opportunities as never before and as the person largely responsible for the success of Gateways, Marie was very pleased to see it made available online. |
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