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Margaret Phillips Retires

Margaret Phillips retired in June 2006 after 19 years at the National Library of Australia. Phillips made a notable contribution to the work of the Library in a number of areas including manuscripts, acquisitions and digital archiving. In the early 1990s she was the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) officer and in 2000 was the manager of the CASL Consortium. However Phillips will be most remembered for the remarkable and lasting contribution she made to the establishment, operation and national and international recognition of PANDORA: Australia’s Web Archive.

Phillips led the pioneering team that established PANDORA in 1996 and continued to preside over PANDORA for most of the first 10 years of its operation. She was director of the Digital Archiving Branch, a position she held from 2002 until her retirement. PANDORA is recognised internationally as one of the first and most significant web archives established by a national library. Phillips was largely responsible for the PANDORA’s cultural and historical significance being recognised on the Australian Memory of the World Register in 2004.

During her time at the Library, Phillips demonstrated great dedication to the quality and thoroughness of her work as well as consideration and encouragement for her colleagues. Phillips is a cultured and enthusiastic person and will make good use of her new found time in retirement from the Library. Staff of the Library thank her for her contribution and wish her well.

Paul Koerbin