JPEG of Gillian Oliver

City: Wellington, New Zealand

Teaching & Professional Interests

Administration and Management
Archival Description / RAD
Digital / Virtual Libraries
Distance Education in LIS
Electronic Documents
Health Informatics
Information and Society / Culture
International / Comparative Librarianship
Knowledge / IR Management
LIS as a Profession
Metadata and Semantic Web
Records Management

Research Interests

Administration and Management
Archival Description / RAD
Archives and Records Centers
Critical Perspectives on LIS
Digital / Virtual Libraries
Distance Education in LIS
Electronic Documents
Information Policy
Information and Society / Culture
Knowledge / IR Management
Metadata and Semantic Web
Records Management
Research Methods

Dr. Gillian C. Oliver

Lecturer

Dr. Gillian Oliver is currently Senior Lecturer in Archives and Records Management at the School of Information Management, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. She is actively involved in digital preservation, having undertaken research at HATII, University of Glasgow, and developing digital archiving capability for Archives New Zealand,the country's national archival authority. Prior to this she led the development and delivery of online education for records and information management at The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand. Her professional practice background spans both libraries (mainly in the healthcare sector) and recordkeeping, particularly records management. She established and is the listowner for nzrecords, an electronic discussion forum for both records managers and archivists.

Dr. Oliver received the EFMD/Emerald Award for Outstanding Doctoral Research in Information Science for her study of the interactions between organisational cultures and information management. This research focus was the result of working in three countries (United Kingdom, Germany and New Zealand) and in particular experiences gained while employed by the United States Army in Europe.

Courses Taught

Education

Ph.D. Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, 2006
M.Lib. University of Wales, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom, 1990
BA Hons Polytechnic of North London, London, United Kingdom, 1978

Academic & Professional Experience

Senior Advisor, Digital Preservation, Archives New Zealand (2006-2008)
Academic Adviser, School of Information & Social Sciences, The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand (2004-2006)
Senior Lecturer, Information & Library Studies, The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand (1999-2004)
Information Management Consultant (1993-1999)
Administrative Librarian (Medical Sciences), 97th General Hospital, Frankfurt am Main and Medical Library Consultant to the Commanding General US Army 7th Medical Command Europe (1981-1991)

Selected Publications (last five years only)

Journal Articles

Oliver, G. (2010). Transcending silos, developing synergies: Libraries and archives. Information Research, 15(4). http://InformationR.net/ir/15-4/colis716.html
Oliver, G., Evans, J., Reed, B. & Upward, F. (2009). Achieving the right balance: Recordkeeping informatics, Part 1. IQ, 25(4), 18-21.
Oliver, G., Evans, J., Reed, B. & Upward, F. (2010). Achieving the right balance: Recordkeeping informatics, Part 2. IQ, 26(1), 42-44; 52.
Oliver, G., Kim, Y. & Ross, S. (2008). Documentary genre and digital recordkeeping: Red herring or a way forward? Archival Science, 8, 295-305.
Oliver, G. (2008). Information culture: Exploration of differing values and attitudes to information in organisations. Journal of Documentation, 64(3), 363-385.
Oliver, G., Ross, S., Guercio, M. & Pala, C., (2008). Report on Automated re-Appraisal: Managing Archives in Digital Libraries (Deliverable 6.10.1) ( Pisa: DELOS NoE, January 2008). ISBN: 2-912335-40-X
Oliver, G. (2007). Implementing international standards: First, know your organization. Records Management Journal, 17(2), 82-93. (Emerald Literati Network Outstanding Paper Award 2008)
Oliver, G. (2003). Cultural dimensions of information management. Journal of Information and Knowledge Management, 2(1), 53-61.
Oliver, G. (2004). Investigating Information Culture:Comparative Case Study Research Design and Methods. Archival Science, 4(3-4), 287-314.
Oliver, G., & Bidwell, P. (2000). Hospitals and consumer health information in New Zealand:The role of the library. Health Information and Libraries Journal, 18(2), 83-90.

Conference Papers

Burstein, F., Zyngier, S., McCullough, G., Oliver, G., Brown, M. and Symonds, J. (2003). Leading knowledge management strategies in Australia and New Zealand: a comparative study of public and private sector organisations. Paper presented at the Australian Conference of Information Systems, Perth, November 2003
Castle, E., McCullough, G., & Oliver, G. (2005, 6-8 July). User access to knowledge repositories: a New Zealand case study of taxonomy development. Proceedings of the 7th ISKO-Spain conference:The human dimension of knowledge organisation, Barcelona. pp. 128-135.
Cossham, A., Fields, A., & Oliver, G. (2005, 10-13 August). Where to from here? Continuing Professional Development in New Zealand. Paper presented at the 6th World Conference on Continuing Professional Development & Workplace Learning for the Library and Information Professions, Oslo, Norway
McCullough, G., Oliver, G., Symonds, J., & Brown, M. (2002). The Knowledge Management Landscape in New Zealand: The Role of the CKO? Paper published in the Proceedings of the Australian Conference for Knowledge Management & Intelligent Decision Support, Melbourne
McCullough, G., Oliver, G., Symonds, J., & Brown, M. (2003, July 8-12). Knowledge management in the New Zealand public sector. Paper presented at the Global Business and Technology Association International Conference, Budapest, Hungary
Oliver, G. (2006) Globalisation and Education for the Information Management Professions:Challenges for Small Countries. Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Conference on Library and Information Education and Practice: Preparing Information Professionals for Leadership in the New Age, Singapore, 3-6 April.
Symonds, J., McCullough, G., Oliver, G., & Brown, M. (2003, 10-13 July). Use of IT to Support Knowledge Sharing: The New Zealand perspective. Paper presented at the PACIS, Adelaide

Book

Oliver, G. (2011). Organisational culture for information managers. Oxford: Chandos.

Edited Book

McCahon, R., & Oliver, G. (Eds.). (2000). Informing New Zealand: Libraries, archives, museums. Lower Hutt: Open Mind Press.

Working Papers and Reports

Bidwell, P., & Oliver, G. (2000). An Investigation of the Role of Hospital Libraries in Providing Consumer Health Information. Research report submitted to the National Library of New Zealand Trustees.
Bidwell, P., & Oliver, G. (2001). Consumer health information: the role of hospital libraries. Lower Hutt: Open Polytechnic of New Zealand.
McCullough, G., Oliver, G., Symonds, J., & Brown, M. (2004). Knowledge management:A New Zealand survey into current practices. Lower Hutt: The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand.

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