The Spring Ordinary Meeting of Convocation for 2018 was held on Friday 21 September in The University Club of Western Australia Banquet Hall.
Convocation was delighted to present Ms Jill Benn as our Guest Speaker for the Spring Ordinary Meeting of 2018.
Jill Benn is the University Librarian at the University of Western Australia, responsible for Library service delivery across the UWA campus. Jill is leading the transformation of libraries at UWA including the establishment of an award-winning 700-seat student collaborative learning space in the Reid Library, and the significant and innovative refurbishment of the J. Robin Warren (formerly Medical and Dental) Library.
Jill is focused on client engagement, partnership and high quality as a key strategy for Library service development. Jill holds a number of national and international leadership roles, including as Program Director (Fair, Affordable and Open Access to Knowledge) for the Council of Australian University Librarians, and as the Australian representative on the International Association of University Librarians Board.
Ms Jill Benn gave a talk on " Reinvention of the Library in the Digital Age ".