Trax4transition: Traversing the Songlines of a Career

Alex Byrne

Dr Alex Byrne is a professional librarian, researcher and writer with a deep interest in the roles of memory institutions, the complexity of issues relating to Indigenous peoples and transmission of knowledge. He has been State Librarian and Chief Executive of the State Library of New South Wales since September 2011 following positions in library and university management, most recently at the University of Technology, Sydney. Alex served for a decade in leadership positions with the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions including President from 2005 to 2007. He enjoys travel and the bush, drawing and printmaking, and – inevitably – reading.