ANZTLA Newsletter Author and Subject Indexes

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Published: Jun 17, 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31046/anztla.vi12.282

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Val Canty
Wendy Davis
Rosemary Hocking

Abstract

These indexes refer to the 61 volumes of the printed ANZTLA newsletter. Val Canty compiled the lists up to volume 51. Rosemary Hocking and Wendy Davis completed the indexing of the remanding volumes.

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No. 12 (2014)
Section
Indexes

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Author Biographies

Val Canty

Val Canty began work at Parkin-Wesley College Library in 1975 typing cards; and took over as librarian in 1976. She never attained any formal library qualifications, although it would be difficult to find a more experienced or professional librarian anywhere. Val often jokes that she gained her qualifications in theology by osmosis and her qualifications in librarianship by sheer hard work. Val attended the first Library Consultation sponsored by ANZATS in 1978 and was a member of the Association of Theological Libraries (SA) founded in September that year. When Trevor Zweck began work as Librarian at Luther Seminary in 1981, he became convener of the group and Val became Secretary/Treasurer/right hand assistant to Trevor, a task she continued until Trevor’s death in 1996. Val was a founding member of ANZTLA, and was elected Secretary/Treasurer of the Association in 1989, continuing until 1997. She was also the ever-reliable minute secretary at many of the Association AGMs. Val had major roles in organising the Library consultation (1985) and three Adelaide conferences (1992, 1999 and 2006). In 1997, Val accompanied the Parkin-Wesley collection to the new Adelaide Theological Library, joining Beth Prior and Wendy Davis. Val was editor of the ANZTLA Newsletter from 2002 to 2004 and compiled an index of the first 50 issues of the Newsletter. In 2004 Val took up ARI indexing, and she was the President of the SA chapter of ANZTLA for 2008-2009. Val has a love of rare books, and her work in this area at the Adelaide Theological Library led to significant additions to the Libraries Australia catalogue. Val was awarded an ANZTLA Honorary Life Membership in 2009. Although she retired from “formal” work at the end of 2009, she has continued her long involvement with the Uniting Church SA Historical Society and is still on call for the trickier questions relating to rare books or Uniting Church history.

Wendy Davis

Wendy Davis has been part of the theological library scene in Adelaide since 1981 when she began work at Lohe Memorial Library. She has worked with Adelaide College of Divinity Libraries since 1984—firstly at St. Barnabas College and from 1993, at St Francis Xavier Seminary Library as well. In October 1997, she became Associate Librarian at the new Adelaide Theological Library, a position she still enjoys. Wendy is a long time ANZTLA member, a past president, ARI indexer and Secretary (for the second time around).  When Val Canty was ANZTLA newsletter editor, Wendy was her unofficial assistant and proof reader.

Rosemary Hocking

Rosemary Hocking has been Librarian of the Adelaide Theological Library since November 2006, arriving at this position after working with the SA Education Department’s central cataloguing agency for all schools, followed by 16 years with the District Court Library, then a short stint working on web content for a law firm. Rosemary was the ANZTLA National Treasurer from 2010-2014, and is a current ARI indexer.