Gillian Oliver’s professional p r a c t i c e b a c k g r o u n d s p a n s i n f o r m a t i o n management in the United
Kingdom, Germany and
New Zealand. Her research interests reflect these experiences, focusing on the information cultures of organisations. This is a key component in the work she is undertaking with Frank
Upward, Barbara Reed and Joanne Evans on the reconceptualization of records management as recordkeeping informatics. She has a PhD from Monash University,
Australia. As recipient of an Erasmus Mundus scholarship awarded by the European Commission, she was Visiting Scholar at
Tallinn University in 2009. She is Honorary Research Fellow at the
Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute,
University of Glasgow and at The Open Polytechnic of New
Zealand. She has represented New Zealand’s information studies education sector on the National Librarian’s strategic advisory forum and in 2013 was appointed to Archives New Zealand’s
Archives Council. She has been a member of the New Zealand
Library and Information Management Journal editorial board since
2006, is Editor of Archifacts, the journal of the Archives and
Records Association of New Zealand and co-Editor-in-Chief of
Archival Science.

On the occasion of the
International Archives Day 2013 the National Archivist
Mr Charles J. Farrugia requests the pleasure of your company at the lecture
“The Archivist in the Digital World: importance of continuous professional development” by Dr Gillian Oliver.
The event which is in collaboration with the Malta Library and Information Association (MaLIA) will take place at the National Archives, Hospital Street, Rabat on
Tuesday 11 June 2013 at 6.00 pm