Anne Clyde

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Laurel Anne Clyde (7 February 1946 – 18 September 2005) was an Australian educator, teacher-librarian, author and academic who taught in colleges and universities in Australia and Canada, as well as in Iceland. She was known for her expertise in electronic resources and the Internet. Anne was also influential in the early adoption and evaluation of internet sites and online tools by teacher librarians.

Early life

Anne Clyde was born in Holbrook, New South Wales on 7 February 1946.{{Citation | author1=Gale Research Inc | title=Contemporary authors | publication-date=1995 | publisher=Gale Research | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/22040167 | accessdate=28 October 2014 }}

Career

Anne began her career as a teacher and librarian at the New South Wales Department of Education from 1967 to 1973.

In Australia, Dr Clyde held academic positions in three states, as lecturer in school librarianship at Townsville College of Advanced Education (now part of the James Cook University of North Queensland); as lecturer in librarianship at Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga; and as senior lecturer and head of the Department of Library and Information Studies, as it then was, at Edith Cowan University.{{cite web|last1=ALIA West |title=Dr L. Anne Clyde (Laurel Anne) |url=http://www.alia.org.au/groups/aliawest/biblia/2005.10/clyde.html |website=Biblia on the web |publisher=Australian Library and Information Association |accessdate=27 October 2014 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20130207215000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/128690/20130208-0850/www.alia.org.au/groups/aliawest/biblia/2005.10/clyde.html |archivedate=7 February 2013 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

In 1990 she accepted an appointment as a visiting faculty member at the University of Iceland for a year, then in 1991 moved to the University of British Columbia in Canada as associate professor with responsibility for teacher librarianship programmes. After two years in Canada, she returned to Iceland. She was also visiting scholar at the Graduate School of Management at the University of Western Australia in 1996 and 1999 and consulted in Latin America, Botswana and Namibia.{{cite journal|last1=KLOBAS|first1=Jane E.|last2=CLYDE|first2=Laurel A.|title=Learning to Use the Internet in a Developing Country: Validation of a User Model|journal=Libri|date=1998|volume=48|issue=3|doi=10.1515/libr.1998.48.3.163}} Anne wrote a regular column on InfoTech for the North American journal Teacher librarian{{Citation | title=Teacher librarian | publication-date=1998 | publisher=Rockland Press | issn=1481-1782 }} and was the webmaster for the International Association of School Librarianship (IASL) from 1995 to her passing in September 2005. She introduced many teacher librarians around the world to emerging online resources through the "site of the week".{{cite web|title=Site of the Week|url=http://www.iasl-online.org/advocacy/resources/siteofweek.html|website=International Association of School Librarianship|accessdate=14 October 2014}}

From 2003–05, Anne held the position of Chair of the Standing Section for School Libraries and Resource Centres for the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA).{{cite web|title=Farewell to Anne Clyde|url=http://www.sla.org.uk/blg-farewell-to-anne-clyde.php|website=School Library Association Blog|accessdate=14 October 2014}}

=Research interests=

Anne Clyde's doctorate in 1981 from James Cook University was a survey of the history of school libraries.{{cite web|last1=Clyde|first1=Laurel A. (Laurel Anne)|title=The magic casements: a survey of school library history from the eighth to the twentieth century.|url=http://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/2051/|publisher=PhD thesis, James Cook University.|accessdate=27 October 2014}} Her research interests included the use of the internet and online information services in a range of library and educational settings, investigating the ways in which they are understood and measured.{{cite journal|last1=Clyde|first1=Laurel A.|title=The library as information provider: The home page|journal=The Electronic Library|date=1996|volume=14|issue=6|pages=549–558}} She also studied the characteristics of research and researchers in the field of school librarianship.{{cite journal|last1=Clyde|first1=Laurel A.|title=An instructional role for librarians: an overview and content analysis of job advertisements.|journal=Australian Academic & Research Libraries|date=2002|volume=33|issue=3|pages=150–167}} She wrote many scholarly papers, presentations and articles on social networking including Weblogs and Libraries which was the first scholarly work on the topic.{{Citation | author1=Clyde, Laurel A. (Laurel Anne) | title=Weblogs and libraries | publication-date=2004 | publisher=Chandos Publishing | isbn=978-1-84334-096-6 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/weblogslibraries0000clyd }}{{cite journal|last1=Stephens|first1=Michael|title=The hyperlinked school library: engage, explore, celebrate|journal=ACCESS|date=2010|pages=5–8|url=http://tametheweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Michael-Stephens-pp5-8.pdf|accessdate=9 November 2014}}

Works

{{Citation | author1=Clyde, Laurel A. (Laurel Anne) | author2=Joyce, D. Joan | author3=Riverina College of Advanced Education. Centre for Library Studies | title=Computers and school libraries : an annotated bibliography | publication-date=1983 | publisher=Centre for Library Studies, Riverina College of Advanced Education | isbn=978-0-909561-30-7 }}
{{Citation | author1=Clyde, Laurel A. (Laurel Anne) | title=Computer software for school libraries : a directory | publication-date=1989 | publisher=Auslib Press | edition=2nd | isbn=978-1-875145-01-0 }}
{{Citation | author1=Clyde, Laurel A. (Laurel Anne) | title=Computer applications in libraries : a directory of systems & software | publication-date=1993 | publisher=ALIA/Thorpe | isbn=978-1-875589-33-3 }}
{{Citation | author1=Lobban, Marjorie | author2=Clyde, Laurel A. (Laurel Anne) | author3=Australian Library and Information Association | title=Out of the closet and into the classroom : homosexuality in books for young people | publication-date=1996 | publisher=ALIA/Thorpe | edition=2nd | isbn=978-1-875589-86-9 }}
{{cite book|last1=Clyde|first1=Laurel A. (Laurel Anne)|title=School libraries and the electronic community: the Internet connection.|date=1997|publisher=Scarecrow Press|location=Lanham, Md|isbn=0810831937}}
{{cite book|last1=Clyde|first1=Laurel A. (Laurel Anne)|title=Managing infotech in school library media centers|date=1999|publisher=Libraries Unlimited|location=Englewood, Colo|isbn=1563087243|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/managinginfotech00clyd}}
{{Citation | author1=Clyde, Laurel A. (Laurel Anne) | title=Weblogs and libraries | publication-date=2004 | publisher=Chandos Publishing | isbn=978-1-84334-096-6 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/weblogslibraries0000clyd }}

Death

Anne suffered a fatal cardiac tamponade in Reykjavík, Iceland on Sunday, September 18, 2005. A memorial service was held on 18 October 2005 at St George's Cathedral in Perth, Western Australia{{Citation | author1=Library Association of Australia. Western Australian Branch | author2=Australian Library and Information Association. Western Australian Branch | title=Biblia : newsletter of the W.A. Branch of the Library Association of Australia | publication-date=October 2005 | publisher=Library Board of W.A | issn=0006-0860 }} and her ashes were scattered at Þingvellir on the site of the first Icelandic Parliament.

Memorials

The Dr. Laurel Anne Clyde Memorial Keynote Address at the Australian School Library Association (ASLA) Biennial Conference
The Australian Library and Information Association, Academic and Research Libraries group in Western Australia maintains the Ann Clyde Memorial Prize in her memory.{{cite web|title=Ann Clyde Memorial Prize|url=https://www.alia.org.au/about-alia/awards-and-grants/350/ann-clyde-memorial-prize|website=Australian Library and Information Association|accessdate=14 October 2014|archive-date=28 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150328230313/https://alia.org.au/about-alia/awards-and-grants/350/ann-clyde-memorial-prize|url-status=dead}}
The International Association of School Librarianship (IASL) developed the Dr Anne Clyde Research Memorial Fund for research and development in the field of school librarianship.{{cite web|title=Dr. Anne Clyde Research Memorial Fund |url=http://www.iasl-online.org/anne-clyde/ac-fund.html |publisher=International Association of School Librarianship |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20141027222322/http://www.iasl-online.org/anne-clyde/ac-fund.html |archivedate=27 October 2014 }}