Business name
Libraries Alive! Pty Ltd
City
Canberra
State/Territory
ACT
Country
Australia
Work phone
02 6257 9177
Email
info@librariesalive.com.au
Background
Sherrey Quinn is a librarian, information consultant and freelance indexer who has extensive experience in a wide range of library, information management and indexing projects. Sherrey has indexed print and electronic publications and digital resources throughout her working life. Sherrey also develops and presents training programs related to her library and indexing work.
Qualifications
BA; DipLib; FALIA (DCP); Certificate IV in Training & Workplace Assessment; ANZSI Accredited Indexer
Specific skills
Scholarly, academic, trade. Art, craft, design, fashion, archaeology, anthropology, history, biography, humanities, science, technology, engineering, environment, natural resources, medicine, cooking (cookery), gardening. Books, ebooks, technical reports, annual reports, manuals, journals, illustrations (illustrated works), biographies, websites, databases, pictures, pictorial and image collections, open system indexing, embedded indexing, linked indexing. Thesaurus design, construction and maintenance; taxonomy; controlled vocabulary. Bibliographic research. Proofreading, copy-editing. Training.
Accredited?
Yes
Broad subject categories
Arts and crafts and design, Humanities, Medicine and health sciences, Science and technology
Materials and formats
Annual reports, Databases, Directories and guides and encyclopaedias, Ebooks or Epubs, Embedded indexing or Linked indexing, Journals and magazines and newspapers, Letters and diaries and personal papers, Loose-leaf publications, Non-fiction books
Publishing categories
Trade, Scholarly and professional, Government, Educational
Software skills
Sky Index; Inmagic DB/Textworks; MultiTes and other thesaurus management packages; Microsoft Office; various indexing utilities
Additional services
Bibliography, Consulting, Proofreading, Research, Review of indexes, Taxonomy and thesaurus construction, Training, Metadata, Pictorial materials, Technical manuals, Technical and research reports
Recent publications indexed
Alice™; The biggest untold story in the history of money. Melbourne University Press, 2024
Indigenous knowledge; Australian perspectives. Miegunyah Press, 2024
Nuked: the submarine fiasco that sank Australian sovereignty. Melbourne University Press, 2024
The paramedic mindset. Pan Macmillan Australia, 2024
A secretive century; Monte Punshon's Australia 1882-1989. Melbourne University Press, 2024
Teaching to Transform Learning: Pedagogies for Inclusive, Responsive and Socially Just Education. Cambridge University Press, 2024
Everywhen; Australia and the language of deep history. New South Press, 2023
Forging nations; currency, power, and nationality in Britain and Ireland since 1603. Oxford University Press, 2023
Inner song; a biography of Margaret Sutherland. Melbourne University Press, 2023
The Matilda effect. Melbourne University Press, 2023
Routledge handbook of heritage destruction. Routledge, 2023
Stitching governance for labour rights; towards transnational industrial democracy? Cambridge University Press, 2023
War on corruption; an Indonesian experience. Melbourne University Press, 2023
Anti-constitutional populism. Cambridge University Press, 2022
August in Kabul; America's last days in Afghanistan. Melbourne University Press, 2022
Australia: state of the environment 2021. Department of the Environment, 2022
Barron Field in NSW; the poetics of terra nullius. Melbourne University Press, 2022
Fishery status reports 2022. ABARES, 2022 [and earlier editions from 2009]
A maker of books; Alec Bolton and his Brindabella Press. National Library of Australia, 2022
The price paid; a story of life, cricket and lessons learned, by Tim Paine. Pan Macmillan, 2022
St Kilda 1841-1900: movers and shakers and money-makers. Manneton Press, 2022
Australia at the Venice Biennale; a century of contemporary art. Miegunyah Press, 2021
The chloroformist; the historical biography of Joseph Clover and the invention of anaesthesia. Melbourne University Press, 2021
The Eisenstein universe. Bloomsbury Academic, 2021
Long half-life; the nuclear industry in Australia. Monash University Publishing, 2021
Printed images by Australian artists 1942-2020. National Gallery of Australia, 2021
Return to Vietnam: an oral history of American and Australian veterans’ journeys. Cambridge University Press, 2021
William Cooper; an Aboriginal life story. Miegunyah Press, 2021
Your home; Australia’s guide to environmentally sustainable homes, 6th ed. Australian Government, industry.gov.au, 2021 (also 4th and 5th eds)
Ethnographer and contrarian; biographical and anthropological essays in honour of Peter Sutton. Wakefield Press, 2020
Know my name. National Gallery of Australia, 2020
A secret Australia revealed by the WikiLeaks exposés. Monash University Publishing, 2020
Streeton. Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2020
Asbestos in Australia; from boom to dust. Monash University Publishing, 2019
Following the water; environmental history and the hydrological cycle in colonial Gippsland, Australia, 1838–1900. Australian National University (ANU) Press, 2019
Geocultural power; China’s quest to revive the silk roads for the twenty-first century. University of Chicago Press, 2019
Murujuga; rock art, heritage, and landscape iconoclasm. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019
A new rival state? Australia in Tsarist diplomatic communications. ANU Press, 2018
Indigenous knowledge; Australian perspectives. Miegunyah Press, 2024
Nuked: the submarine fiasco that sank Australian sovereignty. Melbourne University Press, 2024
The paramedic mindset. Pan Macmillan Australia, 2024
A secretive century; Monte Punshon's Australia 1882-1989. Melbourne University Press, 2024
Teaching to Transform Learning: Pedagogies for Inclusive, Responsive and Socially Just Education. Cambridge University Press, 2024
Everywhen; Australia and the language of deep history. New South Press, 2023
Forging nations; currency, power, and nationality in Britain and Ireland since 1603. Oxford University Press, 2023
Inner song; a biography of Margaret Sutherland. Melbourne University Press, 2023
The Matilda effect. Melbourne University Press, 2023
Routledge handbook of heritage destruction. Routledge, 2023
Stitching governance for labour rights; towards transnational industrial democracy? Cambridge University Press, 2023
War on corruption; an Indonesian experience. Melbourne University Press, 2023
Anti-constitutional populism. Cambridge University Press, 2022
August in Kabul; America's last days in Afghanistan. Melbourne University Press, 2022
Australia: state of the environment 2021. Department of the Environment, 2022
Barron Field in NSW; the poetics of terra nullius. Melbourne University Press, 2022
Fishery status reports 2022. ABARES, 2022 [and earlier editions from 2009]
A maker of books; Alec Bolton and his Brindabella Press. National Library of Australia, 2022
The price paid; a story of life, cricket and lessons learned, by Tim Paine. Pan Macmillan, 2022
St Kilda 1841-1900: movers and shakers and money-makers. Manneton Press, 2022
Australia at the Venice Biennale; a century of contemporary art. Miegunyah Press, 2021
The chloroformist; the historical biography of Joseph Clover and the invention of anaesthesia. Melbourne University Press, 2021
The Eisenstein universe. Bloomsbury Academic, 2021
Long half-life; the nuclear industry in Australia. Monash University Publishing, 2021
Printed images by Australian artists 1942-2020. National Gallery of Australia, 2021
Return to Vietnam: an oral history of American and Australian veterans’ journeys. Cambridge University Press, 2021
William Cooper; an Aboriginal life story. Miegunyah Press, 2021
Your home; Australia’s guide to environmentally sustainable homes, 6th ed. Australian Government, industry.gov.au, 2021 (also 4th and 5th eds)
Ethnographer and contrarian; biographical and anthropological essays in honour of Peter Sutton. Wakefield Press, 2020
Know my name. National Gallery of Australia, 2020
A secret Australia revealed by the WikiLeaks exposés. Monash University Publishing, 2020
Streeton. Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2020
Asbestos in Australia; from boom to dust. Monash University Publishing, 2019
Following the water; environmental history and the hydrological cycle in colonial Gippsland, Australia, 1838–1900. Australian National University (ANU) Press, 2019
Geocultural power; China’s quest to revive the silk roads for the twenty-first century. University of Chicago Press, 2019
Murujuga; rock art, heritage, and landscape iconoclasm. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019
A new rival state? Australia in Tsarist diplomatic communications. ANU Press, 2018
Year joined
1991
Status
ACTIVE
Council Member
Yes
