The UQ Library congratulates Mrs Janine Schmidt, who was appointed a Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia in the 2013 Australia Day awards.

Mrs Schmidt was honoured for her significant service to the promotion of library services and information sciences, particularly through the development of electronic access initiatives.

She was University Librarian at the University of Queensland from 1993 to 2005 and a Board Member of the UQ Press and Bookshop from 1996 to 2004. Mrs Schmidt left UQ to become Trenholme Director of Libraries at McGill University in Canada.

She has served on the Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL) and has been a board member and mentor for the Aurora Foundation's library leadership program.

Read more about members of the UQ Community to receive Australia Day honours at http://www.uq.edu.au/news/index.html?article=25772