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, Research, Review of indexes, Taxonomy and thesaurus construction, Training, Metadata, Pictorial materials, Technical manuals, Technical and research reports
Recent publications indexed
*The Cambridge Companion to the Nazi-Soviet War. Cambridge University Press, 2025
*Early Photography in Colonial Australia, Miegunyah Press, 2025
* The last tour; Paul and Eslanda Robeson’s visit to Australia and New Zealand. Melbourne University Press, 2025
* Love, class and empire: an English family saga in the Middle East. Cambridge University Press, 2025
* Soldiers and bushmen; The Australian Army in the South African War (1899–1902). Cambridge University Press, 2025
* Striking ore: the rise and fall of union power in the Pilbara. Monash University Press, 2025
* Alice™; The biggest untold story in the history of money. Melbourne University Press, 2024
* A better Australia: politics, public policy and how to achieve lasting reform. 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
* Protecting Indigenous art; from T-shirts to the flag. 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
* Routledge handbook of heritage destruction. Routledge, 2023
* Stitching governance for labour rights; towards transnational industrial democracy? Cambridge 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 annual 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
* 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
* 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
*Early Photography in Colonial Australia, Miegunyah Press, 2025
* The last tour; Paul and Eslanda Robeson’s visit to Australia and New Zealand. Melbourne University Press, 2025
* Love, class and empire: an English family saga in the Middle East. Cambridge University Press, 2025
* Soldiers and bushmen; The Australian Army in the South African War (1899–1902). Cambridge University Press, 2025
* Striking ore: the rise and fall of union power in the Pilbara. Monash University Press, 2025
* Alice™; The biggest untold story in the history of money. Melbourne University Press, 2024
* A better Australia: politics, public policy and how to achieve lasting reform. 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
* Protecting Indigenous art; from T-shirts to the flag. 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
* Routledge handbook of heritage destruction. Routledge, 2023
* Stitching governance for labour rights; towards transnational industrial democracy? Cambridge 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 annual 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
* 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
* 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
Year joined
1991
Status
ACTIVE
Council Member
Yes
