Hannah Shelley
📍 Dharug Country, Sydney Australia
Quick Stats
- Name: Hannah Shelley
- Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
- Intelligence: Librarian-level
- Charisma: +5 when talking about open access
Who I am
I'm an academic librarian at Australian Catholic University, where I lead the library team at the Blacktown campus and also support research activity across the organisation.
My professional interests centre on how people find, use, and make sense of information: search, discovery, access, platforms and systems. I enjoy problem solving, questioning conventional wisdom, and trying to do so in a humble, fair, and engaging way through my writing.
If you want to work together on something or just chat about libraries and tech, send me an email.
Things I've worked on
Presentation at ALIA New Librarians' Symposium 2025
"Taking the First Bite: How 15-minute Learning Sessions can Build Connection"
Presented on the success of an innovative staff development program, "Research Bites" and how it fostered connections across the ACU library team.
Lightning talk at Research Support Community Days 2024
"Research Bites: A novel approach to PD for library staff"
Presented on the early development of "Research Bites" as a way to develop research support skills among library staff.
Systematic Search Strategies Repository
Developed comprehensive, reusable database search strategies for allied health research.
Integrated Care Search Filter
Contributed bibliographic analysis expertise to the development of the Integrated Care search filter for PubMed.
Now for the important stuff:
Favourites
- Season: Summer
- TV Shows: Breaking Bad, The Simpsons 2-9, Lost
- Game: Sims 2 with mods
- Movies: Pulp Fiction, Groundhog Day, Mad Max Fury Road, Hoodwinked!
- Music: Kate Bush, Roxy Music, Devo. Eclectic enough that shuffle mode is an adventure
This or That
- Coffee or Tea? Coffee
- Cats or Dogs? Both are good. Libraries should have more of them
- Digital or Physical? Yes
- Day or Night? Night (but I wish I was a morning person)
- Cardigan or Hoodie? Hoodie. Librarian stereotypes must be resisted.
