Hannah Shelley
đź“Ť 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 and 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. My interests also extend to internet, media, culture, politics and religion.
If you want to work together on something or just chat about libraries and tech, send me an email.
Things I've worked on
Presentations
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.
Research Support Community Days 2024
"Research Bites: A novel approach to PD for library staff"
Presented lightning talk on the early development of "Research Bites" as a way to develop research support skills among library staff.
Health literature search projects
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.
Bluesky Experiments (Hobby Projects)
Absurd Compliments Bot
A generative Bluesky bot that posts surreal, affectionate compliments daily and in reply to users' mentions.
Bluesky Memories feed
A custom feed that surfaces a user’s own Bluesky posts from the same date in previous years, exploring memory, platform limits, and partial recall.
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, and many more
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.
