Anita Dewi

Course Directors

Dr Anita Dewi

BEc (Management) UGM, BEd (English Education) UST, MSc (Agribusiness Management) UGM, MEd (TESOL) Monash, PhD (Applied Linguistics) Monash, MIM (Information Management and Librarianship) UniSA

Course Director (Information Studies) and Lecturer in Information Studies
Wagga Wagga
Building 5, Room 110

Anita is a Lecturer in Information Studies at Charles Sturt University. Prior to joining CSU, Anita spent her career as a professional in the academic library sector. The roles she has held in the industry include subject librarian, learning skills advisor, library research and learning coordinator, library liaison coordinator, and library learning services manager.

She is of a multidisciplinary background, with PhD (Applied Linguistics) and MEd (TESOL) from Monash University, and MIM (Information Management and Librarianship) from University of South Australia. Her research areas in the Information Studies domain include work-integrated learning (WIL), professional identity, and information literacy. She is currently pursuing her second PhD, investigating placement programs in the libraries, archives, and records sector.

INF221/INF571 Planning for Professional Placement
INF222/INF572 Professional Placement

Anita’s research interests include information literacy, professional identity, and work-integrated learning (WIL), including but not limited to placements.

Her current research projects include:

  • Libraries, archives, and records placements from four perspectives: Placement students, higher education program providers, placement host institutions, and accreditation bodies
  • An analysis of digital safety net and service costing for public libraries
  • Unpacking librarians’ pedagogical competence in university information literacy programs: A pilot study
  • A critical investigation into gap between health libraries’ expectations and early career health librarians’ skills and knowledge
  • What questions are people asking NSW public libraries?
  • Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA)
  • International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) - LIS Education in Developing Countries, Convenor
  • iSchools - Asia Pacific Next Generation Committee Member