Anita Dewi

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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 and Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) Academic Lead in the School of Information and Communication Studies, Charles Sturt University. Her research areas include Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) and Library and Information Science (LIS) professional identity. She is currently pursuing her second PhD, investigating placement programs in the libraries, archives, and records sector. Prior to joining CSU, she built 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.

INF220/INF566 Professional Study Visit
INF221/INF571 Planning for Professional Placement
INF222/INF572 Professional Placement

Anita’s research interests include: Work-Integrated Learning (WIL), and Library and Information Science (LIS) professional identity.

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
  • 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) member
  • iSchools - Asia Pacific Next Generation Committee member
  • RIMPA Global Education Committee member
  • WIL Australia Research and Impact Committee member