Enid Bishop

Enid Bishop (born 8 May 1925) is an Australian librarian specialising in Asian studies.

Biography

Born in 1925 in Melbourne, Enid Bishop is the daughter of Horace Eddy and Lillian Alice (née McKittrick) Bishop. She attended Huntingtower School in Mt Waverly, Victoria, and later moved to Canberra.[1] Bishop held a number of library assistant positions in her early career,[2] including at Australia House, London,[3] Australian News and Information Bureau Reference Library, New York,[3] and National Library of Australia, Canberra.[3] She was Assistant Librarian in the Asian Collection (then called the Oriental Collection) at Canberra University College from 1958 to 1960.[4] She completed a Bachelor of Arts from that institution in 1960,[5] the same year she was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship. She later attended Columbia University, where she was awarded a Master of Science in 1961.[6]

Bishop was a founding member of the International Association of Orientalist Librarians (IAOL), and also of the East Asian Librarians' Group of Australia (EALRGA; now Asian Library Resources of Australia).[7] Throughout her career she published several scholarly articles, both presented at and organised Australian and national conferences, and played a "crucial role in the development of Asian studies librarianship in Australia".[8]

Enid Bishop became the Divisional Head of the Asian Studies Collection at the Australian National University Library, retiring in 1984 after 22 years at ANU. After retiring, Bishop married and is now known as Enid Gibson.[9]

References/Notes and references

  1. ^ Shapley, Maggie (2012). "Bishop, Enid". ANU Archives. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  2. ^ Kóza, Géza A. (1990). Biographical dictionary of Australian librarians (4th ed.). Melbourne: Academia Press. p. 18. ISBN 0958966834. OCLC 894673347.
  3. ^ a b c "Housing Problem Deters US Migrants". The Canberra Times. 24 January 1951. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  4. ^ Vidot, Peter Alexander (1996). The History of the Australian National University Library 1946–1996. Canberra: ANU Library. ISBN 0731525035. OCLC 38413189.
  5. ^ "Last Degrees Ceremony At University College". The Canberra Times. 1 April 1960. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  6. ^ Kóza, Géza A. (1990). Biographical dictionary of Australian librarians (4th ed.). Melbourne: Academia Press. p. 18. ISBN 0958966834. OCLC 894673347.
  7. ^ EALGRA (1978). Newsletter No. 1. East Asian Librarians' Group of Australia. Canberra: National Library of Australia. http://alra.org.au/newsletter_1-25.html, retrieved 2017-03-24.
  8. ^ Prentice, Susan. "'Tribute to Enid Gibson'. Newsletter No. 53 (December 2008) ISSN 1832-7648". East Asian Library Resources Group of Australia. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  9. ^ Chan, Y. S. "'East Asian Librarian's Retirement'. Newsletter No. 8 (March 1985) ISSN 1832-7648". Retrieved 24 March 2017.


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