Horacek, John I. (1942 - )

Summary

John Horacek was a librarian for over 30 years, mostly at La Trobe University, where later in his career he often acted as Chief Librarian during absences of Chief Librarians. For much of this time he was a committed and active member of the Australian Library and Information Association and the Australian Council of Library and Information Services. For the Association he was Associate Editor and then Editor of the journal Australian academic and research libraries for 18 years. Some of the initiatives in which he was involved were surveys of Victorian collections in anthropology, geological sciences and chemistry. He was also a member of statewide committees that examined the content of library technician training courses. He became a Fellow of the Association in 1995. His roles with the Council included Convenor of the Victorian Resources Committee. Horacek was compiler of five editions of the Bibliography of the history of Australian science (2002 - 2007).

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Chronology

1964

Education - BA (Hons), University of Melbourne (English and French)

1965 - 1966

Career position - State Library of Victoria, in various roles including serials department, library loans and the enquiry room

1966 - 1995

Career position - Library Assistant (1966), Senior tutor and Assistant librarian (1967), Cataloguing librarian (1970), Selection librarian [Senior Librarian] (1976), Deputy Librarian (1990), La Trobe University, Victoria

1970 - 1971

Award - James Cook Bicentennial Scholarship

1971

Education - MA (Library and Informations Studies), University of London

1972 - 1984

Career position - Associate Editor, Australian academic and research libraries

1973

Career position - Six month secondement as a Research Librarian, Victorian Institute of Colleges

1976

Career position - Twelve week secondment with the Victorian Universities and Colleges Committee (VUCC) to contribute to a study investigating cooperation between Victorian university libraries (the CAVAL project)

1984 - 1985

Career position - Convenor, Victorian Resources Committee, Australian Council of Library and Information Services

1985 - 1989

Career position - Editor, Australian academic and research libraries

1993

Career position - Member, Organising Committee, Australian Council of Library and Information Services Conference, Sydney

1995 -

Award - Fellow, Australian Library and Information Association

2002 - 2007

Career position - Compiler, annual Bibliography of the history of Australian science, nos. 23-27

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Published resources

Journal Articles

• Horacek, John, 'The Victorian Chemistry Conspectus Pilot Project', Australian academic & research libraries, 21 (4) (1990), 252-60, https://doi.org/10.1080/00048623.1990.10754703. Details
• Horacek, John, 'Bibliography of the history of Australian science, no. 23, 2002', Historical Records of Australian Science, 14 (3) (2003), 389-401. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR03003. Details
• Horacek, John, 'Bibliography of the history of Australian science, no. 24, 2003', Historical Records of Australian Science, 15 (1) (2004), 139-48. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR04003. Details
• Horacek, John, 'Bibliography of the history of Australian science, no. 25, 2004', Historical Records of Australian Science, 16 (1) (2005), 127-37. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR05005. Details
• Horacek, John, 'Bibliography of the history of Australian science, no. 26, 2005', Historical Records of Australian Science, 17 (1) (2006), 131-45. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR06002. Details
• Horacek, John, 'Bibliography of the history of Australian science, no. 27, 2006', Historical Records of Australian Science, 18 (1) (2007), 147-157. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR07003. Details

Resource Sections

• Australian Library and Information Association, 'Honours board individual profiles: G-M', Kingston, A.C.T., 2021. https://read.alia.org.au/sites/default/files/documents/alia_honours_board_2021_g-m.pdf. p.37-8. Details