{"id":5604,"date":"2025-06-13T01:51:51","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T01:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/?p=5604"},"modified":"2025-06-13T01:52:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T01:52:36","slug":"meet-sarah-lucas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/meet-sarah-lucas\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Sarah Lucas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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My career in libraries began in public library service, specialising in digital services and systems, before moving into a government library where I specialised in the provision of legal research services in the area of employment law. While I enjoyed and valued my time in both, when I found myself itching to learn and do more, I knew academic librarianship was the answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coming to work at Curtin feels like a full-circle moment, having completed my postgraduate qualification here in Library and Information Studies. Prior to that, my tertiary education began with a Bachelor of Arts (Linguistics and German Studies), reflective of the interest I still carry to this day in language, social sciences, and communication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a speaker of English, Italian, and German, I dabbled in the early days of my library career in freelance translation, a skill that proved surprisingly beneficial when as a systems librarian, I operated as something of a translator between my then-workplace’s ICT department and library staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I’m not at work, I can usually be found caught up in any one of my overabundance of hobbies \u2013 ranging from rock climbing and hiking, to crafting and D&D. In both my personal and professional life, I enjoy little more than a project or task to get stuck into, so I’m delighted to be joining the Â鶹ֱ²¥ Library team and contributing to the Library’s goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Written by Librarian, Sarah Lucas<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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