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Kerrie Stevens

Kerrie Stevens

Director of Library Services

Biography

Kerrie is the Director of Library Services and a member of the Learning & Teaching and Research Committees at Alphacrucis University College. She is a Distinguished Certified Professional of the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA); an honorary life member, statistician and journal manager for the Australian and New Zealand Theological Library Association (ANZTLA); and has a Masters of Applied Science in Library and Information Management from Charles Sturt University.

Kerrie is interested in all areas of librarianship resulting from her experience as a solo librarian for two decades, with a particular research interest focusing on practical librarianship and matters relating to everyday library tasks.

Kerrie's publications have contributed to the Faith-Based Education research cluster.

Qualifications

MAppSci(Lib&InfoMgt) (Charles Sturt University) – 2009

BBus(InfoMgt) (RMIT) – 1997

  • Research Publications

    Book Chapters

    • 2020
      • Stevens, K. & Ng, S. (2020). Atla Down Under. In Matthew Collins, James Estes & Myka Kennedy Stephens, Shifting Stacks: A Look at the Future of Theological Libraries in Celebration of Atla’s 75th Anniversary (pp. 108-123). Chicago: Atla Open Press.

    Journal Articles

    • 2025
      • Stevens, K. (2025). Optimizing Library Spine Label Formats: Insights from the Alphacrucis University College Library Relabeling Project. Technical Services Quarterly,  1–19.
      • Cain, G. H. & Stevens, K. (2025). Trends in Theological and Religious Studies Librarianship: Global and Regional Perspectives. ANZTLA EJournal, 33-34 67-84.
      • Stevens, K. (2025). AC's Call Number Relabelling Project. ANZTLA EJournal, 33-34 31-38.
      • Coetzee, N. J. & Stevens, K. (2025). When the library closes: Assessing the academic impact on engagement, citation practices, and performance in first-year students. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 51(6) 103143.
    • 2024
      • Stevens, K. (2024). PhD Thesis Citation Analysis to Evaluate the Success of Collection Development Policy implementation: An Institutional Case Study. Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association, 73 (4) 1-9.
    • 2022
      • Stevens, K. (2022). Retrospective enhancement of bibliographic records with tables of contents and summary data and the effect on collection usage. Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association, 71 (4) 379-387.

  • Internal and External Grants

    • 2025
      • AC Conference Funding, $3000, Alphacrucis University College

  • Presentations

    • 2025
      • From Citations to Stories: Research into Research via Citation Analysis (2025), Echoes of the Past ... Creating Stories for the Future: ANZTLA Annual Conference 2025, Brisbane, Australia, 27 Nov 2025
      • (with Harvey, Philip) ANZTLA Cataloguing Community of Practice (2025), Echoes of the Past ... Creating Stories for the Future: ANZTLA Annual Conference 2025, Brisbane, Australia, 26 Nov 2025
    • 2024
      • AC's Call Number Relabelling Project (2024), The Big Re-Set: ANZTLA Annual Conference 2024, Melbourne, Australia, 19 Nov 2024
      • (with Cain, G. H.) Trends in Theological and Religious Studies Librarianship: Global and Regional Perspectives (2024), The Big Re-Set: ANZTLA Annual Conference 2024, Melbourne, Australia, 19 Nov 2024

  • Engagement Publications


    Journal Articles
    • 2023
      • Stevens, K. (2023). Library catalogue projects - The story of one library's never-ending quest for unobtainable catalogue perfection. ANZTLA Ejournal, 30.
    • 2020
      • Stevens, K. (2020). The James Wallace Memorial Library - Alphacrucis College. ANZTLA EJournal, 25 15-21.
      • Stevens, K. & James, E. (2020). ANZTLA members’ COVID-19 responses: Pre-, during, and post lockdown. ANZTLA EJournal, 25 47-73.
      • Stevens, K., Ng, S., Derrenbacker, C., & Burn, K. (2020). Australian & New Zealand librarians attend Atla Annual 2019. ANZTLA EJournal, 24 13-16.
    • 2018
      • Stevens, K. (2018). More loans = Better grades: An analysis correlating library usage and unit grades. ANZTLA EJournal, 20 2-8.
    • 2015
      • Stevens, K. (2015). ANZTLA 30th anniversary speech. ANZTLA EJournal, 15 129-132.
    • 2013
      • Stevens, K. (2013). What is the collective noun for a group of librarians?. ANZTLA EJournal, 10 47-54.
      • Stevens, K. (2013). Especially special: Why theological libraries and librarians are so special. ANZTLA EJournal, 11 135-141.
    • 2011
      • Stevens, K. (2011). Taking stock: The process and benefits of performing a regular library stocktake. ANZTLA EJournal, 6 2-6.
    • 2010
      • Stevens, K. (2010). Introduction to library metrics: Statistics, evaluation and assessment. ANZTLA EJournal, 5 58-70.
    • 2007
      • Stevens, K. (2007). Theological librarianship: Is it a ministry role?. ANZTLA Newsletter, 61 29-39.
    • 2006
      • Stevens, K. (2006). Performance evaluation by evaluating performance. ANZTLA Newsletter, 58 14-17.

  • Professional Memberships


    Association of Christian Librarians (since 2016)

    Atla (formerly American Theological Library Association) (since 2009)

    Australian & New Zealand Theological Library Association Ltd (ANZTLA) (since 2003)



  • Teaching

    Not currently teaching

  • Supervision