Gary Gorman
As those of you who were associated with him know, Gary was deeply involved in IFLA activities, in particular in the Asia and Oceania Section and the ALP program. He served on the Regional Standing Committee of Asia and Oceania in many capacities including member, secretary, chair, and corresponding member. Gary was instrumental in establishing and running a number of activities and programs for the Asia and Oceania Section through the ALP program which enormously helped in heightening the standards of both the LIS profession and professionals in the region.
Gary served as Professor of Information Management at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand and later Professor of Information Science at the University of Malaya, Malaysia. He was the editor-in-chief of Online Information Review (Emerald) and served in editorial teams of a number of international journals. He has authored dozen of books and more than 300 articles. At the time of his demise, he was currently working on the third edition of Qualitative Research for the Information Professional (London: Facet).
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