Hagger, Jean (1917 - 2008)

Born: 11 October 1917
Preston, Victoria, Australia
Died: 16 July 2008
Summary: Jean Hagger was appointed the inaugural head of the Department of Librarianship at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in c. 1963 (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, 1964, p. 14; Murray-Smith and Dare, 1987, p. 370). Hagger was RMIT's first female head of department and the only female head of department in the Institute's first century (Ramsden, 2008, p. 357). Hagger was the Head of the Department of Librarianship until her retirement in 1977 (Murray-Smith and Dare, 1987, p. 371).

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Calendar 1964, Melbourne, Victoria. Also available at https://rmit.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/61RMIT_INST/1adn3cm/alma9921556620101341. Details
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Calendar 1977: Volume 1, Melbourne, Victoria. Also available at https://rmit.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/61RMIT_INST/1adn3cm/alma9921556619301341. Details

Ramsden, Michael J., 'Jean Hagger, BA, MLS, ALA, FLAA (1917-2008)', The Australian Library Journal, vol. 57, no. 4, 2008, pp. 356-361. Also available at https://doi.org/10.1080/00049670.2008.10722515. Details

Sources used to compile this entry: Ramsden, Michael J., 'Jean Hagger, BA, MLS, ALA, FLAA (1917-2008)', The Australian Library Journal, vol. 57, no. 4, 2008, pp. 356-361. Also available at https://doi.org/10.1080/00049670.2008.10722515; Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Calendar 1964, Melbourne, Victoria. Also available at https://rmit.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/61RMIT_INST/1adn3cm/alma9921556620101341.

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