The Parks & Wildlife Library collection specialises in the natural environment of Western Australia, concentrating on botany, conservation, forests, vegetation and wildlife.
The general management of the library includes tasks such as organising inter-library loans, acquiring, cataloguing, processing and shelving new materials. Other duties include the provision of information to DPaW staff, general public and students, maintenance of the Inmagic and CONSLib databases, training library students, collaboration on the Library homepage for the Intranet & Internet, and working on special projects as they arise.
Wildlife
Academic qualifications
Western Australian Institute of Technology (B.App.Sc.) - Library and Information Studies, 1985
Western Australian College of Advanced Education (Grad.Dip.Ed.), 1989
Positions held
Wright L, Harding D (2008). Western Australia Department of Environment and Conservation, Library and Information Services. In ALIES 2008 Conference: ALIES 3.0: Information Catalysts
Smith JA, Wright LJ, Johnson BW (2007). BiblioHeathMouse: the heath mouse, Pseudomys shortridgei (Thomas, 1907), a subject-specific bibliography. 6(1), pp. 151–157
Wright LJ, Smith JA, Richardson J (2007). BiblioRingtailPossum: the western ringtail possum, Pseudocheirus occidentalis (Thomas, 1888): a subject-specific bibliography. 6(1), pp. 159–176
Smith JD, Wright LJ, Morris KD (comps) (2006). BiblioBarrowIsland: an annotated bibliography of the natural history of Barrow Island, 1622-2004. 5(3), pp. 38–106
Smith JA, Wright LJ, Morris KD (comps) (2005). BiblioBarrowIsland: an annotated bibliography of the natural history of Barrow Island, 1622-2004. Department of Conservation and Land Management, Kensington, WA. 83 p.
Smith JA Wright LJ Morris KD (2004). BiblioChuditch: the chuditch, Dasyurus geoffroii (Gould 1841): a Wildlife Science Library bibliography. 5(104), pp. 6–19
Wright L, Richardson B, Mathiesen B (2004). Copyright policy. Department of Conservation and Land Management, Kensington, WA. 12 p.
Wright L (2003). Library volunteers do the job. Conservation news Jan, p. 4
Wright L (2003). Western Australian special library contributes to the National Catalogue. Gateways 64, pp. 6–7
Wright LJ (2002). BiblioResearch: bibliography of research outputs by the Department of Conservation and Land Management (and its predecessors) relating to the flora, fauna and forests of Western Australia, 1896-2001. 4(2), pp. 1–356
Lee K, Wright L, Mahon BS (2001). Meeting the challenges of change: providing access to scientific information in a rapidly changing world. Department of Conservation and Land Management, 8 p.
Wright LJ, Farrell CJ (1998). Bibliography of scientific documentation authored by staff of the CALMScience Division, Department of Conservation and Land Management. CALMScience 2, pp. 291–355