Christine Mackenzie

Christine Mackenzie AM is an Australian librarian, president of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) from 2019 to 2021.

Christine earned a bachelor of arts, graduated as librarian, 2008 fellow and from 2003 to 2004 president of the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA).

[4][5] Her mandate takes the results of projects as the IFLA Global Vision where librarians around the world created a bottom-up strategy[6] where one of the highlights and opportunities are related to focus on our communities and work more collaborative and develop strong partnerships.

[7] She received her presidency from Glòria Pérez-Salmeron in Athens,[8] at the 85th World Library and Information Conference[5] and in her acceptance speech she mentioned the access to information from indigenous languages[9] and to restructure IFLA to achieve the Strategic Framework (2019–2024).

In the 2022 Australia Day Honours Mackenzie was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for "significant service to librarianship, and to professional associations through leadership roles".