JoAnne Sparks

JoAnne Sparks is the Director of Information Services for the Scholarly Information and Research portfolio at Griffith University. In this role she is responsible for the University's library services and research information services.

JoAnne is new to both Griffith University and Australia, having arrived in late February 2011 after 30 years of professional practice in England and the United States.

Most recently JoAnne managed user-facing services for the Bodleian libraries at the University of Oxford. She was a leader in the Bodleian's planning and capital projects, as well as working to align and improve operational services.

JoAnne has spent most of her career in academic and research libraries including the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and the Pharmaceutical Research Institute at Bristol-Myers Squibb.

Throughout her career, she has supported academics, professional researchers and students at the undergraduate and research level. Along with Oxford, she has held academic positions at Drexel, Hahnemann, Thomas Jefferson and Rush Universities.

Updated: 24 April 2012