| Christine Mackenzie | |
| Known For: | IFLA President 2019 - 2021 |
| Occupation: | Librarian |
| Nationality: | Australian |
Christine Mackenzie is an Australian librarian, president of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) from 2019 to 2021. Mackenzie was the president-elect from 2017 to 2019 and part of the Governing Board from 2011 to 2013. She worked in the Trend Report.
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).[1] [2] [3]
Christine is the President of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) from 2019 to 2021, leading the library field under the theme "Let's work together".[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".[10]