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Dr Bonna Jones

Position	Senior Lecturer
School / Work Unit	Business Information Technology
Contact Details	+(61 3) 9925 5791 bonna.jones@rmit.edu.au
Location	Building: 108 Level: 17 Room: 68 City Campus
Portfolio	Business

Bonna Jones is Coordinator of the Bachelor of Business (Information and Knowledge Management). Her most recent previous appointment was Manager Client Services in the Information Commons at Holmesglen Institute of TAFE. Previous appointments included Database Librarian, Executive Officer to Victorian Universities International, Periodicals Librarian, Business Liaison Librarian, Audiovisual Librarian and Reader Services Librarian. She has research interests in organization behaviour and information management.

Qualifications

1974 Bachelor of Social Science (Librarianship) (RMIT)
1993 Graduate Diploma in Applied Psychology (Swinburne University)
2002 Doctor of Philosophy (Organisation Behaviour) (Swinburne University)

Awards

1999–2001 Doctoral Research Scholarship, Swinburne School of Business

Research Interests

Process metaphysics, with a focus on narrative theory (Arran Gare, Paul Ricoeur, Alasdair MacIntyre and David Carr), social theory (Pierre Bourdieu) and hierarchy theory.

Applications of process thinking in information and knowledge management.

Professional Memberships

Australian Library and Information Association (Associate Member)

Publications

Jones, B. & Wong, Y. (2008) 'Physical and virtual: architect Christopher Alexander on living spaces’ (PDF 61KB) VALA2008 Conference 5 February

Jones, B. (2008). Reductionism and library and information science philosophy, Journal of Documentation, 64(4), pp. 482-495

Jones, B. (2005) Applying complexity theory in library and information science (PDF, 125KB), Philosophy of Management 05, St Anne's College, Oxford, 6-10 July

Jones, B. M. (2005). Revitalizing Theory in Library and Information Science: the contribution of process philosophy. Library Quarterly, 17(2), April, 101-121

Jones, B. (2003). Reading: defending a vital operation in a time of complex narrative forces.Australian Library Journal, 52(4), 353-366.

Jones, B.(2001). Narrative identity as a central theme in an ethics of librarianship.Australian Library Journal, 50(2), 121-131.

Jones, B. (1998). Customers are consumers of library resources and services: or are they? Australian Library Journal, 47(2), 131-144.

Jones, B. (1987). Collection management; guidelines for TAFE libraries. Melbourne, Swinburne Library/The TAFE Board.

Linklater, W. & Jones, B. (1985). Development of the audiovisual library section and services at Swinburne. In P. McNally (Editor), Video in libraries; an international perspective (International Federation of Library Associations Round Table on Audiovisual Media; AV in action no. 5, The Hague) (pp. 52 – 62).

Jones, B. & Scott, R. (1981). Audio visual resources; a guide to Melbourne Libraries. Melbourne, Reference Interest Group.

Jones, B. (1974). Alternative literature; why is it, where is it, what is it?. In Seminar on alternative literature. Melbourne, Committee of Younger Librarians, 1974.

Presentations

Paper, 'Women and Development' for Akademos, Globalisation, Sustainability, Ecology course, August, 2003.

Paper, 'Alternative Theories of Management' for Akademos, Globalisation, Sustainability, Ecology course, September 2003.

Paper, Joseph Needham Centre for Complex Processes, 'The Operation of Constraint in Complexity: self-organisation in the emergent form of science', October 2000.

Paper, Swinburne Graduate School of Management 2000 Colloquium Series, 'How open and closed time compete in an organisational merger', April 2000.

Paper, Narrative Therapy and Community Work Conference Adelaide 2000, 'Opening Space for Respectful Conversations in Organisations', February 2000.

Initiator, Presenter and Joint Organiser, 'Living on the Cusp: Integrity in the Modern World' (a one day seminar for research students), Swinburne Graduate School of Management, November 1999.

Initiator and Facilitator, Victorian and Tasmanian Universities International Admissions Group, Workshop on Ethics, IDP Conference Melbourne, 1997.

Paper, Tenth International Congress on Personal Construct Psychology, Townsville 1993, 'Self-concept in women; a study of self in the context of relationships with significant others'. Refereed.