Nerida Dye has worked in the library industry for over 30 years. She has worked with the State Library of Victoria Shared Leadership Program workgroup, on the joint Public Libraries Victoria/State Library of Victoria Research Report ‘Victorian Public Libraries: Our future, our skills’, and was a member of the Public Libraries Victoria Executive Committee 2013/14. Nerida has been working in Community Outreach with Campaspe Library since January 2015 engaging those in need at locations such as care facilities, hospitals, community groups and individual homes. In March 2022 Nerida was awarded the 2021 Barrett Reid Scholarship to undertake research in public libraries and social prescribing, and in May presented her work at the ALIA 2024 Conference.