Phyllis Mander-Jones

**Phyllis Mander-Jones** MBE (2 ga watan Janairun 1896 - 19 ga watan Fabrairun 1984) ta kasance mai kula da ɗakin karatu da kuma mai adana bayanai wanda ya taimaka wajen kafa sana'ar adana bayanai a Ostiraliya.

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi Phyllis Mander-Jones a Homebush, Sydney, Ostiraliya, ɗan fari na likita George Mander Jones da matarsa Margaret Fleming (née Arnott).  Iyaye biyu suna da alaƙa ta kasuwanci: George shi ne jikan mai siyarwa David Jones, yayin da Margaret 'yar babban mai kera kek na Australia, William Arnott . 

Matashin dangin Mander-Jones suna da matsayi biyu a Ingila tsakanin 1899 da 1906, kafin su zauna a unguwar Sydney ta Wahroonga . Ita da 'yar'uwarta Mildred sun yi karatu a makarantar 'yan mata mai zaman kanta ta Abbotsleigh, yayin da' yan uwanta uku: Evan, Burnett da Geoffrey suka tafi Shore School.

A lokacin da Phyllis ta shiga Jami'ar Sydney. Tana zaune a Kwalejin Mata ta kammala karatu tare da digiri na farko a cikin harsuna a 1917, an ba ta girmamawa a Jamusanci da Faransanci. Bayan kammala karatunta an ba ta matsayin koyarwa a Abbotsleigh amma a maimakon haka ta zaɓi koyarwa mai zaman kanta.

## Ayyuka

### Mai kula da Laburaren

An nada Mander-Jones a cikin ma'aikatan Laburaren Jama'a na NSW (Librari na Jihar NSW) a cikin 1925.   Ta fara ne a matsayin mataimakiyar ɗakin karatu kuma ta yi aiki a cikin rukunin kungiyar ta zama ƙwararren mai kula da ɗakin karatu a 1933 kuma an nada ta zuwa matsayin Bibliographer a 1941. Ayyukanta na wallafe-wallafen sun haɗa da lacca a kan wallafe-wallo-wallafe na tarihi a makarantun ɗakin karatu na farkon shekarun 1940. 

1942 ta ga nadin ta a ɗakin karatu na Mitchell . Daidai da aikin yaƙi an sake tura ƙarfinta, Ma'aikatar Sojoji ta yi amfani da ita a cikin tantancewa. Kwarewarta a cikin harsuna dukiya ce kuma an yi amfani da ita tsakanin 1942 da 1945. An kuma kira ƙwarewarta ta wallafe-wallafen a ƙarƙashin jagorancin Mitchell Librarian, Ida Leeson, don Sashen Allied Geographic . 

#### Mitchell Library 1946-1957
An nada Mander-Jones a matsayin mai kula da ɗakin karatu na Mitchell a watan Nuwamba na shekara ta 1946 kuma ya fara aikin sabunta ɗakin karatu bayan shekarun yaƙi masu wahala.

Ta hanyar yin amfani da kwarewarta a cikin wallafe-wallafen ta kafa ka'idoji a cikin tarin rikodin, ta kirkiro kayan taimako don taimakawa masu bincike, da kuma ba da kulawa ga sarrafa kayan asali: rubuce-rubuce, hotuna da taswira.

Ta san bukatar ci gaba da gina tarin Laburaren da kuma inganta albarkatun ta masu mahimmanci. Don wannan dalili ta sami mahimman kayan asali kamar bayanan Kotun Koli ta New South Wales da tarin takardun Macarthur na biyu. Ta yada muhimman abubuwan da ke cikin ɗakin karatu ta hanyar wallafe-wallafen bugawa da kuma yin jawabi ga tarurruka, dandalin jama'a da kungiyoyin al'umma.

Wataƙila babbar ƙalubalinta ita ce gudanar da ɗakin karatu wanda kuma ke aiki a matsayin Tarihin Jiha. Tun daga farkonsa, ɗakin karatu na Mitchell ya yi aiki a matsayin ajiyar rikodin gwamnati (ba a buƙatar takardun da ake buƙata a cikin gudanarwar sassan gwamnati da ake canja su zuwa gare ta). Laburaren ba shi da albarkatun da ake buƙata don sarrafawa ko adana kayan kuma a watan Nuwamba 1953 Tarihin Jiha ya zama sashen daban na Laburaren. Ta taka muhimmiyar rawa a cikin abin da zai zama Ofishin Tarihi na NSW . 

Aikin karshe na Mander-Jones a matsayin Mitchell Librarian ya kasance a London, yana aiki tare da bayanan London Missionary Society da sauran takardu. An kafa ta a can daga 6 ga Nuwamba 1956 zuwa 18 ga Maris 1958, ta yi murabus daga matsayinta na Mitchell Librarian sannan aka nada ta Jami'in Hulɗa na Laburaren Jiha a London.

### Mai adana bayanai
Mander-Jones ya taimaka wajen kafa harsashin sana'ar adana bayanai a Ostiraliya ta kafa sashen adana bayanai na Ƙungiyar Laburaren Ostiraliya wanda a 1975 ya zama Ƙungiyar Masu adana bayanai ta Australiya.  Ta kasance tare da shirya fitowar farko ta mujallar Archives and Manuscripts a shekarar 1955, wanda ke ci gaba har zuwa yau. Ta halarci taron farko na Majalisar Kasa da Kasa kan Tarihi a 1948 kuma a shekara mai zuwa ta ba da rahoton game da tarihin NSW ga taron Commonwealth da hukumomin Jiha.

### Shirin Kwafi na hadin gwiwa na Australiya
Bayan nadin da aka yi mata a Landan a matsayin Jami'in Hulɗa na Laburaren Jiha (1958-1960) wanda ke zaune a Ofishin Wakilin Janar na NSW ta fara babban aikin aikinta: Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP).

Da take ɗaukar matsayin jami'in AJCP na Laburaren Jama'a na NSW da Laburaren Kasa na Ostiraliya daga Yuli 1960, Mander-Jones ya ci gaba da aikin aikin da aka fara a 1945 don kwafin bayanan sha'awar Australiya da Pacific da aka gudanar a wuraren adanawa a Ingila.

Sa'an nan, a shekara ta 1964, an nada ta don jagorantar aikin a karkashin hadin gwiwar Jami'ar Kasa ta Australia da National Library of Australia . Wannan ya haifar da buga babban aikin rayuwarta: Manuscripts in the British Isles Relating to Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific (1972).

## Kyauta
A shekara ta 1996, Australian Society of Archivists ta gabatar da kyaututtuka da yawa don girmama ta.  Ana gabatar da kyaututtuka a kowace shekara a taron kasa na Society.

## Daraja da kyaututtuka

* 1971 (1971): Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in recognition of her contribution to Australian history
* 1963 (1963): Fellow of the Library Association of Australia
* 1976 (1976): Australian Society of Archivists honorary member
* 1981 (1981): Henry Charles Lennox Anderson Award (Library Association of Australia for outstanding service to the library and information profession)

## Rayuwa ta baya
A lokacin da ta yi ritaya, Mander-Jones ta koma Ostiraliya kuma ta bi sha'awarta a cikin wallafe-wallafen, ta ba da gudummawa musamman ga J.C. Beaglehole's's The Life of Captain Cook (1974) da kuma binciken tarihin iyali na kakanninta na Arnott.

Ta shafe shekaru na ƙarshe na rayuwarta a Kudancin Australia kuma ta mutu a Prospect, Adelaide a ranar 19 ga Fabrairu 1984. 

## Dubi kuma

* Shirin Kwafi na hadin gwiwa na Australiya
* Ida Leeson
* Jean Fleming Arnot
* Ofishin Rubutun Pacific
* Laburaren Jihar New South Wales

## Manazarta