Please answer the following question: Facts: - death place: katoomba , new south wales - caption: portrait of john metcalfe circa 1942 -- 1946 - birth name: john wallace metcalfe - death date: 7 february 1982 may 16 , 1901 - birth date: yes 16 may 1901 - name: john wallace metcalfe - image: portrait of john wallace metcalfe a1528184r.jpg - birth place: blackburn , great britain - occupation: librarian Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john metcalfe -lrb- librarian -rrb- .
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john metcalfe -lrb- 1901 -- 1982 -rrb- was an australian librarian , educator and author .he was the principal librarian at the public library of new south wales -lrb- now state library of new south wales -rrb- from 1942 until 1958 and university librarian at the university of new south wales from 1959 -- 1966 .he was involved in the establishment and development of the australian institute of librarians -lrb- ail -rrb- , the free library movement and education for librarianship in australia .