on ▁started ▁out ▁as ▁a ▁catalog er , ▁learning ▁French , ▁Dutch , ▁German , ▁Spanish , ▁and ▁Italian ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁catalog ▁the ▁massive ▁number ▁of ▁Australian ▁and ▁Pacific ▁materials ▁in ▁the ▁collections . ▁She ▁then ▁became ▁an ▁ac quis itions ▁and ▁collection ▁management ▁li br arian ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁build ▁and ▁maintain ▁these ▁collections . ▁ ▁Mitchell ▁L ibr arian ▁I da ▁Le es on ▁worked ▁with ▁the ▁Mitchell ▁Library ▁collection ▁in ▁its ▁first ▁ten ▁years . ▁She ▁was ▁appointed ▁to ▁the ▁senior ▁role ▁of ▁Mitchell ▁li br arian ▁in ▁December ▁ 1 9 3 2 ▁and ▁admin ister ed ▁it ▁until ▁ 1 9 4 4 . ▁I da ' s ▁appointment ▁to ▁this ▁role ▁was ▁noted ▁by ▁the ▁National ▁Council ▁of ▁Women ▁in ▁a ▁letter ▁to ▁the ▁editor ▁of ▁the ▁Sydney ▁Mor ning ▁Her ald ▁as ▁being ▁accompanied ▁by ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁a ▁new ▁Deput y ▁Princi pal ▁L ibr arian ▁role ▁awarded ▁to ▁Met cal fe , ▁a ▁man . ▁Pre viously ▁the ▁post ▁of ▁Mitchell ▁L ibr arian ▁had ▁succeeded ▁the ▁Princi pal ▁L ibr arian ▁and ▁acted ▁as ▁the ▁deput y . ▁Senior ▁roles ▁for ▁women ▁in ▁Australian ▁libraries ▁continued ▁to ▁be ▁deb ated ▁and ▁I da ▁attended ▁a ▁conference ▁of ▁the ▁Australian ▁Institute ▁of ▁L ibr ari ans ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 9 ▁where ▁this ▁was ▁discussed . ▁ ▁With ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁micro fil ming ▁technology , ▁Le es on ▁was ▁to ▁over see ▁the ▁copying ▁of ▁thousands ▁of ▁records ▁rel ating ▁to