Teaching
Lecturer
University College, London. 2017-present.
- INST0056: Doctoral Seminar: Research methods in information studies, 2022-present
- INST0054: Information literacy, 2017-present.
- INST0016: Supporting information users, 2017-present.
- INST0026: The library and information professional, 2017-2022.
Adjunct Instructor
University of Denver, Morgridge School of Education, 2016.
- LIS 4330: Library instruction
- IE 300: Global Studies
Information Literacy Instructor
University of Colorado, Boulder, 2008-2017.
- I developed courses and taught for between 800 and 1200 contact hours/semester.
- I developed classes and taught Bank researchers online and in person in five sectors/groups.
- I taught a number of group and individual instruction sessions.
Research Supervision
Doctoral Supervision- Primary Supervisor
- Darren Flynn: A critical exploration of social class in academic library workplace
- Madareni Sulaiman: Scientific data documentation: Collaborations between researchers and domain-specific data librarians in supporting scientific communication for open science
- Rina Wahyuni: Information Seeking Behavior of Users with Visual Impairment in Accessing Information in Digital Library in Indonesia: Needs, Strategies and Challenges
- Kirsty Wallis: Citizen Science
- Adnan Adil: Analysis of the usability of UX paradigm in the evaluation, implementation and continuous improvement of the library management system within UK University libraries (In progress)
- Richard Delahunty: Venue choice for academic authors in Science and the Humanities: a study of academic freedom in literature and physics (In progress)
- Bart de Nil: Public libraries: social infrastructure for creative health. The impact of the practice of health and wellbeing activities in public libraries on staff and management.
- Helena Hollis: Does fiction reading improve information evaluation skill? A mixed methods approach. (2021)
Master's Dissertation- Primary Supervision
Between 5-10 students each year. Work by students who have gone on to publish from their MA dissertation includes:
- Cooper, M. (2023). Emerging artists in transition: What role does information play in negotiating success and failure? Journal of Information Literacy, 17(2)
- Burrows, E. (2023). Sharing in the echo chamber: Examining Instagram users’ engagement with infographics through the frame of digital literacy. Journal of Information Literacy, 17(1).
- Hewitt, A. (2023). What role can affect and emotion play in academic and research information literacy practices? Journal of Information Literacy, 17(1).
- Marsh, F. (2022). Unsettling information literacy: Exploring critical approaches with academic researchers for decolonising the university. Journal of Information Literacy, 16(1), 4-29.
- Hamer, S. (2021). Colour Blind: Investigating the racial bias of virtual reference services in English academic libraries. Journal of Academic Librarianship 47(5).
- Cloudesley, S. P. (2021). 'Informed', 'active' and 'engaged'? Understanding and enacting information literacy from a UK citizenship perspective. Journal of Information Literacy, 15(3).
- Attwell, V. (2020). "In all areas, I cater to the majority": An investigation of LGBT+ provision in school libraries from the librarian's perspective. School Libraries Worldwide, 26(1).
- Haggar, E. (2020). Fighting fake news: exploring George Orwell's relationship to information literacy. Journal of Documentation, 76(5), 961-979.
- Binsfeld, A. (2019). New barristers’ information literacy challenges as they transition from education to the workplace. Legal Information Management, 19(1), 36-45.