I began my career at University College Birmingham in 2001 as Academic Librarian for sport, leisure and tourism. My Masters dissertation was based on student information-seeking behaviour; this led to me contributing a chapter, ‘Online information-seeking and higher education students’ for the publication, ‘Youth Information Seeking Behavior II’ by Chelton and Cool.
A sample of UCB students was selected for this research, which aimed to investigate their usage of online resources. I have also presented a paper entitled ‘Intelligent Searching: creating and sustaining independent learners’ at Wolverhampton University’s ‘Developing skills for study in Higher Education’ conference. I was also a tourism subject consultant for Intute, providing content to populate the website.
A large part of my role involves supporting staff and students with their research by guiding them to appropriate print and online resources. The Academic librarians deliver timetabled sessions, research skills workshops, as well as one-to-one tutorials.
