Chair: Katherine Everest
Professional Stream Leader: Library Services and Operations
Libraries and Learning Innovation
JG135, Leeds Metropolitan University
Leeds
LS6 3QS
Tel: JG135: 0113 812 3612 LS113: 0113 812 3488 Mobile: 07826 876548
Email: k.everest@leedsmet.ac.uk
Katherine Everest has worked in academic libraries since 1991. She has previously held roles as academic librarian and in planning and marketing where she was responsible for quality assurance and marketing library services. She is currently responsible for Library Services & Operations at Leeds Metropolitan University, including in customer services, enquiries, quality assurance, marketing, lending services, library services to specialist groups and the library environment.
Vice Chair: Jennifer Rowland
Subject Librarian for Optometry and Computing, Informatics & Media
J. B. Priestley Library
University of Bradford
Bradford, West Yorkshire
BD7 1DP
Tel: 01274 233371
Email: J.Rowland2@Bradford.ac.uk
Jennifer Rowland has been in librarianship since 2000. She has worked at Imperial College London in the Materials department library, in e-resources, and as Principal Library Assistant for Medicine. Since 2006 she has been at the University of Bradford as subject librarian for Optometry and the School of Computing, Informatics and Media, which is a very interesting grouping to cover! She is in a couple of project working groups at the moment, notably ones running plagiarism awareness training for students and e-books planning.
Secretary: Christopher Leach
Academic Subject Librarian and Systems Development Librarian
Library & Learning Resources
University of Lincoln
Derek Crothall Building
George Street
HULL
HU1 3BW
Tel: 01522 886305
Email: cleach@lincoln.ac.uk
Christopher Leach has been working in academic libraries since 1979, firstly in Further Education and then, from 1985, in Higher Education. He has been responsible for two technical services Departments, and has now moved into the area of direct subject support as Academic Subject Librarian at the University of Lincoln where he has an interest in information skills training. In his dual role as Systems Development Librarian he also has a particular interest in library management systems and electronic resources.
Treasurer: Katherine Turner
Helen Westmancoat
Deputy University Librarian and University e-Learning Fellow
York St John University
Fountains Learning Centre
Lord Mayor's Walk
York, YO31 7EX
Tel: 01904 876316
Email: h.westmancoat@yorksj.ac.uk
Helen Westmancoat graduated from the College of Librarianship Wales, Aberystwyth too many years ago to remember, and has worked for the British Library, the Public Health Laboratory Service, and is now Deputy University Librarian at York St John University. Over the years she has done most library-related tasks, specifically cataloguing, enquiry work, library web-site, and is systems administrator for the University LMS. She has been involved in projects to develop both the current library web-site and a virtual tour of the Learning Centre, gaining a University e-Learning Teacher Fellowship for the latter . She led the university's recent successful bid for JISC funding to develop an institutional digital repository.
Library interests are promoting information literacy in the institution, staff development, and any use of technologies to help with student support. She is a mentor under the Yorkshire Accord mentoring scheme.
Helen is also an active member of the SirsiDynix user group, is currently on the CILIP Assessment Panel (NE) and has recently joined the UCR committee, where she has volunteered (maybe foolishly) to try to resurrect "Relay".
Personal interests include walking, going to the theatre, eating out, and craft work. Helen also, unusually perhaps, officiates at weddings in her local church as an Authorised Person, or registrar.
Web Officer: Alexander Buchanan
Information Adviser: Engineering & Mathematics,
ACES Faculty Support Team,
Adsetts Learning Centre,
Sheffield Hallam University,
Howard Street,
Sheffield,
S1 1WB
Email: A.Buchanan@shu.ac.uk
tel: 0114 225 4704
Alexander ['Sandy'] Buchanan qualified in 2005 and briefly worked as an assistant librarian at the University of Glamorgan. Since 2007, he has worked as an information adviser at Sheffield Hallam University, initially looking after tourism and hospitality, but moving to look after engineering and mathematics in 2008.
Deborah Duffy
Electronic Resource Development Librarian
Grove Library
Bradford College
Great Horton Road
Bradford
BD7 1AY
Tel. 01274 433149
Email: d.duffy@bradfordcollege.ac.uk
Clare McCluskey
Academic Support Librarian
Fountains Learning Centre
York St John University
Lords Mayor’s Walk
York
YO31 7EX
Tel: 01904 876699
Email: c.mccluskey@yorksj.ac.uk
Clare McCluskey is the Academic Support Librarian for the Faculty of Education and Theology, responsible for information skills, collection development and academic liaison for these subjects, as well as the David Hope RE Centre. She has worked at York St John since qualifying in 2003, holding a variety of posts including Database Librarian and Assistant Health Information Specialist.
Prior to this, Clare spent two years at Leeds Metropolitan University, firstly as Graduate Trainee and then in Bibliographic Services whilst studying for her MSc.
Her principal, professional area of interest is in the user experience and how library services, both physical and online, can be organised to enhance this.
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