The University of Sheffield
Information School

Libraries and Information Society Research Group: Staff Listing

Academic Staff

Name Research Interests
Professor Sheila Corrall (Head of Research Area) Library, information and knowledge management strategies; information service structures; professional roles and competencies; strategic aspects of information literacy development.
Ms Briony Birdi Reading research and reader development; the reading and promotion of minority genre fiction; public libraries; social inclusion; children’s libraries and reading; the role of libraries in education; evaluation methodologies.
Dr Andrew Cox Communities and networks; professionalisation and professionalism; discourse and identity; the choice, implementation and appropriation of information/knowledge systems.
Ms Barbara Sen Strategic management within organizations, market orientation of information services, competition in public sector organizations, mixed models research methods, health information, impact of information in a social context.
Ms Sheila Webber Information literacy - theory, practice and pedagogy; marketing of information; internet marketing; business information.