Hugh Preston

Lecturer
BA (Hons), DipLib., DMS, FHEA, UkAISM Photograph of Hugh Preston.

Contact

Email: hjp@aber.ac.uk
Office: 247
Phone: +44 (0)1970 622194
Fax: +44 (0)1970 622190

Responsibilities

Departmental admissions tutor

Teaching Areas

Undergraduate Teaching

Management information systems, project management, business planning

Postgraduate Teaching

Management information systems, project management, information systems management

Research


Biography

A History degree from the University of Manchester may not seem the ideal start to a professional interest in information systems but two years experience in a scientific research information service followed by a Post-graduate Diploma in library and information studies made me eager to find out more. I carried out work for the Consumers’ Association and then worked for an educational research agency in London for three years. After that I worked for a national educational policy organisation in York for four years during which I studied part-time for a Post-graduate Diploma in Management. Movement through the management ranks led me to develop a keen interest in information systems as management tools. The opportunity for a career change through a jump to an academic post led me to Aberystwyth.

Additional Interests

Professional Activities

Member of United Kingdom Academy for Information Systems

Member of Institute of Learning and Teaching,

Member of Editorial Board of Information Research

Staff Publications

Tbaishat, D., Urquhart, C., and Preston, H. "Business process management in academic information services " (2009). UK Academy for Information Systems Conference Proceedings 2009 http://aisel.aisnet.org/ukais2009/47

Rogers, R. and Preston, H. “Usability analysis for redesign of a Caribbean academic library web site: a case study”, OCLC Systems & Services: International digital library perspectives, 25(3), 2009, 200-211

Broady-Preston, J., & Preston, H. (2007). Blurring the boundaries?  Information studies education and professional development in England and Wales. In: H. K. Achleitner and A. Dimchev (eds.) Globalization, Digitization, Access and Preservation of Cultural Heritage: papers from the 6th International Conference, held in Sofia, Bulgaria, 8-10 November 2006 (pp. 289-300). Sofia: St Kliment Ohridski, University of Sofia.

Preston, H. “Distance learning masters students in the Department of Information Studies, University of Wales, Aberystwyth: past, present and future”, Education for Information, 23(1,2) (2005): 103-120

Preston, H. (2005) Healthcare information management and technology strategy: the story so far. In Maceviciute, E & Wilson, T.D. (Eds.) Introducing Information Management: and information research reader (pp. 178-191). London: Facet Publishing.

Preston, H J and Jackson, F A. "Redesigning health administration for the medical profession." Health Informatics Journal 9(1) (2003): 33-37

Preston, H & Allmand, M. "Discovering the information professional: organisational culture in a digital world." Information Review (25)6 (2001): 388-395

Preston, H J & Bendel, N. "Finding out: use of information in primary health needs assessment." The Online Review of Information Behaviour Research 1 (2001): 167-168

Preston, H J & Hutchinson, J. "Science or art: performance turnaround in emergency service system status planning." Information systems in the digital world. Roberts M, Moulton M, Hand S, Adams C. Zeus Press, Manchester, 2001. 300-309.

Broady-Preston J, Hayward, T and Preston, H. "Strategy and information flow in UK retail banks." Value and Impact. P Wressell (ed.). Newcastle Upon Tyne, Information North, 2000. pp205-210.

Jones, J and Preston, H. "Big Issues, Small Systems: database design in a specialised medical environment." Topics in Health Information Management 21(1) (2000): pp45-54

Preston, H and Jackson, F A. "Framework of intent for re-engineering the medical profession." Information systems: research, teaching and practice. (eds P Beynon-Davies, M Lloyd-Williams and I Beeson) Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill, 2000. pp84-91.

Preston, H and Smith, L. "Information demand in IM&T strategy: local timescales and national requirements." Information Research 5(3) (2000):

Preston, J, Hayward, T and Preston, H. "Scorecard models and their use in measuring performance: UK retail banks, a cast study." Proceedings of the 3rd Northumbria International Conference on Performance Measurement in Libraries and Information Studies, "Value and Impact", Longhirst Hall, Northumberland, 27-31 August 1999.(ed Pat Wressell) Information North, 2000.