Ray Lonsdale

Reader
BA, MA, ALA Photograph of Ray Lonsdale.

Contact

Email: rel@aber.ac.uk
Office: 216
Phone: +44 (0)1970 622173
Fax: +44 (0)1970 622190

Responsibilities

Director of Research (Higher Degree Students)

Teaching Areas

Undergraduate Teaching

Collection management, Focus on the child, Research methodology

Postgraduate Teaching

Collection management, Focus on the child, Research methodology

Research

Children’s and Schools Librarianship, Collection management, Electronic sources of Information

Biography

After graduating from the College of Commerce, Liverpool and the University College of North Wales, Bangor, I was appointed Divisional School's and Children’s Librarian, Huyton Divisional Library, Lancashire County Libraries. I later became Assistant Principal Librarian, Education and Youth Services Department, Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside.

In 1975, I joined the College of Librarianship Wales as a Senior Lecturer where I worked until its amalgamation with the University of Wales Aberystwyth in 1989. During that period, I was seconded to the Council for Educational Technology as Research Consultant for a period of one year. I was also seconded for three years to the Overseas Development Administration/British Council as a Consultant to establish the Department of Library and Information Studies at the University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.

Pianist, music, (classical, jazz, world), swimming, cinema and theatre.

Additional Interests

Professional Activities

  • Editor of The School Librarian
  • Editorial Board SIMILE: Studies in Media and Information Literacy Education. University of Toronto Press
  • National Committee of the School Library Association
  • Formerly Chair, National Committee of the Youth Library Group of The Library Association
  • Consultant for the British Council

Consultancy

I have conducted many national and international workshops in the fields of collection management, managing the electronic collection, schools librarianship, children’s librarianship and children’s literature.

Staff Publications

Armstrong, C and Lonsdale, R. "A general overview of the e-resources industry."  In:  Everard, J and Stone, G. (eds) E-resources Management Handbook. London: UK Serials Group and MetaPress, 2006, pp 1-16.

Armstrong, C., & Lonsdale, R.  (2006). "A general overview of the e-resources industry." In J. Everard. & G. Stone (Eds.) E-resources management handbook  (pp1-16). London: UK Serials Group and MetaPress, pp. 1-16. Retrieved 26 February 2007, from  http://uksg.metapress.com/

Armstrong, C., Lonsdale, R., & Nicholas, D. (2006). "Superbook: planning for the e-book revolution."  Library + Information Update, 5(11), 28-30.

Lonsdale, R. E., & Armstrong, C. J. (2006). "The role of the university library in supporting information literacy in secondary education in the UK." In  Proceedings of Libraries in the Digital Age, 29 May-4 June 4 2006, Dubrovnik and Mljet, Croatia. Osijek: Faculty of Philosophy University J.J. Strossmayer, 109 - 118.

Lonsdale, R. E., & Armstrong, C. J. (2006).  "A study of information literacy initiatives between secondary schools and universities in the UK." In Ana Bela Martins, et al (Eds).  The Multiple Faces of Literacy: Reading, Knowing, Doing - IASL Reports, 2006: Selected Papers from the 35th annual conference of the International Association of School Librarianship, and the Tenth International Forum on Research in School Librarianship, Lisbon, Portugal, 3-7 July 2006. Erie, PA: International Association of School Librarianship. [CD-ROM]

Lonsdale, R., & Armstrong, C.  (2006). "The role of the university library in supporting information literacy in UK secondary schools." Aslib Proceedings58 (6), 563-569.

Lonsdale, R., & Armstrong, C.  (2005). "Challenges in managing e-books collections in UK academic libraries." Library Cataloguing, Acquisitions and Technical Services, 29(1), 33-50.

Lonsdale, R and Armstrong, C.  "Challenges in Managing e-Books Collections in UK Academic Libraries." In:   Library Cataloguing, Acquisitions and Technical Services 29 (1) 2005, pp 33-50.

Lonsdale, R and Williams, A.  "Knowledge is power: creating the information literate school: reflections on this year’s weekend course." In: The School Librarian  53 (3) 2005, pp 114-116.

Urquhart, C., Thomas, R., Spink, S., Fenton, R., Yeoman, A., Lonsdale, R., Armstrong, C., Banwell, L., Ray, K., Coulson, G., & Rowley, J. "Student use of electronic information services in further education." In:International Journal of Information Management 25  (4), 2005, pp 347-362.

Bonthron, K, Urquhart, C, Thomas, R, Armstrong, C, Ellis, D, Everitt, J, Fenton, R, Lonsdale, R, McDermott, E, Morris, H, Phillips, R, Spink, S, Yeoman, A 'Trends in the use of electronic journals in higher education in the UK - views of academic staff and students' D-lib Magazine  2003; 9(6): http://mirrored.ukoln.ac.uk/lis-journals/dlib/dlib/dilib/june03/urquhart/06urquhart.html

Armstrong, C J and Lonsdale, R E. The e-Book Mapping Exercise: Report on Phase 1.  London: Joint Information Systems Committee, 33pp, 2003.

Lonsdale, R E. "Twenty-Five years on: reflections of retiring SLA President Frank Hogg." The School Librarian  51(3) (2003): 116-118

Lonsdale, Ray. "Whose library is it anyway?." The School Librarian  51(3) (2003): 116--118

Urquhart, C, Light, A, Thomas, R, Barker, A, Yeoman, A, Cooper, J, Armstrong, C, Fenton, R, Lonsdale, R and Spink, S. "Critical incident technique and explicitation interviewing in studies of information behaviour."Library and Information Science Research 25(1) (2003): 63-88

Urquhart, C, Thomas, R, Fenton, R, Lonsdale, R, Spink, S, Yeoman, A. "Uptake and use of electronic information services: trends in UK higher education from the JUSTEIS project."  Program 37(3) (2003): 168-180

Lonsdale, R E and Armstrong, C J. "Establishing a national strategy for the provision and use of e-books in UK academic libraries."  WWW and Information Retrieval and WWW and Libraries. Procedings of Libraries in the Digital Age, 26-30 May 2003, Dubrovnik, Croatia.Osijek Faculty of Education, University JJ Strossmayer in Osijec Croatia and Rutgers University New Brunswick NY USA, 2003.

Thomas, R, Urquhart, C, Rowley, J, Spink, S, Fenton, R, Yeoman, A, Armstrong, C and Lonsdale, R. "Adding value through library Web sites."Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA) 26-30, 2003.Available from http://www.pedos.hr/lida, 2003.

Armstrong, Chris, Edwards, Louise & Lonsdale, Ray. "Virtually There: E-Books in UK academic libraries." Program  36(4) (2002): pp216-227

Lonsdale, R E & Armstrong, C J. "Facilitating access: tracing and locating electronic books for the academic sector." ElPub 2002 Proceedings, (J A Carvalho, A Huber and A A Baptista (Eds)).Berlin: Verlag fur Wissenschaft und Forschung, 2002. pp103-114.

Lonsdale, R, Armstrong, C & Eyre, G.  Report to the Joint Information Services Committee on the Scoping Study into the Transferability of Knowledge and Use of Electronic Information Systems between the Secondary Education and the Further and Higher Education Sectors in the UK. University of Wales and Centre for Information Quality Management,, 2002, 38pp.

Lonsdale, R, Urquhart, C et al.  JUSTEIS: JISC Usage Surveys: Trends in Electronic Information Services. Cycle Three Report 2001/2002. Strand C: Electronic Information services provision by Library and Information Service Websites (Combined HE and FE). Aberystwyth: University of Wales Aberystwyth, Department of Information and Library Studies with Centre for Information Quality Management, 2002. 13pp.

Lonsdale, R, Urquhart, C et al.  JUSTEIS: JISC Usage Surveys: Trends in Electronic Information Services. Cumulative Report to 2002 Cycles One-Three (1999/2000, 2000/2001, 2001/2002) Strand A: Monitoring Trends in User Behaviour: Strand C: Purchasing Intentions. Aberystwyth: University of Wales Aberystwyth, Department of Information and Library Studies with Centre for Inforamtion Quality Management, 2002. 15pp.

Lonsdale, R, Urquhart, C et al.  JUSTEIS: JISC Usage Surveys: Trends in Electronic Information Services. Cumulative Report to 2002 Cycles One-Three Strand C: Electronic Information Services Provision by Library and Information Service Websites. Aberystwyth: University of Wales Aberystwyth, Department of Information and Library Studies with Centre for Information Quality Management, 2002. 13pp.

Urquhart, C, Lonsdale, R et al.  JUSTEIS in FE (JISC Usage Surveys: Trends in Electronic Information Servcies in Further Education). Cycle Three Report 2001/2002. Strand A: User behaviour. Aberystwyth: Department of Information and Library Studies, UWA 2002, 44pp plus Appendices. Research commissioned by the Joint Information Systems Committee.

Urquhart, C, Lonsdale, R et al.  JUSTEIS (JISC Usage Surveys: Trends in Electronic Information Services) Strand A: A general survey of end users of all electronic information services (HE) Final report 2001/2002 Cycle (Cycle Three). Aberystwyth: Department of information and Library Studies, UW, 2002, 65pp plus Appendicies. Research commisioned by the Joint Information Systems Committee.

Armstrong, Chris, Lonsdale, Ray, Urquhart, Christine & Wheatley, Alan. "The Management of the Infrastructure behind the Information: Network Management in Academia."  UKOLUG Newsletter 13(2) (2002): pp30-32

Armstrong, C, Barker, A, Everitt, J, Fenton, R R, Lonsdale, R E, McDermott, E A, Phillips, R, Spink, S, Stoker, D A, Thomas, R E & Urquhart, C J.  JUSTEIS:JISC Usage Survey: Trends in Electronic Information Services. Strand A: A general survey of end users if all electrionic information services; Strand C: A general survey of electronic information services provision. Final Report - 2000-2001 Cycle (Cycle Two).Aberystwyth: University of Wales Aberystwyth Department of Information and Library Studies [and] Centre for Information Quality Management, 2001. 143 pages.

HEINUS Higher Education Institutions Network Usage Survey. Final report to the Joint Information Systems Committee. August 2001. 122 pages

Lonsdale, Ray & Armstrong, Chris. "Bibliographical access for electronic monographs." ASSIGnation: ALIB Social Sciences Information Group  19(1) (2001): 23-26

Lonsdale, Ray & Armstrong, Chris,. "Electronic books: challenges for academic libraries." Library Hi Tech  19(4) (2001): 332-339

Lonsdale, Ray & Urquhart, Christine. "Electronic information resources for higher education: Something amassed or amiss?." UKOLUG Newsletter12(3) (2001): 35-37

Rowley, J, Banwell, L, Childs, S, Gannon-Learey, P, Lonsdale, R, Urquhart, C & Armstrong, C. "Encouraging and facilitating the use of Electronic Information Systems (EIS)."  Educational Developments: The Magazine of the Staff Educational Development Association (SEDA) 2(1) (2001):

Rowley J, Banwell L, Childs S, Gannon-Learey P, Lonsdale R, Urquhart C & Armstrong C. "The changing universities: the role of technology: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference of European University Information Systems."  Jan Knop and Peter Schirmbacher (eds) EUNIS 2002 Berlin, Humboldt-University 28-30 (2001): 270-272

Armstrong, C, Barker, A, Everitt, J, Fenton, R, Lonsdale, R, Stoker, D, Thomas R & Urquhart, C.  The JISC Usage Surveys: trends in Electronic Information Services (JUSTEIS) project - supply and demand in higher education. Library & information Briefings 106/107. London: Library Information Technology Centre, South Bank University, July 2001, 18 pages.

Armstrong, C, Fenton, R, Lonsdale, R, Stoker, D, Thomas, R & Urquhart, C. "'A study of the use of electronic information systems by higher education students in the UK'."  Program 35(3) (2001): 239-260

Allen, D and Ellis, D,. "The paradigm debate in information systems research."  Information Systems Review 1 (2000): pp233-248

Armstrong, C J, Lonsdale, R E, Stoker, D A and Urquhart, C J.JUSTEIS - JISC usage surveys: Trends in electronic information services - Strand A: A general survey of end users of all electronic information services - Strand C: A general survey of electronic information services provision..Aberystwyth: Department of Information and Library Studies, university of Wales Aberystwyth and Centre for Information Quality Management, 2000. 100pp.

Lonsdale, R E and Armstrong, C J. "Electronic Scholarly Monographs: Issues and challenges for the UK."  Learned Publishing 13(1) (2000): pp1-10

Armstrong, C J and Lonsdale, R E. "New Perspectives in Electronic Publishing: an investigation into the publishing of electronic scholary monographs."  Program 34(1) (2000): pp29-41