Dr Sue Lithgow
BA, Dip Lib, PhD
Development Officer
Department of Information Studies
Contact Details
- Email: ssl@aber.ac.uk
- Office:3.29 Penbryn Building 5
- Phone: +44 (0) 1970 622158
- Research Portal Profile (https://research.aber.ac.uk/en/persons/353a1747-fa88-4d8f-b2ca-6116ea9fab94)
After graduating from Lampeter University in 1986, I joined the library and information profession more by accident than by design, when I took a 'temporary' job as a library assistant with the Isle of Wight Cultural Services Department. I 'temporarily' stayed for three years but in my final year a chance happening led to an additional role as the relief librarian at HM Prison Albany. Much to my surprise this chance happening has since shaped my career. I joined the Department of Information and Library Studies, University of Wales Aberystwyth in 1989 as a postgraduate student. In 1994 I completed a PhD thesis which was based on developing performance indicators for prison libraries in England and Wales. For the next two years, I was the holder of a Department for Education and Employment Postdoctoral Research Fellowship which enabled me to continue my research into prison library provision. Since 1997 I have been working as a Development Officer in the Open Learning Unit at Aberystwyth University.
Away from work my interests involve, swimming, walking and beach cleaning. I’m also a volunteer befriender with the Alzheimer’s Society and a volunteer reader with the Aberystwyth Talking Newspaper.
Responsibilities
Production of Distance Learning material " includes editing and copyright clearance. Student support and progress monitoring. Personal tutor. MA Programme Coordinator. Plus some teaching and dissertation supervision
- AB1 Abroad Year Credits (ILS0060)
- AB1 Access, outreach and advocacy (ILM2020)
- AB2 Archives and Records – Practical Project (ILM2410)
- AB2 Collection Management (ILM8220)
- AB1 Collection Management and Development in Heritage Organisations (IL30120)
- AB2 Collections Care (ILM2120)
- AB2 Digital Collection Development (ILM2220)
- AB2 Digital Information Literacy (ILM3220)
- AB1 Dissertation (IL30340)
- AB2 Effective Communication (IL10520)
- AB1 Foundations of Information Studies (IL10120)
- AB1 Information Organisation and Retrieval (ILM5320)
- AB1 Information Services: Planning for Delivery (ILM5420)
- AB1 Information and Society (ILM5120)
- AB1 Information in a Changing World (IL20220)
- AB2 Local Studies and Community Heritage (IL33920)
- AB1 Medieval and Post -Medieval Palaeography and Diplomatic (ILM1820)
- AB1 Museums in the 21st Century (IL20320)
- AB1 Post Medieval Palaeography and Diplomatic (ILM4120)
- AB2 Rare Books and Special Collections (ILM8120)
- AB1 Recordkeeping Process and Practice (ILM2520)
- AB1 Recordkeeping Theories and Contexts (ILM2610)
- AB2 Research Methodology (IL20720)
- AB2 Resource Discovery and Digital Information Management (IL20620)
- AB2 Studies in Management (ILM5220)
- AB2 The Archival Inheritance (IL11120)
- AB1 The Cultural Heritage Landscape (IL10320)
Lecturer
- Wednesday 10:00-12:00
Performance measurement and evaluation; quality assurance; research methods; library and information services to prisoners and disadvantaged groups; information needs and information seeking behaviour of prisoners.
Cambridge International Conference on open, distance and e-learning 2011. Cambridge: Unknown Publisher, 2011. p. 3-12.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Proceeding (ISBN)