M25/RIN Information Literacy Network

Aim:

To facilitate communication between, and practical outputs for professionals based in London and the South East and involved in researcher development relating to information handling and data use.

Objectives:

To connect professionals involved in researcher development relating to information handling and data use on a virtual basis.
To provide a forum for such professionals to meet in person and discuss relevant issues, reports and research.
To present examples of good practice in researcher development.
To facilitate collaboration on training for both professionals and researchers.

Deliverable:

To map both the current provision of information literacy support to researchers within the M25 consortium, and the distribution of appropriate skills within the library workforce.

Membership:

Name	Institution	Role in Group	Email address
Jane Falconer	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine	Chair	Jane.Falconer@lshtm.ac.uk
Lucy Allen	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine	Member	Lucy.Allen@lshtm.ac.uk
Maria Bell	London School of Economics	Member	m.bell@lse.ac.uk
Stéphane Goldstein	Research Information Network	Member	stephane.goldstein@researchinfonet.org
Ruth Harrison	Imperial College, London	Member	r.e.harrison@imperial.ac.uk
Jo Myhill	University of Bedfordshire	Member	jo.myhill@beds.ac.uk
Cathy Walsh	University of East London	M25 Steering Group champion	c.walsh@uel.ac.uk

Cathy Walsh

University of East London

M25 Steering Group Champion

August 2012