Poulter, Alan Mr

Education:

  • BA (Hons) in History and English (Keele University)
  • MA Librarianship (Sheffield University)
  • MSc Computer Science (City University)

Qualifications:
BA, MA, MSc

Classes:
CS.954 - Information Retrieval Access
CS.959 - Library Technology and Systems
CS.961 - Organisation of Knowledge
CS.962 - Libraries, Information and Society

Memberships:
Chartered Institute of Library & Information Professionals

Research Interests:
My research interests are in general applications of information architecture (across libraries, museums and archives).

Areas I am working on papers are:
  • RDA
  • Crowd cataloguing
  • PRECIS
  • CRM
  • information philosophy

I am a member of the ilab Departmental research group

Previous research projects:
  • Education in Library Management systems (ELMS)
  • FRILLS (Forensic Readiness for Local Libraries in Scotland)

Research Affiliations:

  • Committee Member (Secretary 2005-10) of the Library and Information Research Group (LIRG) Committee and referee for Library and Information Research
  • Associate Editor of Library Review 2005-2011

External Appointments:

  • Visiting Lecturer on the EU-funded "Access to Information" course at the Royal School of Librarianship, Copenhagen, 1992-95
  •  External Examiner at the Department of Library and Information Studies, The University of West Indies at Mona, 2005-2009
  • External Examiner at the Department of Information Studies, University of Wales Aberystwyth, 2006-2009
  • Member of CILIPS Council, 2006-2009
  • Visiting Scholar at the School of Information Management, Victoria University of Wellington, 2006
  • Member of the CILIP-BL Committee on RDA and CILIP Representative on the Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA, 2009-2011

Previous Career:

  • Cataloguer at the British Library
  • Deputy Systems Manager at the Science Museum Library
  • Lecturer in the Department of Library Studies at Leeds Polytechnic
  • Lecturer in the Department of Information and Library Studies at Loughborough University
  • Senior Lecturer in the School of Information Management at Leeds Metropolitan University.

Main Departmental Responsibilities:

  • Course Director MSc/PgDip Information Management

Last Updated:
04/04/2013
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