Sheila Corrall

Sheila Corrall is Professor of Librarianship & Information Management at the University of Sheffield. Before taking up this post, she spent 13 years leading and managing university library and information services, most recently as Director of Academic Services at the University of Southampton. Sheila has published three books and more than 50 articles on professional and management topics and has served on many committees of national bodies. In 2002 she became the first President of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) and in 2003 received the International Information Industry Lifetime Achievement Award for her contribution to the information profession. Sheila has a longstanding interest in information literacy. She set up the Task Force that produced the SCONUL position paper on Information Skills in Higher Education, co-edited the proceedings of its ‘Seven Pillars’ conference and then chaired the Executive Group which produced the recent CILIP definition of information literacy.

Sheila’s keynote presentation focused on Strategic Issues in Information Literacy Development, offering a multi-faceted perspective on factors determining the progress and success of information literacy initiatives at national and institutional levels.

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