Selina Lock
Research Information Advisor
Contact for: Science, engineering and medicine.
Office Hours: 9:00 - 12:15
Building: David Wilson Library
Email: STL5@le.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)116 229 7398
Fax: +44 (0)116 252 2066
Address: University Library, University of Leicester, PO Box 248, University Road, Leicester, LE1 9QD, England
Services for Researchers
Selina provides help and advice on literature searching, accessing library resources, keeping up to date with your research interests, copyright, citation data, Web 2.0 technologies, improving your searching techniques, and using EndNote or RefWorks. She can advise you on impact factors, open access publishing, depositing items in the Leicester Research Archive (LRA) and where to find information on the best places to publish your research. She can provide training sessions on any of the above to you, or your students.
Professional Interests
Selina is interested in information literacy, research support, teaching and learning, and the use of Web 2.0 technologies. She is a member of the Library blog team. She has also been involved in projects on reading list software, the development of the Rooms web pages, and creating Blackboard information literacy tutorials and vodcasts.
Publications
- Lock, S., Cornell, E. and A. Colling. The acceptance of e-journals in higher education: policy and use at the University of Leicester, with reference to the CORSALL Report. Information Services and Use, 2001, 21(3-4), pp189-195.
- LocK, S. and H. Young. Benefits of conducting a usability study: the University of Leicester experience with Sirsi Rooms. Online Information 2005 Proceedings, pp.93-98
