Dr Claire McGuinness BA MLIS PhD
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Biography:
Research Interests
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Project Title: Creating e-Practicums to Enhance Undergraduate Learning Funding body: NDLR Project Dates: May 2010-January 2011 Collaborators: Diane Sonnenwald, Crystal Fulton, Claire McGuinness, Jessica Bates.
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Books
McGuinness, C.; (2011) Becoming Confident Teachers: A Guide for Academic Librarians. Oxford: Chandos Publishing Limited.  [Details] |
Book Chapters
| McGuinness, C.; (2007) 'The Use of Reflective Research Journals in a 1st Year Information Literacy Module' In: Case Studies of Good Practices in Assessment of Student Learning in Higher Education. Dublin: AISHE. [Details] |
| McGuinness, C.; (2003) 'Attitudes of academics to the library's role in information literacy education' In: Martin, A. & Rader, H (eds). Information and IT Literacy: Enabling Learning in the 21st Century. London: Facet Publishing. [Details] |
| McGuinness, C.; (2003) 'Information literacy in Ireland: A hidden agenda' In: Basili, C (eds). Information literacy in Europe: A first insight into the state of the art of information literacy in the European Union. Rome: Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche. [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
| Flynn, M.G. and McGuinness, C.; (2011) 'Hospital clinicians' information behaviour and attitudes towards the clinical informationist: An Irish survey'. Health Information and Libraries Journal, 28 (1):23-32. [DOI] [Details] |
| McGuinness, C.; (2007) 'Exploring strategies for integrated information literacy ' From 'academic champions' to institution-wide change'. Communications in Information Literacy, 1 (1):26-38. [Details] |
| McGuinness, C. ; (2009) 'Information skills training practices in Irish higher education'. Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives, 61 (3):262-281. [Details] |
| McGuinness, C. & Brien, M.; (2007) 'Using reflective journals to assess the research process'. Reference Services Review, 35 (1):21-40. [Details] |
| McGuinness, C.; (2006) 'What faculty think: Exploring the barriers to information literacy development in undergraduate education'. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 32 (6):573-582. [Details] |
| Burke, M. A., & McGuinness, C. M.; (1997) 'An investigation of the paradigm shift from ownership to access in academic libraries'. Electronic Library Research, 1 (1):1-24. [Details] | |||||||||
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Conference Publications
| McGuinness, C.; (1996) An investigation of the paradigm shift from ownership to access in the electronic library . In: K. Arnold and M. Collier eds. ELVIRA 3: Third Conference on Electronic Libraries & Visual Information Research Milton Keynes, UK, , 30-APR-96 - 02-MAY-96 [Details] |
Consultancy
| Webber, S. & McGuinness, C; (2007) "Uk and ireland" in Lau, J., Information Literacy: An International State-of-the-Art Report. Consultancy [Details] |
Honours and Awards
| Year: 2010. Title: Information Literacy Irish Award 2010 (Highly Commended) |
| Year: 2006. Title: 2nd Annual Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards - Highly Commended |
| Year: 1999. Title: IRCHSS Government of Ireland Scholarship 1999-2002 |
Conference Contributions
| McGuinness, C.; (2011) Writing an Academic Book: From Pitch to Final Manuscript. [Invited Lecture], ANLTC Seminar: The librarian as academic writer: a seminar on getting published, Maynooth, Ireland , 24-FEB-11 - 24-FEB-11. |
| McGuinness, C. ; (2010) Teaching Librarians or librarians who teach? - Exploring aspects of teacher identity among academic librarians. [International Refereed Conference], Librarians' Information Literacy Annual Conference (LILAC), Limerick , 29-MAR-10 - 31-MAR-10. |
| McGuinness, C.; (2009) Teaching Librarians: Ten Concepts for the Future. [Keynote Address], British Business Schools' Librarians' Group Annual Conference 2009, Irish Management Institute, Sandyford, Dublin , 01-JUL-09 - 03-JUL-09. |
| McGuinness, C.; (2009) Journals for Teaching, Journals for Learning: Using student accounts of the research process to improve an Information Literacy module. [National Refereed Conference Paper], Librarians' Information Literacy Annual Conference (LILAC), Cardiff University, Wales , 30-MAR-09 - 01-APR-09. |
| McGuinness, C.; (2008) Information literacy instruction workshop. [Other], Academic & Special Libraries Section (LAI) Annual Seminar 2008, Clarion Hotel, Dublin 2 , 08-MAY-08 - 08-MAY-08. |
| Claire McGuinness; (2006) Collaborating for Information Literacy Development (ILD): Exploring the Dynamic Effect of Academic-Librarian Relationships on Information Literacy Development Programmes in Undergraduate Education. [National Refereed Conference Paper], LILAC (Librarians' Information Literacy Annual Conference), University of Leeds, UK , 27-MAR-06 - 29-MAR-06. | |||||||||
| Claire McGuinness; (2006) Working with Academics for Information Literacy Development: Deconstructing the Faculty Problem. [Non Refereed Paper/Abstract Presented at Conference], CONUL Information Literacy Seminar, Dublin City University , 02-FEB-06 - 02-FEB-06. | |||||||||
| Claire McGuinness; (2002) Environmental Factors in Academia that Influence the Attitudes and Strategies of Teaching Staff in the Implementation of Information Literacy Education: A Context-Based Study. [National Refereed Conference Paper], 1st International Conference on IT and Information Literacy (Ilit 2002), Glasgow, Scotland , 20-MAR-02 - 22-MAR-02. | |||||||||
| Claire McGuinness; (1996) An investigation of the paradigm shift from ownership to access in the electronic library. [National Refereed Conference Paper], ELVIRA 3: Third Conference on Electronic Libraries & Visual Information Research, Milton Keynes, UK , 30-APR-96 - 02-MAY-96. | |||||||||
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Committees
| Committee : Working Group on Information Literacy (WGIL) - Library Association of Ireland |
| Committee : Teaching & Learning Committee - 2008-9 |
Employment
| Employer: University College Dublin Position: Post-doctoral research fellow (half-time) |
| Employer: University College Dublin Position: College lecturer (half-time) |
| Employer: Unversity College Dublin Position: College Lecturer (half-time) |
Education
| Year 1993 Institution: Dublin City University Qualification: BA Subject: International Marketing and Languages (German & French) |
| Year 1995 Institution: University College Dublin Qualification: MLIS Subject: Library and Information Studies |
| Year 2005 Institution: University College Dublin Qualification: PhD Subject: Library and Information Studies |
Teaching Interests
| IS10020: Information Skills & Strategies (Stage One) IS40480: The Teaching Librarian (Postgrad) |
Recent Postgraduates
Modules Taught
| 201000 IS40480 Information Studies: The Teaching Librarian |
| 200800 IS10020 Information Studies: Information Literacy: Developing Information Skills for Effective Academic Writing |