The University of Sheffield
Information School

Professor Sheila Corrall

Professor of Librarianship & Information Management, Graduate Research Tutor

MA (Cambridge), DipLib (CNAA), MBA (Sussex), MSc (Southampton), PGCertHE (Sheffield), FCLIP, FCMI, FRSA.

Sheila Corrall Room number: 230
Telephone (internal): 22632
Telephone (UK): 0114 222 2632
Telephone (International): +44 114 222 2632
Email: s.m.corrall@sheffield.ac.uk

Sheila Corrall studied Classics at the University of Cambridge and then worked in public libraries for the London Borough of Harrow before obtaining a postgraduate diploma in Librarianship at the Polytechnic of North London. She returned to Harrow after library school and then joined The British Library, where she worked in reader services, research administration and policy support, before moving to the Science Reference & Information Service as Head of Information Services, responsible for revenue-earning services in science, technology, patents and business information.

Sheila then moved into the higher education sector, working successively as Director of Library & Information Services at Aston University, University Librarian at the University of Reading and Director of Academic Services at the University of Southampton. During this time she studied part-time for an MBA at Roffey Park Management Institute and an MSc in Information Systems at the University of Southampton. She joined the University of Sheffield as Professor of Librarianship & Information Management in 2004 and served as Head of School for four years (2006-2010) before taking up the role of Graduate Research Tutor.

Teaching

In line with my professional background, the focus of my teaching is on the management and delivery of library and information services. Our goal is to prepare students to manage people and resources effectively in the workplace, as confident and reflective practitioners. I introduce students to organisational issues and management theories in an information services context, drawing on my own experience as a practitioner, as well as using examples from current practice to show how management and business theory is applied in library and information settings.

My teaching is mainly conducted through lectures, but most lecture sessions include discussions in small groups and some also involve practical activities. In addition, I often bring in practitioners as guest speakers on my courses to enhance the real-world dimension. I like students to prepare for each session in advance by reading an article or researching the topic in some other way so that we can make the best use of our time in class.

I also especially enjoy working with students individually on their research projects and helping them to gain experience of both conducting research and writing it up for publication. I try to encourage students and graduates to publish their work as I believe that both academics and practitioners have a vital role to play in shaping and advancing professional thinking on all aspects of library and information services and their management.

I teach on a range of courses including:

Professional standing

Research interests

Application of business management concepts, tools and techniques in library and information services; roles and competencies of library, information and knowledge workers; education, training and development for library and information work; strategic aspects of information literacy development.

Key publications

Corrall, S. (2012). Roles and responsibilities: Libraries, librarians and data. In G Pryor (Ed.), Managing research data (pp. 105-133). London: Facet.

Corrall, S. (2011). Professional education for a digital world. In P. Dale, J. Beard, & M Holland (Eds.), University libraries and digital learning environments (pp. 49-67), Farnham: Ashgate. Preprint available at: http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/42792/1/009_Corrall)CH4.pdf.

Corrall, S. (2010). Educating the academic librarian as a blended professional: A review and case study.  Library Management, 31, 567-593. doi: 10.1108/01435121011093360

Winner of Emerald Literati Outstanding Paper Award for best paper in Library Management in 2010.

Corrall, S. & Sriborisutsakul, S. (2009). Evaluating intellectual assets in university libraries: A multi-site case study from Thailand. In S. Chu, W. Ritter, & S Hawamdeh, S. (Eds.), Managing knowledge for global and collaborative innovations: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Knowledge management, 3-4 December 2009, Hong Kong (pp. 341-361). Singapore: World Scientific Publishing.

Winner of Outstanding Paper Award for best submission on a doctoral research project.

Wilson, K., & Corrall, S. (2008). Developing public library managers as leaders: Evaluation of a national leadership development programme, Library Management, 29, 473-488. doi: 10.1108/01435120810894509.

Winner of Emerald Literati Outstanding Paper Award for best paper in Library Management in 2008.

Corrall, S. (2007). Benchmarking strategic engagement with information literacy in higher education: Towards a working model. Information Research, 12(4).
http://InformationR.net/ir/12-4/paper328.html.

Corrall, S. (2005) `Developing models of professional competence to enhance employability in the network world´. In Genoni, P. & Walton, G. (eds.) Continuing Professional Development – Preparing For New Roles In Libraries: A Voyage of Discovery, pp.26-40. Munich: KG Saur.

Corrall, S. (2000) Strategic Management of Information Services: A Planning Handbook. London: Aslib/IMI.

Corrall, S. (1998) Are we in the knowledge management business? Ariadne, (18).
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue18/knowledge-mgt/

Corrall, S. & Lester, R. (1996) `Professors and professionals: on changing boundaries´, In Cuthbert, R. (ed.) Working in Higher Education, pp.84-100. Buckingham: Society for Research into Higher Education & Open University Press.

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