Dr Stephen Pinfield

Senior Lecturer

MA (Cambridge), MA (London), PhD (Nottingham), MCLIP

Stephen Pinfield joined the School in 2012, having previously worked as a senior information professional in the UK higher education sector. Latterly, he was Chief Information Officer at the University of Nottingham where he had responsibility for a large converged library and IT service serving Nottingham’s campuses in the UK, China and Malaysia. With experience of involvement in a wide range of research-and-development projects and in a number of national policy initiatives, he now pursues teaching and research interests in various areas of library and information strategy and scholarly communications.

Teaching activities

I am Module Coordinator for the Master’s level Academic and Research Libraries module which is taught by a combination of iSchool staff and experienced thought leaders in the information profession. I teach on that module and various other modules in the Librarianship and Digital Library Management programmes.

My main teaching interests are in library and information services strategy and management, digital library development, project management, systems implementations in organisations, scholarly communications, publishing, and research data management.

Research interests

I have a particular interest in scholarly communication futures and library and information strategy.

My interests in scholarly communication have focused on areas such as open-access publishing and dissemination, research data management and sharing, technology deployment to support research communication, and policy, cultural and economic aspects of openness.

In the area of library and information strategy, I have particular interests in the strategic alignment of library and information services with wider organisational missions, digital library development, and roles and skills for information professionals.

Professional standing

• Centre for Research Communications, University of Nottingham: External Adviser (2012- ), Director (2007-2012)
• JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee) Advisory Group on the Open Landscape for Research and Innovation: Member (2012- )
• Think Tank of the European Network for co-ordination of Policies and Programmes on e-Infrastructures (e-Infranet): Member (2012- )
• SWETS company Advisory Board: Member (2012- )
• EMMAN (East Midlands Metropolitan Area Network) Ltd: Director (2007-2012), Chair of the Board (2011-2012)
• Department of Business, Innovation and Skills Working Group on Expanding Access (‘Finch Review’) subgroup for open-access publishing: Member (2012)
• Centre for International ePortfolio Development, University of Nottingham, Advisory Board: Chair (2011-2012)
• JANET6 next-generation academic network Development Advisory Board: Member (2011-2012)
• Russell Group IT Directors (RUGIT), Research Libraries UK (RLUK), Society of College, National and University Libraries (SCONUL): University of Nottingham representative (2007-2012)
• UK Repositories Support Project: Director (2007-2012)
• SHERPA (Securing a Hybrid Environment for Research Preservation and Access) and SHERPA services: Director (2002-2012)
• JISC Advisory Group reviewing the UK National Data Centres: Member (2010-2011)
• JISC Infrastructure and Resources Committee: Member (2009-2011)
• Steering Group and Project Management Board of the UK Research Data Service feasibility study project: Member (2007-2010)
• JISC Scholarly Communications Group: Deputy Chair and Member (2006-2010)
• MERIT Project (disseminating RAE outputs) Steering Group: Chair (2008-2009)
• HEFCE REF Advisory Group on Bibliometrics: Member (2008-2009)
• Joint RLUK/SCONUL Scholarly Communications Group: Chair (2004-2008), Member (2002-2009)
• RCUK Expert Panel for the study of RCUK policy on open access to research outputs: Member (2007-2008)
• European University Association Working Group on Open Access: Member and UK representative (2007-2008)
• DRIVER project (EU-funded project developing a European repository infrastructure) Steering Group: Member (2006-2008)
• Intute: Health and Life Sciences web service: Director (2002-2007)
• Lincoln Cathedral Library Council: Member (2002-2006)
• Facet Publishing Advisory Committee: Member (2002-2005)
• SHERPA DP (Securing a Hybrid Environment for Research Preservation and access – digital preservation) project: Director (2003-2005)
• CC Interop project (JISC-funded national R&D project on search and retrieval) Steering Committee: Member (2001-2003)
• Program journal Editorial Board: Member (2000-2002)
• Consultant for JISC and part-time eLib Programme Manager (2000-2001)

Key publications

Pinfield, S. and Middleton, C. (2012) 'Open-access central funds in UK universities'. Learned Publishing, 25 (2) 107-116. http://dx.doi.org/10.1087/20120205

Pinfield, S. (2012) 'Opening up the academy: the "open" agenda, technology, and universities'. EDUCAUSE Review, 47 (1), 52-53. http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERM1217.pdf

Pinfield, S. (2010) 'Paying for open access? Institutional funding streams and OA publication charges'. Learned Publishing, 23 (1), 39-52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1087/20100108

Pinfield, S. (2009) 'Journals and repositories: an evolving relationship?'. Learned Publishing, 22 (3), 165-175. http://dx.doi.org/10.1087/2009302.

Pinfield, S. (2007) 'Can open access repositories and peer-reviewed journals coexist?'. Serials, 20 (3), 163-171. http://dx.doi.org/10.1629/20163.

Pinfield, S. (2007) 'Libraries and open access: the implications of open-access publishing and dissemination for libraries in higher education institutions'. In R.A. Earnshaw and J.A. Vince (ed.s) Digital Convergence - Libraries of the Future. New York: Springer, 119-134. E-print: http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/697/.

Pinfield, S. (2006) 'A Wel(l)come development: research funders and open access'. Learned Publishing, 19 (3), 219-225. http://dx.doi.org/10.1087/095315106777877548.

Pinfield, S. (2005) 'A mandate to self archive? The role of open access institutional repositories'. Serials, 18 (1), 30-34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1629/1830.

Pinfield, S. (2005). 'Self archiving publications'. In G.E. Gorman and F. Rowland (ed.s). Scholarly Publishing in an Electronic Era: International Yearbook of Library and Information Management 2004-2005. London: Facet, 118-145. E-print http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/142/.

Pinfield, S. (2004) 'What do universities want from publishing?'. Learned Publishing, 17 (4), 305-311. : http://dx.doi.org/10.1087/0953151042321626.

Pinfield, S. (2004) 'eLib in retrospect: a national strategy for digital library development in the 1990s'. In J. Andrews and D. Law (ed.s) Digital Libraries: Policy, Planning and Practice. Aldershot: Ashgate, 19-34. E-print http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/131/.

Pinfield, S. and James, H. (2003) 'The digital preservation of e-prints'. D-Lib Magazine, 9 (9). http://www.dlib.org/dlib/september03/pinfield/09pinfield.html.

Pinfield, S. (2003) 'Open archives and UK institutions: an overview'. D-Lib Magazine, 9 (3). http://www.dlib.org/dlib/march03/pinfield/03pinfield.html.

Pinfield, S. (2002) 'Creating institutional e-print repositories'. Serials, 15 (3), 261-264. E-print http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/64/.

MacColl, J. and Pinfield, S. (2002) 'Climbing the scholarly publishing mountain with SHERPA'. Ariadne, 33. http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue33/sherpa/.

Pinfield, S., Gardner, M. and MacColl, J. (2002). 'Setting up an institutional e-print archive'. Ariadne, 31. http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue31/eprint-archives/.

Pinfield, S. (2001) 'How do physicists use an e-print archive? Implications for institutional e-print services'. D-Lib Magazine, 7 (12). http://www.dlib.org/dlib/december01/pinfield/12pinfield.html.

Pinfield, S. (2001) 'Managing electronic library services: current issues in UK Higher Education institutions'. Ariadne, 29. http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue29/pinfield.

Pinfield, S. (2001) 'The changing role of subject librarians in academic libraries'. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 33 (1), 32-38. Pre-print http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/33/.

Pinfield, S. (2001) 'The relationship between national and institutional electronic library developments in the UK: an overview'. New Review of Academic Librarianship, 6, 3-20. Revised version published in T.V. Ershova and Y.E. Hohlov (ed.s) Libraries in the Information Society. Munich: K.G. Saur, 2002. IFLA Publications 102. 134-148.

Gardner, M. and Pinfield, S. (2001) 'Database-backed library web sites: a case study of the use of PHP and MySQL at the University of Nottingham'. Program, 35 (1), 33-42. Pre-print http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/4/.

Pinfield, S. and Dempsey, L. (2001) 'The Distributed National Electronic Resource (DNER) and the hybrid library'. Ariadne, 26. http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue26/dner.

Pinfield, S. (2000) 'Managing academic libraries in a digital world: institutional, regional and national developments in the UK'. Proceedings of the 66th IFLA general conference, Jerusalem, Israel, 13-18 August. http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla66/papers/130-132e.htm.

Pinfield, S. and Hampson, A. (1999) 'Partnership and customer service in the hybrid library'. New Review of Information and Library Research, 5, 107-119.

Pinfield, S. (1999) 'The hybrid library: a view from the UK'. Bücher, Bytes und Bibliotheken: Integrierte Information im Internet, Proceedings of the conference at Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany, 3-6 March 1999. Dortmund: Universitatsbibliothek Dortmund, 55-63.

Hampson, A., Pinfield, S. and Upton, I. (1999) 'Digitisation of exam papers'. The Electronic Library, 17 (4), 239-246.

Dalton, P., Hampson, A., Nankivell, C. and Pinfield, S. (1998) 'The hybrid library and university strategy: a consultative exercise with senior university managers'. New Review of Information and Library Research, 4, 43-52.

Pinfield, S. (1998) 'BUILDER: an institutional hybrid library strategy'. New Review of Academic Librarianship, 4, 31-37.

Pinfield, S. (1998) 'Hybrids and clumps'. Ariadne, 18. http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue18/main/. Republished in L. Pugh, J. MacColl and L. Dempsey (ed.s) Delivering the electronic library: an Ariadne reader. Edinburgh: Ariadne project, 1999, 77-80.

Upton, I. and Pinfield, S. (1998) 'Building a hybrid library'. 22nd International Online Information Meeting Proceedings, London, 8-10 December 1998. Oxford: Learned Information Ltd, 351-355.

Pinfield, S. et al (1998) 'Realizing the hybrid library'. D-Lib Magazine, 4 (10). http://www.dlib.org/dlib/october98/10pinfield.html. Republished as 'Realising the hybrid library'. New Review of Information Networking, 4, 1998, 3-21.

Pinfield, S. (1998) 'The use of BIDS ISI in a research university: a case study of the University of Birmingham'. Program, 32 (3), 225-240.