Helen Buckley Woods BA (Hons) (Sheffield), MSc (Sheffield), MCLIP, FHEA

HEDS, ScHARR
The University of Sheffield
Regent Court
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA
UK

Office:

Tel: (+44) (0)114 222 2994
Fax: (+44) (0)114 272 4095

E-mail: h.b.woods@sheffield.ac.uk

Biography

I joined the Information Resources Group, HEDS in June 2009 as an Information Specialist (Public Health). Prior to this, I worked as an Information Adviser (subject librarian) at Sheffield Hallam University working with the Faculty of Health and Wellbeing. Whilst at SHU I developed interests in teaching information literacy, developing current awareness services and specialist support for research projects.

I am also a member of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals' Health Libraries Group. My main contribution to HLG has been as part of the group updating the "core collection bibliographies"; my role has been to identify and oversee the use of Web 2.0 technologies to facilitate this process. In 2010 I completed a Post Graduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education and became a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Professional activities

• Information Specialist on NICE Public Health Collaborating Centre projects

Teaching activities

• Masters in Public Health (ScHARR)
• Information Resources Information Study Skills Programme – IRISS (ScHARR)
• ScHARR Short Course Unit: Systematic Reviews, Evidence Synthesis of Qualitative Research in Europe (ESQUIRE)
• CLAHRC Intelligent Commissioning Theme Masterclass – Finding the Evidence
• Module tutor – HAR6029 – Systematically Reviewing the Literature

Key publications

• Clowes M, Woods HB (2008). The INSIDE story: new solutions for current awareness. [presentation] Health Libraries Group Conference, Impact and Influence: Evolving to Succeed. Held on 21-22 July, City Hall, Cardiff.
• Clowes M, Woods HB (2008). The INSIDE story: using RSS services for current awareness. IMFH Inform 19(1):5-8.
• Gorring H, Woods HB (2010). Library Thing: friend or foe? Using its potential to update the Core Collections series [presentation]. Health Libraries Group Conference, Keeping Information Centre Stage Amid Changing Scenery. Held on 19-20 July, The Lowry Centre, Manchester.