Staff Profile - Helen Wood

Position: Liaison Librarian - Faculty of Business and Law, and the Faculty of Health
Qualifications: Diploma of Medical Radiography (RMIT), BA (Lib) BCAE,
Grad. Dip. Lib. (BCAE)
Office Location: Room jc2.024, Level 2, Library
Campus: Geelong Waurn Ponds (G)
Phone: + 61 3 5227 2725
Facsimile: + 61 3 5227 2000
Email: helen.wood@deakin.edu.au

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Liaison Service:

To liaise with staff and students in designated Faculties and Schools to ensure that the Library is responsive to the teaching, learning, and research needs of the Deakin University community.


Key Objectives of the Liaison Service:

  • As part of a cross-Campus team, initiate and maintain strategic liaison with academic staff and students in designated Faculties and Schools to ensure Library responsiveness to client needs
  • Develop print and online collections in collaboration with academic staff and the liaison team to enhance the teaching, learning, and research objectives of designated Faculties and Schools
  • As part of a cross-Campus team to design, deliver and evaluate information literacy programs to meet learners’ needs in a flexible learning environment
  • Provide information assistance to the Deakin University community that reflects a customer service ethos, to maximise the use of Library resources, services and facilities.

Presentations:

Bates C & Wood H- 'Mobile technology platforms for flexible access to information resources: considerations in the use of ebook readers, smart phones, netbooks and iPads’,  Deakin Teaching and Learning Conference 2010: Flexible education futures: Partnering for collaborative and active learning 3rd-4th Nov, 2010, Melbourne Burwood Campus.


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15th June 2011