Sheila Corrall

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Sheila Corrall

PG Dip.; MBA; MSc; PgCert.
Born11 September 1950
Alma mater University of Southampton
OccupationProfessor of Library and Information Science
Employer University of Pittsburgh
Organization University of Sheffield
Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals
University of Southampton
University of Reading
Aston University
British Library

Sheila Mary Corrall is Professor of Library and Information Science at the University of Pittsburgh. Her research interests are in scholarly communication, collection development in the digital world, professional competence, and intellectual capital in library and information services. [1]

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Education

Corrall completed a postgraduate diploma at the North London Polytechnic, now the University of North London. [2] She holds an MBA from the Roffey Park Management Institute and a MSc in Information Systems from the University of Southampton. [3]

Career

Corrall worked at the British Library for ten years before moving into Higher Education libraries in 1991. [4] She was Director of Library & Information Services at Aston University [5] until 1995 when she moved to the University of Reading in the post of Librarian. [6] In 2002 she was Director of Academic Support Services at the University of Southampton. [4] In this year she also became a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP). [3]

Corrall was appointed Professor of librarianship and information management at the University of Sheffield Information School in 2003. [7] She was Head of Department from 2006, succeeding Peter Willett, until 2010. During her term the department was invited to become the first UK member of the iSchools consortium, an international group of leading educational institutions committed to research in information. [8]

Since 2012 Corrall has been Professor and Chair of the Library & Information Science Program at the University of Pittsburgh. [9]

Corrall co-authored The new professional’s handbook: Your guide to information services management (1999), [3] which was well-received for its coverage of a broad range of topics relevant to professional information workers. [10] In 2003 she was awarded an International Information Industries Lifetime Achievement Award for her contribution to the information profession. [2]

Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals presidency

Corrall was the first President of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP), established in 2002 replacing the Institute of Information Scientists and the Library Association. [11] During her presidency, Corrall championed information literacy. [12] She was succeeded by Margaret Watson in 2003. [13]

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References

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  4. 1 2 "THE TOP BRASS: KEEPERS OF KNOWLEDGE GAIN STAMP OF APPROVAL; THE 10 LEADING LIBRARIANS IN BRITAIN, AS CHOSEN BY THEIR PEERS". Independent on Sunday (London). 3 March 2002. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "University news". The Times. 23 August 1995. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "Appointments; Noticeboard". The Times Higher Education Supplement. 10 November 1995. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "People". The Times Higher Education Supplement. 3 November 2003. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  8. ↑ Benson, Melanie T.; Willett, Peter (2014). "The Information School at the University of Sheffield, 1963-2013". Journal of Documentation. 70 (6): 1141–1158. doi:10.1108/jd-03-2013-0040.
  9. ↑ "Sheila Corrall". Library Connect. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  10. ↑ Gregory, Margaret (2001). "The New Professional's Handbook: Your Guide to Information Services Management". New Library World. 102: 296–299. doi:10.1108/nlw.2001.102.7_8.296.3.
  11. ↑ "Rallying call to profession as CILIP launched". Information World Review. 179: 1. 2002.
  12. ↑ Buckley Owen, Tim (May 2003). "Lessons in information literacy". Information World Review. 191: 24.
  13. ↑ "The Chartered Institute of Library & Information Professionals. (Moves in Brief)". The Bookseller: 13–14. 2 May 2003 – via Literature Resource Center.
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