Sue Woolmer

Sue Woolmer CoLRiC Administrator

email: colric@colric.org.uk

   
Current areas of responsibility: CoLRiC administration; administration of Peer Accreditation Scheme, annual PII survey, subscriptions, maintaining CoLRiC website, liaising with CoLRiC members
Previous areas of responsibility: Supporting education managers to share information; developing online information resources; conducting evidence reviews
Cross college/academic responsibilities: N/A
Professional areas of specialism: Information management; accessible information resources
Professional areas of interest: Using new technologies to enhance information sharing and dissemination
Length of time in FE/Sixth Form: Over 25 years in library and information services in the education sector
Project management experience/expertise: Running practitioner workshops; conducting survey research; developing and implementing a website
Role in CoLRiC: CoLRiC Administrator
Due for re-election: N/A
Current professional challenges in their situation: Supporting CoLRiC in its work to enhance quality and maintain excellence of college learning resources services during this time of constrained resources
What are the top three issues all librarians need to address in order to provide proactive responsive provision? Providing information resources and services that are focussed on the needs of the user; keeping colleagues enthusiastic, motivated and trained; ensuring constant (two way) communication with users and senior management
Outside interests: Travel, keeping fit, walking, spending time with family and friends