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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

Grazyna Kuczera

Committee Member

College Librarian, Northampton College

email:Grazyna.Kuczera@northamptoncollege.ac.uk

Current areas of responsibility:	Libraries, open access to computing and ILT facilities
Previous areas of responsibility:	Lecturer
Cross college/academic responsibilities:	Active member of CMT, Teaching & Learning Group, HE Group, Academic Board, Quality Improvement Network (QIN)
Professional areas of specialism:	Impact of the Library services on achievement, retention and employability
Professional areas of interest:	Turning those who are intellectually neglected and reluctant into enthusiastic and confident individuals who are not afraid to aim high in anything they decide to do
Length of time in FE/Sixth Form	15 years
Project management experience/expertise:	Recent: Implementation of User Education Programme into curriculum delivery. Developing literacy through Six Book Challenge and Everlasting Festival of Reading
Role in CoLRiC:	Committee member
Current professional challenges:	Keeping the Library in the centre of the curriculum and making Library services indispensible to the process of teaching and learning. Adapting services and staff expertise to constantly changing needs of a diverse college population. Sustaining high levels of support in times of limited funding
What are the top three issues all librarians need to address in order to provide proactive responsive provision?	Extensive and practical knowledge of curriculum needs; moving from the ‘orbital’ place in the organisation into its indispensible heart; maintaining high respect for traditional values of Librarianship but enriching provision with forward thinking, innovation and brave decisions against all odds
Outside interests:	I would travel across the world to see a good theatrical performance like ‘Waiting for Godot’ with Patrick Stuart and Ian McKellen or Krapp’s last tape with John Hart. I love old things with ‘history attached’, especially Victorian amateur watercolours

Chris Hall

Committee Member

Learning Centre Manager, INTO Manchester

MA Information and Library Management, Level 5 NVQ Leadership and Management, BA (Hons)

email: chris.hall@into.uk.com

Current areas of responsibility:	Learning Centre Manager, member of organisation’s Management team.
Previous areas of responsibility:	LRC Site Co-ordinator, Manchester College and City College
Cross college/academic responsibilities:	Manage VLE content and training, member Academic Board
Professional areas of specialism:	User Education, International Students
Professional areas of interest:	User Education, innovation in e-learning teaching, study skills
Length of time in FE/Sixth Form	28 years
Project management experience/expertise:	Many refurbishments and site moves, 1 Learning Centre build from scratch
Role in CoLRiC:	Committee member
Current professional challenges:	Maintenance of high quality service with limited staff and limited budget
What are the top three issues all librarians need to address in order to provide proactive responsive provision?	Keep your team on board when planning change; know your organisation; know who can help and market your resources by all means possible
Outside interests:	Running, swimming, football, darts and reading history, particularly 1930’s and the Spanish Civil War

Heather Roberts

Committee Member

LRC Services Manager, The City of Liverpool College

BSc (Hons)

email: heather.roberts@liv-coll.ac.uk

Current areas of responsibility:	LRC Operations Manager
Previous areas of responsibility:	Assistant Librarian/Teaching & Learning Liaison at Cardinal Newman College
Cross college/academic responsibilities:	Information literacy
Professional areas of specialism:	Heritage LMS, MyPC, information literacy, support and training for both students and staff
Professional areas of interest:	CPD with particular reference to new technologies
Length of time in FE/Sixth Form	7.5 years
Project management experience/expertise:	Library moves (I’ve done three in six years)
Role in CoLRiC:	Part of the Marketing Group
Current professional challenges:	Making our new flagship LRC work for both staff and students who are based across six campus buildings
What are the top three issues all librarians need to address in order to provide proactive responsive provision?	Listening to the customer; embracing new technologies to enhance your service and personal CPD to enable up-to-date knowledge in your area
Outside interests:	Marshalling for motorsport, Guiding, walking, reading, crafting (especially x-stitch), gardening, music, photography, ornithology and sport (both watching and keeping fit)

Collette Xavier

Committee Member

Library Consultant

Formerly Head of Library Central Services, University of Roehampton

BA, MA, Dip Ed Tech, Dip Info, Dip Man, MCLIP

Current areas of responsibility:	Formerly Head of Library Central Services
Previous areas of responsibility:	ESOL, libraries, IT, disability support, additional support, learner support (maths and English), careers, information and guidance, tutorial provision, counselling and welfare, enrichment, youth workers, reprographics
Cross college/academic responsibilities:	Marketing and publicity; quality.
Professional areas of specialism:	Promoting the Service within the institution
Professional areas of interest:	The role of the ‘book’ in the advancing age of technology
Length of time in FE/Sixth Form:	32 years
Project management experience/expertise:	Management of a £5.2 million refurbishment project in a university library; installation of new library databases; RFID; creation of new learning centres; recent pilot for Six Book Challenge; innovative partnerships with external agencies; restructuring and growing curriculum provision
Role in CoLRiC:	Peer Accreditation Scheme Leader and trainer of Assessors Best Practice Awards Exemplar papers
What are the top three issues all librarians need to address in order to provide a proactive responsive provision?	Staff development and training (keeping your staff keen, enthusiastic and empowered); using technology to enhance the service; remembering that you have to support two differing client groups (students and staff); finding champions in the academic arenas to be advocates of your excellent service!
Outside interests:	Gregorian chant, the saxophone, walking and my garden
Comment box:	It has been a privilege to be associated with the CoLRiC Executive since June 2005. The revamping of the Peer Accreditation Scheme has provided the opportunity of working with dynamic library managers from across the sector. The strength of the Committee has been its ability to accommodate diversity. Fun and professional are the words that come to mind when working with CoLRiC Committee and members

Mirna Peach

Joint Chair of CoLRiC

Head of Library Services, Leyton Sixth Form College

email: Mirna.Peach@leyton.ac.uk

Current areas of responsibility:	Head of Library Services
Previous areas of responsibility:	Library Centre Manager; development of Borough wide projects; partnership working; development and management of cross school projects; reading development
Cross college/academic responsibilities:	Embedding information literacy framework into curriculum; staff development; support for students; departmental links; customer service; Reading Ahead Challenge; embedding the library into college teaching and learning
Professional areas of specialism:	Building links; developing resources to meet need; staff and student development; customer service
Professional areas of interest:	Developing links across college and through partnership working; marketing of services
Length of time in FE/Sixth Form
Project management experience/expertise:	Setting up new libraries/projects
Role in CoLRiC:	Joint Chair
Current professional challenges:	Developing e-resource use; maintaining current practices with current number of staff
What are the top three issues all librarians need to address in order to provide proactive responsive provision?	Understand what you are trying to achieve and why; attend cross college meetings and tell them what your services are; know who you are supporting and provide training for your team to develop best practice
Outside interests:	Reading, family, friends, but not necessarily in that order!

Jim Temple

CoLRiC Treasurer

Head of Library Service, Aquinas College

email: jtestaff@aquinas.ac.uk

Current areas of responsibility:	Head of Library Service
Previous areas of responsibility:
Cross college/academic responsibilities:
Professional areas of specialism:	Chair of Northern AutoLib User Group
Professional areas of interest:	e-Learning; user education
Length of time in FE/Sixth Form:	19 years
Project management experience/expertise:	LMS implementations and several refurbishment / relocation projects.
Role in CoLRiC:	Treasurer
Current professional challenges in their situation:	Measuring impact – quality/performance indicators; embedding in the curriculum.
What are the top three issues all librarians need to address in order to provide proactive responsive provision?	Prove impact on Teaching and Learning; focus on Learner Voice; develop users’ resource selection and evaluation skills
Outside interests:	Am-dram, music / theatre / film

Margaret Phillips

Committee Member

Formerly Head of Library Services, Runshaw College

Current areas of responsibility:	CoLRiC Awards and Peer Assessment
Previous areas of responsibility:	Conference organiser
Former cross college/academic responsibilities:	Middle Manager for Library and ILT including the internet, intranet and VLE plus resource conversion
Professional areas of interest:	ILT
Length of time in FE/Sixth Form	20 years
Project management experience/expertise:	Setting up new libraries; coordinating the move from one VLE to another
Role in CoLRiC:	Senior CoLRiC Assessor
What are the top three issues all librarians need to address in order to provide proactive responsive provision?	Creating/maintaining a committed and proactive team and allowing them to bring and develop new ideas, staff development to keep up to date with new technologies, new resources and new ideas; listening to the customer
Outside interests:	Camping; dogs and other animals

Corinne Walker

Joint Chair of CoLRiC

Learning Resources Manager, Oldham Sixth Form College

BA (Hons)

email: cwr@osfc.ac.uk

Current areas of responsibility:	Library and learning resources
Previous areas of responsibility:	Worked in inter library loans at Salford University; prior to that in public libraries
Cross college/academic responsibilities:	Cross College Managers Group; Resources Group; Health & Safety Committee; Staff Engagement Group; and one of my staff sits on E & D group and is a Literacy Co-ordinator
Professional areas of specialism:	Copyright; refurbishments
Professional areas of interest:	Reader development; maximising value for money and flexible use of space; using new technologies to enhance the student experience
Length of time in FE/Sixth Form	23 years and counting!
Project management experience/expertise:	Three new builds; numerous refurbishments; five OFSTED inspections
Role in CoLRiC:	Joint Chair
Current professional challenges:	Value for money with declining budgets and prioritising workloads with fewer staff; keeping staff upskilled with new technologies
What are the top three issues all librarians need to address in order to provide proactive responsive provision?	Know your users; be creative with budgets, time and space; work closely with the curriculum to place yourselves at the centre.
Outside interests:	Love reading and baking/cooking – but not GBBO or Masterchef quality yet! Avid box set binger with The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones being particular favourites