Laura Jane Williams

Information School

PhD researcher

LJWilliams1@sheffield.ac.uk

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Laura Jane Williams
Information School
The Wave
2 Whitham Road
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S10 2AH
Profile

I joined the Information School as a part-time doctoral researcher in 2020.

I graduated from the University of ºù«Ӱҵ in 2011 with an MA in Librarianship after studying Theatre and Performance Studies for my undergraduate degree at the University of Warwick. After finishing the Librarianship course I worked for several years in media librarianship at both ITV and the BBC. Since 2015 I have worked at the University of Huddersfield where I am currently the subject librarian for art, design and architecture.

As both a librarian and research student I have a wide range of research interests which broadly fall into the area of information behaviour. In my librarian role I have researched the information behaviours of art students, student experiences of physical library collections, and academic staff engagement with reading list systems. My doctoral research brings together interests in information behaviour, social media, sport and leisure.


PhD project

The information behaviours of ultramarathon runners

My research focuses on the information behaviours of ultramarathon runners. I am interested in the the role of online communities and social media in the seeking and sharing of information.

Supervisors

Publications

Journal articles

  • Williams L & Woods L (2024) . The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 50(3), 102879-102879. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Williams L (2022) . Art Libraries Journal, 47(4), 99-102. RIS download Bibtex download

Chapters

  • Williams L (2021) Developing a pedagogy for art and design librarianship In Aston S & Walsh A (Ed.), Library Pedagogies Personal Reflections from Library Practitioners Innovative Libraries RIS download Bibtex download

Conference proceedings papers

  • Williams L, Cox A & Jimenez A () . Information Research an international electronic journal, Vol. 29(2) (pp 635-651) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Williams L () Performing information: exploring conceptualisations of embodied information. Information Research. Proceedings of CoLIS: 11th International Conference on Conceptions of Library and Information Science. Oslo, Norway, 29 May 2022 - 1 June 2022. RIS download Bibtex download