Moira Bent

Faculty Liaison Librarian & National Teaching Fellow

Newcastle University

Contact:

Robinson Library
Newcastle University

Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HQ

E-mail: moira.bent@ncl.ac.uk

Tel: +44 (0) 191 2227641

Areas of research:

• Information Literacy in Higher Education
• Library support for research
• Internationalisation
• E-Learning

Biography:

I am the Science Faculty Librarian at Newcastle University Library, a post I have held since July 1998. Before taking up this position, I held the post of Science and Engineering Librarian at the University of Northumbria. I was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship in 2005. This has allowed me to take some study leave to conduct some research about information literacy in the transition into HE. I am currently Chair of the UK Universities Science and Technology Librarian's Group and a member of the Sconul Access Group's sub group on International students

Bibliography:

Moira's Info Lit Blog : http://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/moira.bent

Bent, M. and Stockdale, E. (2009) 'Integrating information literacy as a habit of learning - assessing the impact of a golden thread of IL through the curriculum', Journal of Information Literacy, 3, (1), pp. 43-50.

Senior, K., Bent, M., Scopes, M. and Sunuodula, M. (2008) Guidelines for supporting international students in the Library.SCONUL.

Gannon- Leary, P., Bent, M. and Webb, J. (2008) 'Researchers and their information needs: a literature review.', New Review of Academic Librarianship, 13, (1), pp. 51-69.

Bent, M. and K., S. (2008) 'Discrete Library Services For International Students - How Can Exclusivity Lead To Inclusivity? ', in Brophy, P.(ed), Libraries without Walls 7.London: Facet, pp. 205-216.

Bent, M. (2008) 'Information Literacy and the transition from secondary to tertiary education: measuring perceptions. ', ELiSS (Enhancing Learning in Social Sciences) Journal. , (April).

Bent, M. (2008) Perceptions of Information Literacy in the transition to Higher Education. National Teaching Fellowship Research Report. Newcastle: Newcastle University.

Bent, M., Gannon-Leary, P. and Webb, J. (2008) 'A destination or a place of last resort? The research library of the future, its users and its librarians. ', Library and Information Research, 32, (101), pp. 3-14.

Gannon-Leary, P., Bent, M. and Webb, J. (2007) 'Developing and managing effective library and information services to support research and researchers. ', University of Northumbria Performance Measures Conference. South Africa.

Bent, M. and Gannon-Leary, P. (2007) Being an information literate researcher: tips for avoiding plagiarism. Available at: http://www.jiscpas.ac.uk/documents/tipsheetsv3/tp11_BeingAnInformationLiterateResearcher.pdf

Bent, M., Gannon-Leary, P. and Webb, J. (2007) 'Information Literacy in a researcher’s learning life: the 7 ages of research.', New Review of Information Networking, 13, (2), pp. 81-99.

Bent, M., Gannon-Leary, P. and Webb, J. (2007) 'Information Literacy in a researcher's learning life: the seven ages of research', New Review of Information Networking, 13, (2), pp. 81-99.

Webb,J ,Gannon-Leary, P, Bent, M. Providing effective library support for research, Facet , 2007

Bent, M. Higgins, S. Brettell, S. Developing a Community of Practice: the Newcastle Information Literacy Project. IN Walton, G. Pope, A. Information Literacy: recognising the need, Staffordshire University 2006.

Bent, M. Brettell, S. What;s wrong with a good idea? An information literacy toolkit in practice. ALISS Quarterly 2(1) Oct 2006 27-32

Bent, M. Delivering staff development using a virtual learning environment. In Oldroyd, M Developing academic library staff for future success, Facet, London, 2004.

Bent, M. ResIN : Research Information at Newcastle University Library. Sconul Focus 32, Summer/Autumn 2004 , p28-30

Bent, M. Using Blackboard for Library staff development. Sconul Newsletter, Summer 2002.

Bent, M; Purcell, C. Liblearn (Library staff facilitating learning). Sconul Newsletter, Spring 2000.

Conference presentations:

Bruce, C. Bent, M. (facilitators) Six frames for information literacy education : a workshop. Information Literacy: making a difference? Newcastle University April 2007

Perceptions of information literacy in the transition into Higher Education March 2007 ICS Subject Centre : Teaching Information Skills.

Contextualising IT skills in an information literacy framework. LILAC 2005 Librarians Information Literacy Annual Conference, Imperial College, London

M. Bent, S. Brettell Introducing Blackboard to off campus users Dec 2004 6th National Blackboard Conference, Durham

Falling leaves ; supporting research at Newcastle Nov 2004  CILIP UC&R; Conference, Aston

Using INFORMS to produce interactive database tutorials, the Newcastle experience. April 2004  University Science and Technology Librarians Group meeting, Aston

LiLo , keeping afloat with staff development March 2004 SALCTG (Scottish Academic Librarians Central Training Group), Edinburgh 

Staff development using a VLE, what are the benefits? March 2004 M25 Training Group, London

Lessons from LiLo- staff development with a VLE Dec 2003 OnLine Information 2003, Olympia, London.

LiLo, library staff development. June 2002 IT ILit Conference, Glasgow

 

 

 

 

Updated May 2007 by Moira Bent moira.bent@ncl.ac.uk.