Home / SCONUL groups / information_literacy / Papers / Committee / Peter Godwin

Peter Godwin

Academic Liaison Librarian
University of Bedfordshire

Contact:

Academic Liaison Librarian
University of Bedfordshire
Park Square
Luton
LU1 3JU

E-mail Peter.Godwin@beds.ac.uk

Tel +44 (0)1582 743248

Areas of research:

Information skills training for academic staff
Levels of information literacy training
The Google generation
Web 2.0 and Information Literacy

Biography:

After a history degree at Reading University, a spell as a SCONUL trainee at University Library, Cambridge and a PGDip Lib. at Polytechnic of North London,
I worked at Trent Park College (later Middlesex Polytechnic & University) as a music and media specialist.
I have been active with the Library Association as Hon. Sec. of the Audiovisual Group, and have been Hon. Treasurer of British Universities Film and Video Council since 1992.
At London South Bank I was heavily involved with study skills, IT skills and Information Literacy.

Bibliography:

Godwin, P. 2007 From Google Scholar to YouTube. Paper given at LILAC, Manchester, 24 March LILAC07

Godwin, P. 2006. Information Literacy in the age of amateurs. Paper given at eLit 2006 5th International Conference on eLiteracy, Loughborough, June.

Godwin, P. 2006. Keeping up with the Google generation : the challenge for Information Literacy teachers. Paper given at Information Literacy : recognising the need. Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, 17 May.
Powerpoint and audiofile http://www.staffs.ac.uk/infolitconf/peter_godwin/index.php

Godwin, P. 2006. Information Literacy : present and future challenges. Paper given at Health Librarians’ Joint study day at Leeds, 14 Nov. Powerpoint http://www.ifmh.org.uk/godwin.ppt

Godwin, P. 2006. Keeping up with the Google generation : the challenge for Information Literacy teachers. In: Walton, G. and Pope, A. eds. Information Literacy: recognising the need. Chandos.

Godwin, P. 2006. Information Literacy : present and future challenges. IFMH Inform 16(3) 1-4.

Godwin, P. 2005. Making life easier for academics : how librarians can help staff weather the technological storm. JeLit 2 (2) http://www.jelit.org/59/

Godwin, P. 2005. Moving on with the Google generation : the challenge to information professionals and for Information Literacy. Paper given at eLit 2005 4th International Conference on eLiteracy, Glasgow, June.
Powerpoint http://apps.iteu.gla.ac.uk/elit/presentations.jsp?confID=4&proposalNo=25

Godwin, P. 2004. Making life easier for academics : how librarians can help staff weather the technological storm. Paper given at eLit 3rd International Conference on eLiteracy, New York, June.
Powerpoint http://www.elit-conf.org/elit2004/docs/sess1rmc2.html

Godwin, P. 2003. Information Literacy, but at what level? In: Martin, A. and Rader, H. eds. Information and IT literacy: enabling learning in the 21st century. London: Facet, p.88-98.

Godwin, P. 2002. Information literacy: but at what level? IT&ILit 2002 - 1st International Conference on IT & Information Literacy. Glasgow, March 2002.
http://www.elit-conf.org/itilit2002/papers/ab09.html

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