Responsibilities

• Route Leader – MA Library & Information Management/ MSc Information Management
• Departmental Disability Advisor
• Departmental Dyslexia Support Tutor
• Personal Tutor – Masters Students
• MMU Co-ordinator for the WISE Online Learning Consortium

Teaching

• First Year - Data Technologies
• Third Year – Learning & Professional Development
• Third Year - Library Resources Management
• Third Year – Final Project & Dissertation supervision
• Masters - Information Futures
• Masters - Dissertation supervision

Background

Research activities

Learning Area Co-ordinator for research & development into Information Literacy at MMU as part of the  continuation group following the HEFCE funded collaborative LearnHigher CETL. This was a very active and progressive national research project and the only CETL project in the University. Funding is was at around of £250,000.

Further details about UK CETLs are at: http://www.hefce.ac.uk/learning/TInits/cetl/

More information on MMU  LearnHigher CETL can be found at: http://learnhigher.ac.uk/

Biography

Bob Glass (BA, ALA, FETC, Dip MST& Fellow of the Higher Education Academy) has worked with the department since 1991, initially on a part-time and consultancy basis and latterly as a full-time member of users. Bob teaches on Common Undergraduate Degree routes and MA/MSc courses.

Bobs career has included work with libraries, bookshops, publishers, software houses, IT training companies and management training companies. Whilst at MMU he has been involved in student support and guidance, web site development and course development/planning. Bob has worked in further and higher education including sessional work at Wirral Metropolitan College and Liverpool John Moore’s University. He has extensive experience in teaching/ training technical subjects and library based competencies. He has taught and presented extensively at Universities and Conferences in the UK, Europe, Africa and the USA.

Bob lives on the Wirral, has three (large) children and enjoys music, playing guitar, walking and travel.

Publications

Books

Hornby, Sue & Glass, Bob. Reader Development in Practice: bringing literature to it’s readers. London: Facet. 2008

Glass, Bob & Griffiths, Jillian R. (in) Libraries without walls 7: Exploring “anytime”, ”anywhere” delivery of library services-.An introduction to the LearnHigher CETL..with particular reference to its work on Information literacy audits at Manchester Metropolitan University. London: Facet. 2008

Further updates shortly (this entry dated 25th October 2012).

Recent peer reviewed conference papers at:

• IFLA 2008
• LILAC 2010
• LILAC 2009
• LILAC 2008
• LILAC 2007
• LDHN 2008
• CETL Social Learning Spaces 2007
• BOBCATSSS 2009
• BOBCATSSS 2008
• BOBCATSSS 2007
• BOBCATSSS 2006
  
  Research Presentation - Vale (USA) Assessment Conference  2009