Claire Sewell

Research Support Librarian (Physical Sciences)

Directorate: Research Collections

Department: School of Physical Sciences

Directorate: Academic Services

Email: ces43@cam.ac.uk

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Claire Sewell is the Research Support Librarian for the Physical Sciences at the University of Cambridge. In this role she oversees the support offered to the research community across the disciplines and specialises in developing innovative, point of need training initiatives.

Claire received her MSc in Library and Information Studies from the University of Aberystwyth in 2013, achieved CILIP Chartership in 2014 and a PGCert in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education in 2021. She is a Past President of SLA Europe (2022).

Her current research focuses on the role of the librarian in teaching, reflective practice as an educational tool and the skills needed to work in scholarly communication roles.

Publications:

Building Copyright Confidence through Community. Legal Information Management, 22(3) https://cup.org/3LpGjPZ
It’s All About the Timing: Developing Online Training Resources for the Post-COVID World. Online Searcher, Nov/Dec 2020
Copyright Life Hacks for Librarians. Insights, 33(1), September 2020
https://insights.uksg.org/articles/10.1629/uksg.519
The No Nonsense Guide to Research Support and Scholarly Communication. Facet Publishing. 2020
Developing the 21st Century Academic Librarian: The Research Support Ambassador Programme, New Review of Academic Librarianship, 23 (2-3), 2017.
https://www-tandfonline-com.ezp.lib.cam.ac.uk/doi/full/10.1080/13614533.2017.1323766

Professional memberships:

Chartered Member of CILIP
Special Libraries Association (SLA)

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