User:Gill

=My Introduction= I am Gill Needham, Head of Strategic and Service Development in the Library at the Open University, UK. My email is [g.needham@open.ac.uk

These are my particular interests
 * digital library developments
 * technology enhanced learning
 * social networking
 * evidence based practice
 * information literacy/knowledge age skills
 * professional development

I have been at the Open University for 10 years. during that time, as well as helping to develop digital library services for students and a programme of information literacy materials, i have authored materials for the following courses;
 * 1) K302 Critical Practice in health and social care
 * 2) K223 Managing information in health and social care
 * 3) U120 Making sense of information in the connected age (MOSAIC)
 * 4) TU120 Beyond Google

[http://www.open.ac.uk/library the Open University library

I am typing this on Thursday 17th July at the PCF5 at the University of London Institute of Education. Yesterday evening we had a useful knowledge sharing session with librarians from Sri Lanka, Kenya, Botswana, Uganda, India & UK, hosted by the Institute Library. This morning, after an excellent plenary session from Barney Pityana, I listened to a range of speakers in the learner support strand. Anusha's paper on web accessibility was very well received. Had a good discussion over lunch with colleagues from Sri Lanka, India and Cambridge re use of platforms for OERs etc.