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Postrgraduate Graduation 2008

Congratulations to all recent graduates on the Department’s postgraduate programmes in Librarianship, Health Informatics, Information Management, Information Systems.

The following photos were taken at the reception held for our graduates, at which students were awarded prizes for their performance on the programme.

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Professor Sheila Corrall, Head of Department, presents Alexandra Pooley (left) with the Ann Percy Memorial Prize for the best dissertation in the field of library/information service management and organization.

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Christopher Rhodes (left) and James O’Brien (centre) after receiving their Eduserv Information Literacy Prizes from Professor Nigel Ford, Director of Research, for the best post-graduate projects.

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Christopher Rhodes (left) after receiving the Henry Heaney Memorial Prize for the best dissertation in the field of academic librarianship from Martin Lewis, Director of Library Services and University Librarian.

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Elizabeth Chapman (left) after receiving the West Riding Country Library/Annenberg Award for outstanding performance in the field of public librarianship from Briony Birdi, Director of CPLIS and MA Librarianship programme co-ordinator.

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Elizabeth Brewster (left) receives the SINTO Bob Usherwood Prize from Bob Usherwood, Chair of Executive Board, SINTO and Professor Emeritus in the Department.

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Clare Sinclair (left) after receiving the ASLIB Northern Branch Prize from Barbara Sen, Lecturer in Librarianship. The prize is awarded for the best overall performance by part-time postgraduate students on the MA Librarianship or MSc in Information Management programmes.

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Martin Lewis, Director of Library Services and University Librarian, Carl Clayton, Director of SINTO, Barbara Sen, Lecturer in Librarianship, Bob Usherwood, Chair of Executive Board, SINTO and Professor Emeritus in the Department and Professor Sheila Corrall, Head of Department, at the reception for postgraduate students.


Please note that prints of all photographs can be obtained by contacting Peter Bath (p.a.bath@shef.ac.uk).

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