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Lindsey McDermott

Digital Library Advisor

Lindsey is an experienced administrator, working in both Academic Skills and Library Research Services.

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About

Lindsey is an experienced administrator, working in both Academic Skills and Library Research Services.

Lindsey is an experienced administrator, working in both Academic Skills and Library Research Services. She specialises in Open Access publishing advice, Repository deposit processing and the organisation of academic skills events for Undergraduate students and Post Graduate Researchers. She is an Associate Fellow of the HEA and has presented at UK conferences including the Northern Collaboration conference. 

Certifications

  • Associate Fellow
    Higher Education Academy (HEA)

Publications (2)

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Journal article
Improving information literacy and academic skills tuition through flipped online delivery
Featured 05 June 2022 Journal of Information Literacy16(1):172-180 CILIP Information Literacy Group

The COVID-19 pandemic forced UK universities to move the majority or all of tuition online. The Library Academic Support Team at Leeds Beckett University used that shift as an opportunity to improve information literacy (IL) and academic skills tuition across the institution. Instruction and support were redesigned on a flipped basis to ensure that online delivery improved on face-to-face delivery rather than simply replicating it. This project report reviews that work with usage statistics, user feedback, practicalities of service provision and discussion of impact. The report extends existing literature with a model of significant institution-level changes to IL and academic skills instruction which could be applied elsewhere. It concludes that the shift to flipped online learning was a qualified success, with the revised approach proving notably more popular and inclusive, also providing other benefits such as more focused in-class discussion.

Journal article
Enhancing academic skills appointments through a new booking system
Featured 14 December 2020 Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education Association for Learning Development in Higher Education

This case study examines the introduction of a centrally managed booking system for academic skills appointments conducted by the Library Academic Support Team at Leeds Beckett University, showing how staff-student communication channels can scaffold effective student support. The new system was introduced in order to manage a large number of requests for skills appointments across all academic levels, to ensure an equitable experience for all learners, and to frame staff-student encounters more effectively at the formative stage. Further benefits included provision of more focused tuition, additional data on learner requirements, greater capacity to re-route appointment requests, and more efficient use of student and staff time, while retaining the option of human intervention in the system as required. This paper demonstrates a transferrable means of enhancing institutional processes whilst retaining the traditional strengths of one-to-one encounters in order to improve the overall student experience.

Professional activities

Runner-up: Open Research Award (Research & Knowledge Exchange Awards, Leeds Beckett University)
13 Nov 2024
Recognised as part of the Library Research Services team (Thali Bento, Amy Campbell, Ellie Clement, Anna Gower, Helen Howard, Liz Mann, Lindsey McDermott and Debbie Morris) for contributions to outstanding initiatives that promote open research practices and reproducibility at Leeds Beckett University. The award celebrates individuals or teams who support open research practice, sharing, and impact throughout the research cycle, thereby enhancing transparency, reproducibility, reach, and the reduction of inequities.

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Runner-up: Open and Responsible Research Award (2025 Research & Knowledge Exchange Awards, Leeds Beckett University)

19 November 2025
Research & Enterprise Leeds Beckett University Leeds United Kingdom
Distinction or prize

Runner-up: Open Research Award (Research & Knowledge Exchange Awards, Leeds Beckett University)

13 November 2024
Recognised as part of the Library Research Services team (Thali Bento, Amy Campbell, Ellie Clement, Anna Gower, Helen Howard, Liz Mann, Lindsey McDermott and Debbie Morris) for contributions to outstanding initiatives that promote open research practices and reproducibility at Leeds Beckett University. The award celebrates individuals or teams who support open research practice, sharing, and impact throughout the research cycle, thereby enhancing transparency, reproducibility, reach, and the reduction of inequities.
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