Adjunct Professor
Helen Partridge
This person does not currently hold a position at QUT.
Personal details
Keywords
evidence based library and information practice, higher education teaching and learning, information experience, information literacy, library & information studies education, professional education, qualitative research, online or blended learning
Research field
Library and Information Studies
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (Queensland University of Technology)
Teaching
Publications
- Yates, C., Partridge, H. & Bruce, C. (2012). Exploring information experiences through phenomenography. Library and Information Research, 36(112), 96–119. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/53929
- Partridge, H. & Yates, C. (2012). A framework for the education of the information professions in Australia. Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association, 61(2), 81–94. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/50986
- Partridge, H., Bruce, C., Cooper, H., Day, G., Edwards, S., Yates, C. & Stoodley, I. (2012). Exploring health information use by older Australians within everyday life. Library Trends, 60(3), 460–478. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/49808
- Bunce, S., Partridge, H. & Davis, K. (2012). Exploring information experience using social media during the 2011 Queensland floods: A pilot study. Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association, 61(1), 34–45. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/50106
- Nguyen, L., Partridge, H. & Edwards, S. (2012). Towards an understanding of the participatory library. Library Hi Tech, 30(2), 335–346. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/50107
- Partridge, H., Lee, J. & Munro, C. (2010). Becoming 'Librarian 2.0': The skills, knowledge, and attributes required by library and information science professionals in a Web 2.0 world (and beyond). Library Trends, 59(1 - 2), 315–335. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/39553
- Partridge, H., Edwards, S. & Thorpe, C. (2010). Evidence-based practice: Information professionals' experience of information literacy in the workplace. In A. Lloyd & S. Talja (Eds.), Practising Information Literacy (pp. 273–298). Centre for Information Studies, Charles Sturt University. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/32798
- Partridge, H., McAllister, L. & Hallam, G. (2008). Community ICT projects: do they really work? Reflections from the West End Connect project one year on. CIRN Conference 2007. Community informatics: prospects for communities and action, 1–9. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/11232
- Partridge, H., (2007). Redefining the Digital Divide: Attitudes do Matter! Proceedings of the 70th American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) Annual Meeting, Volume 44, 1–27. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/11231
- Spink, A., Partridge, H. & Jansen, B. (2006). Sexual and Pornographic Web Searching: Trend Analysis. First Monday, 11(9), 1–7. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/23550
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Awards
- Type
- Membership of Learned Societies
- Reference year
- 2012
- Details
- Professor Helen Partridge was appointed as Fellow of the Australian Library and Information Association. This peer nominated appointment is one of the association's highest honours. The Association's "Board of Directors confer the distinction of Fellow and the post-nominal FALIA on a member who, in the opinion of the Board, has reached an exceptionally high standard of proficiency in library and information science and has made a distinguished contribution to the theory or practice of library and information science. The award was presented at the ALIA Biennial conference held in Sydney.
Selected research projects
- Title
- Understanding Health Information Literacy in Australia's Ageing Population: A Qualitative Study
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP100100292
- Start year
- 2010
- Keywords
- Health Education and Prevention; Information Literacy; Population Health; Health Information; Ageing
- Title
- Building the basis for evidence-based library and information practice: a qualitative study
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP130102710
- Start year
- 2013
- Keywords
- evidence based library and information practice; library and information studies; qualitative research
- Title
- Evidenced-based approach to the design and redevelopment of inclusive technology enhanced learning environments
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- ID13-2685
- Start year
- 2014
- Keywords
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.
Supervision
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Educating Cultural Heritage Information Professionals for Australia's galleries, libraries, archives and museums: A Grounded Delphi study (2015)
- Funding the Academic Library: An Ethnographic Study (2015)
- The Information Experience of New Mothers in Social Media: A Grounded Theory Study (2015)
- A participatory library model for university libraries (2014)
- Information Literacy and the Serious Leisure participant: variation in the experience of using information to learn (2014)
- Knowledge Ecosystems of Early Career Academics: A Grounded Theory of Experiencing Information Use for Learning in Developmental Networks (2014)
- Understanding the information literacy experiences of EFL (English as a Foreign Language) students (2014)
- Web Professionals: How Do They Experience Information Literacy? (2014)
- Informed for Health: Exploring variation in ways of experiencing health information literacy (2013)
- Untangling the evidence: teacher librarians and evidence based practice (2013)