Claire Creaser
Director

Interests and experience

I am a Chartered Statistician and have worked in the library and information sector since 1994. As Director of LISU, I am involved in a wide range of research and consultancy projects, responsible for the management of the unit as well as ensuring the quality and reliability of the various data collections and analyses which are undertaken.

My main research interests are in the areas of:

• management statistics for libraries and information centres in all sectors; in particular the use of quantitative data to evaluate and improve library management and performance, and the development of relevant and appropriate methodologies to facilitate this; and
• scholarly communication, with particular reference to researcher behaviours and attitudes to open access to research outputs

Current research

• Scholarly communication
• Open access to research outputs
• Academic library performance
• Library services for health

External activities

Chair of the British Standards Institute committee for Library and Publishing Statistics
Member of the Royal Statistical Society Statistics User Forum
Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals

Selected publications

• Creaser, C, Oppenheim, C, and Summers, M A C, "What do UK academics cite? An analysis of references cited in UK scholarly outputs", Scientometrics, 2011, DOI: 10.1007/s11192-010-0321-6.
• Creaser, C, “Open Access to Research Outputs - institutional policies and researchers' views: results from two complementary surveys”, New Review of Academic Librarianship, 16(1), 2010, pp 4-25.
• Creaser, C, and White, S U, "Trends in journal prices: an analysis of selected journals, 2000-2006 ", Learned Publishing 21 (3) 2008, pp 43-53.
• Creaser, C, Conyers, A and Lockyer, S E, "VAMP - Laying the foundations", Performance Measurement & Metrics, 8(3), 2007, pp 157-169.
• Creaser, C, "User Surveys in Academic Libraries", New Review of Academic Librarianship, 12(1), 2006, pp 1-15.

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Contact details

Tel +44 (0) 1509 635682
Fax +44 (0) 1509 635699

Email c.creaser@lboro.ac.uk