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Valérie Spezi
Research Associate
Interests and experience
After completing undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Economics in France, I worked in a number of academic libraries in Italy, Australia and the UK. Through the various positions I have held in Public Services, Collection Management/Development and Institutional Repository Services, I have gained a sound understanding of library services and practices. I chose to complete this professional experience, and broaden my knowledge of the library sector, by working towards a Master's degree in Information and Library Management at Loughborough University, which I successfully completed, with distinction, in 2009.
I have worked as a Research Associate at LISU since 2009. During this time I have been involved in a number of projects. These have included:
My research interests include:
- Management and development of library services, particularly academic services
- Open access
- Scholarly communication
- Researchers' information behaviours
Current research
AHRC: Open-access mega-journals and the future of scholarly communication
Selected publications
- Valérie Spezi, Simon Wakeling, Stephen Pinfield, Claire Creaser, Jenny Fry, Peter Willett (2017). Open-access mega-journals: The future of scholarly communication or academic dumping ground? A review. Journal of Documentation, Vol. 73 Iss: 2, pp.263 – 283. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JD-06-2016-0082 [OPEN ACCESS]
- Simon Wakeling, Peter Willett, Claire Creaser, Jenny Fry, Stephen Pinfield, Valérie Spezi (2016), Open-access mega-journals: A bibliometric profile. PLOS One. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0165359 [OPEN ACCESS]
- Spezi, V. Is Information–Seeking Behavior of Doctoral Students Changing?: A Review of the Literature (2010–2015). New Review of Academic Librarianship [early view]. DOI: 10.1080/13614533.2015.1127831
- Fry, J., Spezi, V., Probets, S. and Creaser, C. Towards an understanding of the relationship between disciplinary research cultures and open access repository behaviours. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (JASIST) [early view] DOI: 10.1002/asi.23621
- Spacey, R, E., Muir, A., Cooke, L., Creaser, C. and Spezi, V. Filtering wireless (Wi-Fi) internet access in public places. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science (2015), DOI: 10.1177/0961000615590693
- Spezi, V., Creaser, C. and Conyers, A. The impact of Resource Discovery Services (RDS) on usage of electronic content in UK academic libraries: selected results from a UKSG-funded project. Serials Review (2015), 41(2), DOI: 10.1080/00987913.2015.1035991
- Creaser, C., Cullen, S., Curtis, R., Darlington, N., Maltby, J., Newall, E. and Spezi, V. "Working together: Library value at the University of Nottingham", Performance Measurement and Metrics (2014) Vol 15, Iss: 1/2, pp41‑49. Voted Outstanding Paper in the 2015 Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence by the journal’s editorial team.
- Creaser, C and Spezi, V.C.L. Quality frameworks for public libraries, CILIP Update (October 2013)
- "Improving perceptions of value to teaching and research staff: The next challenge for academic libraries", Journal of Librarianship and Information Science (2014), Volume 46 (3), pp 191-206
- "Researchers' Green Open Access Practice: a cross-disciplinary analysis", Journal of Documentation (2013), Volume 69, issue 3
- "Authors' Awareness and Attitudes Toward Open Access Repositories", New Review of Academic Librarianship (2010), Volume 16, supplement 1
Contact details
Tel +44 (0) 1509 635690
Email V.C.L.Spezi@lboro.ac.uk
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Resource Discovery Study presentation at UKSG Annual Conference April 2014
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