Appleton, Leo, Dr

Dr Leo Appleton

BA (Northumbria), PGCert (Edge Hill), MA (Liverpool), MA Edge Hill), PhD (Edinburgh Napier)

School of Information, Journalism and Communication

Senior Сŷ��Ƶ Teacher

l.appleton@sheffield.ac.uk

Room C226, The Wave

Full contact details

Dr Leo Appleton
School of Information, Journalism and Communication
Room C226
The Wave
2 Whitham Road
Sheffield
S10 2AH

Profile

After completing a degree in Information and Library Management at the Сŷ��Ƶ of Northumbria, I commenced a career in librarianship and have held management and leadership positions in several university libraries, as well as in Further Education colleges and NHS Hospital trusts. Since 2008 I have worked in senior library management posts at Liverpool John Moores Сŷ��Ƶ, Сŷ��Ƶ of the Arts, London and most recently was the Director of Library Services at Goldsmiths, Сŷ��Ƶ of London. I joined the Information School as a Senior Сŷ��Ƶ Teacher in June 2020.

I have continued to study whilst pursuing my library career, and gained Masters degrees in both music and education. I was awarded my PhD in Library and Information Science from Edinburgh Napier Сŷ��Ƶ in 2020. I am also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP).

Сŷ��Ƶ Responsibilities

Information School Director of Education
Deputy Programme co-ordinator MA Librarianship

Qualifications

FCLIP

SFHEA

Research interests

My research interests are in academic libraries and public libraries. Having worked in academic libraries for over twenty years I have published and presented on many different aspects of academic library management including: performance measurement; space planning and design; user experience; critical librarianship; information literacy; electronic resource development. I was awarded the 2016 Research Practitioner Excellence Award by the Library and Information Research Group (LIRG) of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP)

I am also very interested in public libraries and the role that they play in the information society. My PhD thesis was about the epistemic, community and political roles that public libraries in the United Kingdom play within the public sphere. The research involved an in depth, longitudinal, multi-location study of public library usage and user attitudes towards them.

Publications

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Featured publications

Journal articles

Appleton L (2020) . New Review of Academic Librarianship.
Appleton L (2019) . Art Libraries Journal, 44(2), 92-95.
Appleton L (2018) . New Review of Academic Librarianship, 24(3-4), 209-216.
Appleton L, Hall H, Duff AS & Raeside R (2018) . Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 50(3), 275-283.
Appleton L (2018) . Information and Learning Science, 119(1/2), 64-76.
Appleton L, Grandal Montero G & Jones A (2017) . Communications in Information Literacy, 11(1), 147-167.
Appleton L & Montero GG (2017) . Art Libraries Journal, 42(2), 61-62.
Appleton L & Staddon E (2017) . Art Libraries Journal, 42(2), 107-115.
Appleton L (2016) . Insights: the UKSG Journal, 29(3), 224-227.
Appleton L & Abernethy P (2013) . New Review of Academic Librarianship, 19(2), 208-220.
Appleton L (2012) . Library Management, 33(6/7), 414-420.
Appleton L, Stevenson V & Boden D (2011) . Reference Services Review, 39(3), 343-361.
Appleton L (2011) . Development and Learning in Organizations: An International Journal, 25(1).
Appleton L (2010) . Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 42(3), 191-198.
Appleton L (2006) . The Electronic Library, 24(5), 619-634.
Appleton L (2005) . The Electronic Library, 23(1), 54-63.
Appleton L () . Health Information & Libraries Journal, 22(3), 164-172.
Appleton L () . Health Information & Libraries Journal, 21(4), 245-252.

Chapters

Appleton L (2020) Leading Liberation in the Library In Weaver M & Appleton L (Ed.), Bold Minds : Leading Libraries Into the Future (pp. 47-62). London: Facet Publishing.
Appleton L (2016) , Quality and the Academic Library (pp. 237-245). Elsevier
(2016) , Сŷ��Ƶ Libraries and Space in the Digital World (pp. 139-150). Routledge
Appleton L (2013) Sharing space in university libraries, Сŷ��Ƶ Libraries and Space in the Digital World (pp. 119-130).

All publications

Books

Appleton L (2017) Libraries and key performance indicators : a framework for practitioners. Kidlington: Chandos.

Edited books

Appleton L (Ed.) (2021) Positioning the academic library within the university : structures and challenges. London: Routledge.

Journal articles

Needham L & Appleton L (2025) . The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 51(2).
Patel D & Appleton L (2024) . New Review of Academic Librarianship, 30(2-3), 107-111.
Appleton L (2024) . New Review of Academic Librarianship, 30(1), 1-3.
Kither A & Appleton L (2024) . Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, 62(1), 7-55.
Smith T & Appleton L (2023) . portal: Libraries and the Academy, 23(4), 819-841.
Appleton L & Woolley N (2023) . New Review of Academic Librarianship, 29(2), 117-122.
Appleton L (2022) . New Review of Academic Librarianship, 28(4), 347-348.
Appleton L (2022) . New Review of Academic Librarianship, 28(1), 1-6.
Appleton L & Hall H (2022) Using a multi-location, longitudinal focus group method to conduct qualitative research into the role of public libraries. Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries, 11(1), 83-92.
Appleton L (2021) . New Review of Academic Librarianship, 27(3), 257-258.
Appleton L (2021) . New Review of Academic Librarianship, 27(2), 145-148.
Walton G & Appleton L (2021) . New Review of Academic Librarianship, 27(1), 1-3.
Appleton L (2020) . New Review of Academic Librarianship.
Appleton L (2019) . Art Libraries Journal, 44(2), 92-95.
Appleton L (2018) . New Review of Academic Librarianship, 24(3-4), 209-216.
Appleton L, Hall H, Duff AS & Raeside R (2018) . Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 50(3), 275-283.
Appleton L (2018) . Information and Learning Science, 119(1/2), 64-76.
Appleton L, Grandal Montero G & Jones A (2017) . Communications in Information Literacy, 11(1), 147-167.
Appleton L & Montero GG (2017) . Art Libraries Journal, 42(2), 61-62.
Appleton L & Staddon E (2017) . Art Libraries Journal, 42(2), 107-115.
Appleton L (2016) . Insights: the UKSG Journal, 29(3), 224-227.
Appleton L & Abernethy P (2013) . New Review of Academic Librarianship, 19(2), 208-220.
Appleton L (2012) . Library Management, 33(6/7), 414-420.
Appleton L, Stevenson V & Boden D (2011) . Reference Services Review, 39(3), 343-361.
Appleton L (2011) . Development and Learning in Organizations: An International Journal, 25(1).
Appleton L (2010) . Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 42(3), 191-198.
Appleton L (2006) . The Electronic Library, 24(5), 619-634.
Appleton L (2005) . The Electronic Library, 23(1), 54-63.
O’Reilly C & Appleton L () . Public Library Quarterly, 1-29.
Devine J & Appleton L () . Library Management.
Appleton L & Hall H () . Journal of Documentation.
Appleton L () . Health Information & Libraries Journal, 22(3), 164-172.
Appleton L () . Health Information & Libraries Journal, 21(4), 245-252.

Chapters

Appleton L (2021) Alternative data sources: using digital and social media to inform management decisions in your library. In Stubbing A (Ed.), Data-Driven Decisions A Practical Toolkit for Librarians and Information Professionals (pp. 127-140). London: Facet.
Appleton L (2020) Leading Liberation in the Library In Weaver M & Appleton L (Ed.), Bold Minds : Leading Libraries Into the Future (pp. 47-62). London: Facet Publishing.
Appleton L (2017) Metaliteracy in art education: implications for library instruction In Glassman P & Dyki J (Ed.), The Handbook of Art and Design Librarianship (pp. 169-178). London: Facet Publishing.
Appleton L, Latimer K & Christie P (2017) New, renovated and repurposed library spaces: responding to demands In Glassman P & Dyki J (Ed.), The Handbook of Art and Design Librarianship (pp. 263-276). Facet Publishing
Appleton L (2016) , Quality and the Academic Library (pp. 237-245). Elsevier
(2016) , Сŷ��Ƶ Libraries and Space in the Digital World (pp. 139-150). Routledge
Appleton L (2013) Sharing space in university libraries, Сŷ��Ƶ Libraries and Space in the Digital World (pp. 119-130).

Conference proceedings papers

Appleton L (2024) Technological trends for academic libraries - don't believe the Hype (cycle). Innovative Technologies in Librarianship Challenges and Opportunitie. India, 28 November 2024 - 28 November 2024.
Appleton L () The resilience of academic libraries in the post-pandemic 21st century. Congreso Internacional de Bibliotecas Académicas y Especializadas
Appleton L & Hall H () Using a multi-location, longitudinal focus group method to conduct qualitative research into the role of public libraries. 13th Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries International Conference (QQML) 25-28 May 2021, in press

Teaching activities

Module co-ordinator for:

INF6005 - Management for Library and Information Services
INF6513 - Leadership, Strategy and Change (Distance Learning)

I also teach on:

INF6002 - Academic and Workplace Knowledge, Library and Information Services
INF6502 - Academic and Workplace Knowledge, Library and Information Services (Distance Learning)
INF6103 - Information Organisation
INF6503 - Information Organisation (Distance Learning)
INF6501 - Personal and Professional Development (Distance Learning)
INF6180 - Libraries, Information and Society
INF6580 - Libraries, Information and Society DL
INF6200 - Academic and Workplace Library, Information and Knowledge Services

Professional activities and memberships

Chartered Fellow of Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP)
Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy
Events Co-ordinator and committee member of Library and Information Research Group (CILIP Special Interest Group) (2017 - 2020)
Chair of Library and Information Research Group (CILIP Special Interest Group) (2020 - )
Honorary Chair of Multimedia, Information and Technology (CILIP Special Interest Group) (2010 – 2017)
Honorary Secretary of Multimedia and Information Technology (2005 – 2010)
Active member Academic and Research Libraries Group (CILIP Special Interest Group) (2000 – 2014)
Member of ARLIS Council (Art Libraries’ Society of UK and Ireland) (2018 - 2022)
Active member of SCONUL Strategy Group on Performance Measurement and Quality (2011 – 2015)
Active member of SCONUL Transformation Group (2015 - 2020)
Chair of SCONUL Design Awards 2019
Regular peer reviewer for Emerald and Taylor & Francis ‘Library and Information’ titles
Editor of UKSG eNews publication (2014 - 2020)
Member of UKSG Insights editorial board (2014 - 2018)
Associate editor of New Review of Academic Librarianship (2015 - 2020)
Editor-in-chief of New Review of Academic Librarianship (2020 - )
Guest editor of 2018 themed issue of New Review of Academic Librarianship: “Positioning the academic library within the university”
Chair of the 50^th Anniversary ARLIS (Art Libraries’ Society) Conference, Сŷ��Ƶ of Glasgow, 15^th – 17^th July 2019