Sykes, Jean


Ms Jean Sykes  

Department

Position held

LSE Library (aka British Library of Political and Economic Science, BLPES)

Chief Information Officer

Experience keywords:

open access movement; large-scale digitisation; international online information repositories; management of access to electronic resources; management of research data; major library building redevelopments

Sectors and industries to which research relates:

Information Technology

Countries and regions to which research relates:

USA; Australia; UK; Europe

Languages:

Italian [Spoken: Basic, Written: Basic]; French [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Fluent]; German [Spoken: Basic, Written: Basic]

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

+44 (0)20 7955 7218

Publications

The following references are sourced from LSE Research Online|. References that are linked lead to the full text.

2009

Sykes, Jean (2009) The UK Research Data Service project. In:ESRDS Social Science Week (13 March 2009 : London, UK).

Sykes, Jean (2009) Hybrid library management. In: Baker, David and Evans, Wendy, (eds.) Digital library economics. Chandos publishing, Oxford, U.K., pp. 105-118. ISBN 9781843344032

2008

Sykes, Jean (2008) Large-scale digitisation: the £22 million JISC programme and the role of libraries. Serials, 21 (3). pp. 167-173. ISSN 0953-0460

Sykes, Jean (2008) UK Research Data Service feasibility study. In:Rusell Group Meeting (23 October 2008 : London, UK).

Sykes, Jean (2008) Developing a shared national research data service for UK HE: feasibility and cost. In:SHARE conference (13 October 2008 : Loughborough, UK).

Sykes, Jean (2008) UK Research Data Service feasibility study: a briefing. In:UKRDS (3 October 2008 : UK).

Sykes, Jean (2008) JISC and digital libraries in the UK. In:JCDL2008 ( : Pittsburgh, US).

Sykes, Jean (2008) Managing the UK’s research data: towards a UK Research Data Service. New review of information networking, 14 (1). pp. 21-36. ISSN 1361-4576

Sykes, Jean and Lewis, Martin and Bell, Anna and Pinfield, Stephen (2008) Librarians: how has technology changed your role? Education guardian, April ISSN 0261-3077

Sykes, Jean (2008) Libraries today. In:JISC conference 2008 (15 April 2008 : UK).

Sykes, Jean (2008) The JISC digitisation programme. In:UKSG Annual Conference (7-9 april 2008 : Torquay, UK).

Sykes, Jean (2008) Large-scale digitisation: the £22 million JISC programme and the role of libraries. In:UKSG Annual Conference (7-9 april 2008 : Torquay, UK).

Sykes, Jean (2008) A shared research data service for the UK: is it possible? In:UCISA 2008 Conference (12 March 2008 - 14 March 2008 : Glasgow, UK).

Sykes, Jean (2008) The UKRR: a view from the Board. In:UKRR consultation meeting (19 February 2008 : London, UK).

2007

Sykes, Jean (2007) Improving the student experience: how can the library help? New review of information networking, 13 (1). pp. 23-30. ISSN 1361-4576

Sykes, Jean (2007) Improving the student experience: how can the library help? In:The library in the interactive environment (23 April 2007 : London, UK).

2006

Sykes, Jean (2006) Acquerir les documents numeriques: les archives ouvertes. In:Numérique et bibliothèques : le deuxième choc (7 December 2006 : Paris, France).

Sykes, Jean (2006) Nereus, la collaboration europeenne, et le libre acces. In:UNESCO DKN project steering group meeting (29 June 2006 : Paris, France).

Sykes, Jean (2006) Best practice examples: focus on public good. In:Connectivity across the public sector (3 March 2006 : London, UK).

2004

Sykes, Jean and Dudman, Jane (2004) Space the final frontier [interview with Jean Sykes, Librarian and Director of IT Services, LSE]. Information world review, June (203). pp. 14-15. ISSN 0950-9879

Sykes, Jean (2004) Large digitisation projects: the JISC experience. In:CURL AGM, Spring 2004 meeting (26 March 2004 : Dublin, Republic of Ireland).

Sykes, Jean (2004) Redeveloping the world's largest social science library for the 21st century. In:LIBER Architecture Group Meeting (17 March 2004 : Bolzano, Italy).

Sykes, Jean (2004) Managing access in a complex information environment. In:RUGIT awayday (16 January 2004 : Bristol, UK).

Sykes, Jean (2004) Redeveloping the world's largest social science library for the 21st century. LIBER quarterly, 14 (2). ISSN 1435-5205

2003

Sykes, Jean (2003) Digital library and research. In:The library of the future the next 10 years ( : Tilburg, The Netherlands).

Sykes, Jean (2003) Not just a portal: managing access in a complex information environment. Informatica, 27 (3). pp. 345-351. ISSN 0350-5596

Sykes, Jean (2003) Find it in London: a unique co-operative venture across libraries, archives and museums. Art libraries journal, 28 (1). pp. 19-23. ISSN 0307-4722

2002

Sykes, Jean (2002) From DECOMATE to NEREUS. In:Economic Information Sources conference (22 November 2002 : Antwerp, Belgium).

Sykes, Jean (2002) Access management: an introduction to the vision and the issues. In:Access Management Conference (6 November 2002 : London, UK).

Sykes, Jean (2002) Look after your alumni.... Library + information update, 1 (2). pp. 50-51. ISSN 1476-7171

Sykes, Jean (2002) The RLSG report: a CURL librarian's perspective. The new review of academic librarianship, 8 pp. 103-113. ISSN 1361-4533

Sykes, Jean (2002) The three-continent, 24-hour help desk: an academic first? Educause quarterly, 25 (1). pp. 50-53. ISSN 1528-5324

2001

Sykes, Jean (2001) SCONUL: the next fifty years. SCONUL newsletter, 21 (Winter). pp. 15-18. ISSN 1353-0429

2000

Sykes, Jean (2000) Will the LSE start a trend? Jean Sykes explains why a new academic library Communications Manager post has been created. Library association record supplement, 3 (23). pp. 1-2. ISSN 1461-0809

Sykes, Jean (2000) Linking M25 higher education libraries in London. In:From search engines to virtual libraries (26/27 June 2000 : Berlin, Germany).

Sykes, Jean (2000) The European Digital Library for Economics. In:Decomate II (22/23 June 2000 : Barcelona, Spain).

1999

Sykes, Jean (1999) Cross-sectoral initiatives. In:Working together: covering the nation's resources (13 December 1999 : London, UK).

Sykes, Jean (1999) Library resource sharing and discovery: catalogues for the future. SCONUL newsletter, 17 (Summer). pp. 25-30. ISSN 1353-0429

Sykes, Jean (1999) Document delivery strategies. In: Jenkins, Clare and Morley, Mary, (eds.) Collection management in academic libraries. Ashgate, Hampshire, UK, pp. 183-203. ISBN 9780566081163

1998

Sykes, Jean (1998) Choosing library furniture. SCONUL, London, UK

Brack, Verity and Gilby, John and Stubley, Peter and Sykes, Jean (1998) Service delivery in a clumped environment: the RIDING project and the M25 link project. The new review of information and library research, 4 pp. 75-84. ISSN 1361-455X

1996

Sykes, Jean (1996) M25 information flows in two directions. Library technology, 1 (4). pp. 75-78. ISSN 1362-1122

Sykes, Jean (1996) SCONUL and quality assurance. Library review, 45 (5). pp. 17-22. ISSN 0024-2535

Sykes, Jean (1996) The M25 consortium of higher education libraries. SCONUL newsletter, 9 (Winter). pp. 17-19. ISSN 1353-0429

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