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Dr

Claire McGuinness

Lecturer/Assistant Professor

School of Information and Communication Studies

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  • Lecturer/Assistant Professor
    School of Information and Communication Studies
  • 003531 7168398
  • University College Dublin, School of Information and Communication Studies, Newman Building Belfield Dublin 4

BIO

Claire McGuinness is an assistant professor, undergraduate programme coordinator, and deputy MLIS director in the UCD School of Information and Communication Studies (ICS). Her primary research interests sit at the intersection of meta-literacies, education, and professional information work, focusing on the critical educational role that library and information services play within educational, community, civic, and everyday settings. Cognate research interests span digital learning, media literacy, reflective practice, and professional LIS education. With a previous professional background in health sciences library work, Claire completed an MLIS in 1995, followed by a PhD in Library and Information Studies in 2005, which explored academic-library collaborative relationships in the context of embedded information literacy instruction in higher education. Claire’s published work to date includes three books; Becoming Confident Teachers: A Guide for Academic Librarians (Chandos, 2011); Digital Detectives: Solving Information Dilemmas in an Online World (with Crystal Fulton, Chandos, 2016); and The Academic Teaching Librarian's Handbook (Facet, 2021). Recent research includes a Research Ireland funded project into Irish public librarians' experiences of agitation in relation to LGBTQ+ materials, and a UCD SATLE project exploring UCD students' perceptions and uses of Generative AI tools. Claire teaches on the MLIS, BSc Social Sciences and BA programmes, and is a recipient of two College of Social Sciences and Law Teaching Excellence Awards, in 2017 and 2024.

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ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Assistant Professor
    University College Dublin, School of Information and Communication Studies, Dublin, Ireland1 Sep 2014
  • Occasional lecturer
    University College Dublin, School of Information and Communication Studies, Dublin, Ireland17 Jan 2011 - 31 Aug 2014
  • College lecturer
    University College Dublin, Lecturing post in the School of Information & Library Studies, Dublin, Ireland1 Sep 2008 - 13 Jan 2011
  • Post-doctoral research fellow
    University College Dublin, Research and teaching post., Ireland1 Jan 2006 - 9 Mar 2007

DEGREES

  • BA
    Dublin City University (DCU) IRL
  • MLIS
    University College Dublin
  • PhD
    University College Dublin
  • Prof Cert University Teaching & Learning, Professional Certificate University Teaching and Learning
    University College Dublin