*** with apologies for cross posting*** New Director for LISU - Claire Creaser Following the retirement of Dr J Eric Davies at the end of January 2007, LISU is pleased to announce the appointment of its new Director. Claire Creaser is a Chartered Statistician, who has worked at LISU for 13 years, and was previously the Deputy Director. Claire's research interests are mainly in the areas of performance management for libraries, project evaluation, and benchmarking. LISU will continue to provide a wide range of research and consultancy services, across all sectors of the library and information community. She said "LISU has an established reputation in its field, and I intend to build on that, and to develop the unit to meet the needs of the profession. With the continued support of the university, I am confident that LISU will go into the future to meet the challenges and opportunities which arise". For Further Information contact Claire Creaser, LISU, Tel: 01509 635682, email: [log in to unmask] http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/dis/lisu LISU LISU is a national research and consultancy centre which aims to promote good management practice in information, cultural and academic services, through providing independent advice and support for advocacy, performance evaluation and enhancement. It is based in the Research School of Informatics and the Department of Information Science at Loughborough University. -- ************************************************************** Dr Sally Maynard Research Fellow, LISU and Editor, "New Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship" Loughborough University Loughborough Leicestershire LE11 3TU *************************************************************** E-mail: [log in to unmask] Tel: +44 (0)1509 635689 Fax: +44 (0)1509 635699 http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/dis/lisu