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Dr Stephen Roberts

MA ( Cantab), MA (Sheffield), PhD ( Loughborough)

Senior Lecturer

Faculty of Professional Studies School of Computing and Technology



Teaching or Work Interests

 Joint Programme Leader MA Library and Information Management
(1999-)

Member of programme team of MSc Corporate Communication programme at Thames Valley University ( 2000 - )

Module leader : Research Methods ( Information Management ); Dissertation ( Information Management); Information & Communication Environment; Strategy Delivery and Marketing;
Information Learning and the Virtual Domain; Presenting Information: Intelligence & Knowledge in Corporate Communication

Supervisor of dissertations and module tutor for Research Methods ( Corporate Communication)

Supervisor of MPhil/PhD students

Research Interests

 A range of themes in information and knowledge management and corporate communication.

These have included financial and resource management for library and information services, social science information, professional and theoretical issues in library
and information services.

Current interests include information and knowledge auditing, information policy and development, enhancing information competences in applied domains, information strategy, information resources and systems, knowledge management in the transportation industries.

Current PhD students are active in themes related to small and medium enterprises in Bangladesh and ICT use,knowledge management in the UK planning system, e-health and palliative care in Scotland, strategic alliances in the airline industry and regional airport development, and in corporate communciation applications in Tanzania and in the Middle East region ( Emirates, Syria and Saudi Arabia)

Research Publications
Roberts, S. A. (2001). ‘Electronic journals in higher education: technology, decision-making and economics’, Information Services & Use, 21 (3-4), 223-34.
Roberts, S. A. (2001). ‘Trends and Developments in Financial Management of Collections in Academic and Research Libraries’, The Bottom Line, 14, 152-63.
Roberts, S. A. (2003). ‘Financial management: past trends and future prospects’, Library Trends, 51 (3), 462-93.
Roberts, S.A. (2004) ‘Knowledge Management for Best Practice’ in Oliver, S. ed., Handbook of Corporate Communication and Public Relations: Pure and Applied, London: Routledge, 34-53.


Research keywords or expertise

 information management, knowledge management,corporate communication,value of information and knowledge resources