Dr Geoff Walton
Senior Lecturer
My profile
Biography
I am Senior Lecturer in Information and Communications at Manchester Metropolitan University (from August 1st 2016). I am Programme Leader for the MA Library & Information Management. I teach on the following Units: (Pg) Information Organisations & Their Management, Introduction to Health Librarianship, E-Learning and the Organisation, Digital Rights and Information Organisation & Search; (Ug) Digital Organisations.
I recently completed an E-Learning Portal funded project for Jeff Gosling Hand-Controls working in collaboration with eGenius (now Digital Candle) and DualFocus. This was part funded by an Innovation Voucher.
I was previously at Northumbria University for 3 years where I secured British Academy/ Leverhulme Trust funding (with Ali Pickard). I worked on a number of research projects including the EU AMORES project (Discovering a love for literature through digital collaboration and creativity). I was Principal Supervisor for research projects on information literacy in Vietnam and qualitative big data.
Before Northumbria University I had a dual role at Staffordshire University of Senior Researcher in the Faculty of Arts and Creative Technologies and Academic Skills Tutor Librarian (Information Services). As Senior Researcher I secured over €300,000 in EU funding and £20,000 AHRC funding.
I have been a Chartered Information Professional/Librarian for over 20 years. I was SLA Europe Information Professional 2010. My paper for the Journal of Documentation won an Emerald Literati Highly Commended Award in 2012.
I am particularly interested in the cognitive, metacognitive and affective processes involved in becoming information literate. I have research interests in a number of areas such as digital personae, digital literacy, discourses in information literacy, social enterprise and webometrics/analytics.
I am Chair of the Editorial Board for the Journal of information Literacy. I am currently a committee member for CILIP’s Information Literacy Group (ILG). I chair ILG’s Research Bursary panel.
In a previous life I had very long hair and played guitar, bouzouki and bodhran in folk bands, Boneshaker, Greensward, Cut-Throat Jake, Full Circle, the Canal Siders and electric guitar and bouzouki in the rock band Heymaker. As a musician I appeared on Saturday Superstore, Woman’s Hour, Folk on 2, BBC Breakfast, Stoke in Bloom (documentary), the World Service and numerous local radio stations in the UK.
Words of wisdom
Bloom where you are planted
Academic and professional qualifications
PhD in Information Science
MA in Information Studies
PgCHPE (SEDA accredited)
BA (Joint Hons) Psychology & Sociology
FHEA
Chartered Member of CILIP
Personal website address
http://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=UwsIXpUAAAAJ&hl=en
Teaching
Why do I teach?
I like doing it and I want to help people to achieve their professional goals.
How I’ll teach you
I like asking questions and doing lots of activities.
Research outputs
- Information literacy,
- digital literacy,
- information discernment,
- information behaviour,
- e-learning,
- misinformation,
- volunteering in public libraries.
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Books (authored/edited/special issues)
Webster, M., Tomkins, A., Walton, G., Reynolds, J. (2014) And the Doctor said: Stories of health, illness and medicine in north Staffordshire. North Staffordshire Press.
Hepworth, M., Walton, G. (2013) Preface.
Hepworth, M., Walton, G. (2013) Developing people?s information capabilities: fostering information literacy in educational, workplace and community contexts. Emerald Publishing.
Walton, G., Pope, A. (2011) Information literacy: infiltrating the agenda, challenging minds. Chandos.
Parkes, D., Walton, G. (2010) Web 2.0 and libraries: impacts, technologies and trends. Chandos.
Hepworth, M., Walton, G. (2009) Teaching information literacy for inquiry-based learning. Chandos.
Walton, G., Pope, A. (2006) Information literacy: recognising the need. Chandos.
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Chapters in books
Walton, G., Johnson, F., Stewart, D., Young, G., Case-Wyatt, H. (2023) 'Introduction to Healthcare Knowledge and Library Services.' Facet,
Walton, G., Barker, J., Pointon, M., Turner, M., Wilkinson, A. (2020) 'Information literacy and the societal imperative of information discernment.' In Goldstein, S. (ed.) Informed Societies: Why information literacy matters for citizenship, participation and democracy. Facet,
Johnston, E., Walton, G. (2013) 'Summon, information literacy and ?Step Up To HE?.' In Coonan, E. (ed.) Teaching, not telling: Proceedings of the 2nd UK Information Literacy and Summon Day. UK Information Literacy and Summon Day, pp. 20-29.
Walton, G. (2013) 'Online conversation: information literacy as discourse between peers.' In Kurbanoglu, S. (ed.) Worldwide Commonalities and Challenges in Information Literacy Research and Practice. Springer International, pp. 373-379.
Hepworth, M., Walton, G. (2013) 'Introduction ? information literacy and information behaviour, complementary approaches for building capability.' In Hepworth, M., Walton, G. (ed.) Developing people?s information capabilities: fostering information literacy in educational, workplace and community contexts. Emerald Publishing, pp. 1-10.
Walton, G., Cleland, J. (2013) 'Strand 2: becoming an independent learner.' In Secker, J., Coonan, E. (ed.) Rethinking information literacy: a practical framework for teaching. Facet, pp. 13-26.
Groppel-Wegener, A., Walton, G. (2013) 'The Fishscale of academicness.' Only connect? discovery pathways, library explorations and the information adventure. Innovative Libraries, pp. 15-38.
Walton, G. (2010) 'From online discourse to online social networking, the e-learning Holy Grail?.' In Parkes, D., Walton, G. (ed.) Web 2.0 and libraries: impacts, technologies and trends. Chandos, pp. 33-65.
Walton, G. (2010) 'Online social networking, the e-learning holy grail?.' Web 2.0 and Libraries: Impacts, Technologies and Trends. pp. 33-65.
Pope, A., Walton, G. (2009) 'Information and media literacies: sharpening our vision in the twenty first century.' In Leaning, M. (ed.) Issues in information and media literacy: education, practice and pedagogy. Informing Science Press, pp. 1-29.
Adams, J., Pope, A., Walton, G. (2008) 'Using Web 2.0 to enhance the Staffordshire University Assignment Survival Kit (ASK).' In Parker, J., Godwin, P. (ed.) Information literacy meets library 2.0.. Facet Publishing, pp. 139-150.
Walton, G., Barker, J., Hepworth, M., Stephens, D. (2007) 'Facilitating information literacy teaching and learning in a level 1 Sport & Exercise module by means of collaborative online and reflective learning in the Blackboard virtual learning environment (VLE).' In Andretta, S. (ed.) Change and challenge: information literacy for the 21st century. Auslib Press, pp. 169-202.
Pope, A., Walton, G. (2006) 'Information literacy: recognising the need ? an introduction.' In Walton, G., Pope, A. (ed.) Information literacy: recognising the need. Chandos, pp. 3-12.
Hepworth, M., Probets, S., Qutaishat, F., Walton, G. (2006) 'Personalisation initiatives in the public and academic domain.' In Cox, A. (ed.) Portals: People, processes, technology. Facet Publishing, pp. 38-51.
Pope, A., Walton, G. (2006) 'Background to the conference.' Information Literacy: Recognising the Need. pp. 1-2.
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Journal articles
Eve, Z., Turner, M., Di Basilio, D., Harkin, B., Yates, A., Perrson, S., Henry, J., Williams, A., Walton, G., Jones, M., Whitley, C., Craddock, N. (2023) 'Therapeutic games (TGs) to reduce anxiety and depression in young people: a systematic review and exploratory meta-analysis of their use and effectiveness.' Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy: an international journal of theory and practice,
Hicks, A., McKinney, P., Inskip, C., Walton, G., Lloyd, A. (2023) 'Leveraging information literacy : mapping the conceptual influence and appropriation of information literacy in other disciplinary landscapes.' Journal of Librarianship and Information Science,
Walton, G., Pointon, M., Lackenby, M., Barker, J., Turner, M., Wilkinson, A. (2022) 'Information discernment and online reading behaviour: an experiment.' Online Information Review, 47(3) pp. 522-549.
Brannon, L., Gold, L., Magee, J., Walton, G. (2021) 'The Potential of Interactivity and Gamification Within Immersive Journalism &; Interactive Documentary (I-Docs) to Explore Climate Change Literacy and Inoculate Against Misinformation.' Journalism Practice, 16(2-3) pp. 334-364.
Walton, G., Pointon, M., Barker, J., Turner, M., Wilkinson, A. (2021) 'Information discernment and the psychophysiological effects of misinformation.' Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication, 71(8/9) pp. 873-898.
Andrikopoulou, A., Rowley, J., Walton, G. (2021) 'Research Data Management (RDM) and the Evolving Identity of Academic Libraries and Librarians: A Literature Review.' New Review of Academic Librarianship, 28(4) pp. 349-365.
Wong, K., Walton, G., Bailey, G. (2020) 'Using Information Science to enhance educational preventing violent extremism programs.' Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 72(3) pp. 362-376.
Coonan, E., Geekie, J., Goldstein, S., Jeskins, L., Jones, R., Macrae-Gibson, R., Secker, J., Walton, G., Salvador, D.S. (2020) 'Definition of information literacy 2018.' Anales de Documentacion, 23(1)
Ngo, H.T., Pickard, A.J., Walton, G. (2019) 'Information literacy capabilities of upper secondary students: the case of Vietnam.' Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication, 68(6/7) pp. 453-470.
Walton, G., Ngo, H., Pickard, A. (2019) 'The information literacy capabilities of upper secondary students: The case of Vietnam.' Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication, 68(3) pp. 191-206.
Walton, G., Childs, M., Jugo, G. (2019) 'The creation of digital artefacts as a mechanism to engage students in studying literature.' British Journal of Educational Technology, 50(3) pp. 1060-1086.
Ngo, H., Pickard, A., Walton, G. (2019) 'An information literacy teaching model for Vietnam’s schools.' Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication, 68(3) pp. 191-206.
Walmsley-Smith, H., Machin, L., Walton, G. (2019) 'The E-Design Assessment Tool: an evidence-informed approach towards a consistent terminology for quantifying online distance learning activities.' Research in Learning Technology, 27
Walton, G., Pickard, A.J., Dodd, L. (2018) 'Information discernment, mis-information and pro-active scepticism.' Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 50(3) pp. 296-309.
Walton, G.L. (2018) 'Then and now; themes in information literacy research in Anglophone countries from 2006-2016.' Education Comparee, 19pp. 19-42.
Walton, G.L., Casselden, B., Pickard, A.J., McLeod, J. (2017) 'Keeping the doors open in an age of austerity? Qualitative analysis of stakeholder views on volunteers in public libraries.' Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 51(4) pp. 869-883.
Walton, G., Cleland, J. (2017) 'Information literacy: empowerment or reproduction in practice? A discourse analysis approach.' Journal of Documentation, 73(4)
Walton, G. (2017) 'Information literacy is a subversive activity: developing a research-based theory of information discernment.' Journal of Information Literacy, 11(1) pp. 137-155.
Pope, A., Walton, G. (2017) 'Introduction.' pp. 1-15.
Casselden, B., Walton, G., Pickard, A., Mcleod, J. (2017) 'Issues of quality and professionalism of library volunteers: Reporting from a qualitative case study.' Performance Measurement and Metrics, 18(2) pp. 118-126.
Ngo, H., Walton, G. (2016) 'Examining the Practice of Information Literacy Teaching and Learning in Vietnamese Upper Secondary Schools.' Education for Information, 32(3) pp. 291-303.
Walton, G., Williams, D. (2016) 'Information: interactions and impact (i3) 2015.' Journal of Information Literacy, 10(1) pp. 99-101.
Walton, G., Williams, D. (2016) 'Information: Interactions and impact (i3) 2015.' Journal of Information Literacy, 10(1) pp. 99-101.
Goldstein, S., Morrison, C., Secker, J., Walton, G. (2015) 'ECIL 2015: Information literacy in the greenhouse.' Journal of Information Literacy, 9pp. 133-135.
Gröppel-Wegener, A., Raven, L., Bowstead, H., Vigurs, K., Walton, G. (2015) 'Exploring ?academic depth? in Higher Education A collaborative evaluation of a visual method for facilitating information discernment for HE students from varied disciplines.' Innovative Practice in Higher Education, 2
Walton, G., Cleland, J. (2014) 'Information literacy in higher education - empowerment or reproduction? A discourse analysis approach.' Information Research, 19(4)
Hepworth, M., Grunewald, P., Walton, G. (2014) 'Research and practice A critical reflection on approaches that underpin research into people’s information behaviour.' Journal of Documentation, 70(6) pp. 1039-1053.
Walton, G., Hetherington, J., Childs, M. (2014) 'AMORES: Discovering a love for literature through digital collaboration and creativity.' Journal of Information Literacy, 8pp. 85-88.
Walton, G., Hepworth, M. (2013) 'Using assignment data to analyse a blended information literacy intervention: a quantitative approach.' Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 45pp. 53-63.
Cleland, J., Walton, G. (2012) 'Online peer assessment: helping to facilitate learning through participation.' Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, 4pp. n/a-n/a.
Walton, G., Hepworth, M. (2011) 'A longitudinal study of changes in learners? cognitive states during and following an information literacy teaching intervention.' Journal of Documentation, 67(3) pp. 449-479.
Puttick, K., Pope, A., Walton, G. (2010) 'The enquiring minds project at Staffordshire University: integrating information literacy into the curriculum and assessment.' Legal Information Management, 10pp. 104-108.
Andretta, S., Pope, A., Walton, G. (2008) 'Information literacy education in the UK: reflections on perspectives and practical approaches of curricular integration.' Communications in Information Literacy, 2pp. 36-51.
Morgan, K., Walton, G. (2008) 'InfoZone: an enticing Library and IT induction?.' Journal of Information Literacy, 2pp. 94-105.
Walton, G., Barker, J., Hepworth, M., Stephens, D. (2007) 'Using online collaborative learning to enhance information literacy delivery in a Level 1 module: an evaluation.' Journal of Information Literacy, 1pp. 13-30.
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Conference papers
Scaife, B., Walton, G. (2022) 'Improving Wayfinding in a UK Higher Education Institution Library.' In European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL). Online, 20/9/2021 - 23/9/2021. Kurbanoğlu, S., Špiranec, S., Ünal, Y., Boustany, J., Kos, D. (ed.) Springer, pp. 648-660.
Ahmed, A., Johnson, F., Walton, G., Bayounis, S. (2020) 'A phenomenographic approach to the effect of emotions on the information behaviour of doctoral students: A narrative inquiry.' In iConference. 12051 LNCS. University of Boras, Sweden Virtual Conference, 23/3/2020 - 26/3/2020. pp. 874-883.
Unal, Y., Chowdhury, G., Kurbanoğlu, S., Boustany, J., Walton, G. (2019) 'Research data management and data sharing behaviour of university researchers'.' 24. 9/10/2018 - 11/10/2019. University of Borås, Sweden,: University of Borås Sweden,
Walton, G., Brazier, D., Harvey, M. (2019) 'An investigation into Scottish teenagers’ information literacy and search skills.' In SIC: the information behaviour conference. 24. Krakow, Poland, 8/10/2018 - 11/10/2018. University of Boras, Sweden: Information Research,
Chowdhury, G., Boustany, J., Kurbanoğlu, S., Ünal, Y., Walton, G. (2017) 'Preparedness for research data sharing: A study of university researchers in three European countries.' 10647 LNCS. pp. 104-116.
Dodd, L., Chowdhury, G., Harvey, M., Walton, G. (2017) 'Information seeking behaviour of aspiring undergraduates on social media: Who are they interacting with?.' 10647 LNCS. pp. 245-255.
Ngo, H.T., Walton, G.L., Pickard, A.J. (2016) 'Teaching and learning information literacy in upper secondary schools in Vietnam.' 676. pp. 499-506.
Childs, M., Estatiev, V., Hetherington, J., Jugo, G., Richardson, T., Walton, G. (2015) 'Connecting to Reading: Inspiring Young Children to Read Through the Creation of Digital Artefacts and use of Social Media.'