Elizabeth Lomas - PhD student

Elizabeth’s thesis is entitled "Continued communication: maximising organisational communications taking into account the impact of the individual and professional support systems” supervised by Professor Julie McLeod and Dr David Wainwright in the School of Computing, Engineering and Information Sciences. Elizabeth is analysing the impact of communication management and multidisciplinary expertise on communication and collaborative success within organisations. The research takes into account the impact of the individual. Personality profiling and learning preferences are being built into the study.  Details on Elizabeth’s papers and publications are available at the attached page.

The co-operative inquiry group has developed its own identity and brand, Continued Communication. The Group is investigating communications in the 21st century. A website is currently in development ( www.continuedcommunication.org) and this will provide details of the Group’s outputs, including a communication architecture toolkit, films, podcasts and papers. It is also the host to the Group’s blog ‘Through the virtual looking glass’.

Elizabeth Lomas completed a BA Hons. in History and a Diploma and MA in Archive Studies and Records Management both at UCL, part of the University of London. In addition she is IRCA (International Register of Certificated Auditors) qualified as a lead auditor for the information security standard ISO27001 and also qualified as an Associate Member of the Museums' Association. As a qualified and registered records manager, she worked for over fifteen years within the public and private sectors, most recently establishing the Royal Household's records management, legal compliance and information security programmes. Today she takes on small consultancy projects. In addition she is currently the Chair of the Society of Archivists' (the professional body for archivists and records managers) Legislation and Standards Working Party, a member of the Society of Archivist's Professional Affairs Committee, an archive representative on the government's Advisory Council on the Export of Works of Art, a member of ARMA International's Risk Committee and a member of the Records Management Journal’s Editorial Board.

Research interests:

• Records and information management
• Communication systems, including email, Facebook, GoogleWave, Ning and Moodle etc.
• Communication management
• Information rights and ethics
• Information governance and security
• Information and communication behaviours