Dr Christine Bruce is Professor in the Information Systems School, Science and Engineering Faculty, QUT, Australia. She has an extensive research and publication profile in information literacy and higher education teaching and learning. Dr. Bruce has a special focus on information literacy and learning, with her team she has investigated information literacy from this angle across educational, workplace and community contexts. Her most recent book publication on information literacy was Informed Learning, 2008. Dr. Bruce also regularly consults and facilitates workshops on information literacy in the university sector around the world. She has delivered 19 keynote addresses in the last ten years in ten different countries. She is presently convenor of the QUT Higher Education Research Network, and Higher Degree Research Director in the Information Systems School. She served as Director and Assistant Dean, Teaching and Learning for the Faculty of Information Technology between 2001- 2006. She was awarded an Australian Learning and Teaching Council Fellowship in 2008. She is a an assessor for the Australian Research Council, a member of the Board of Directors for the US National Forum for Information Literacy, a member of the Reference Group for the University of San Jose SLIS Research Center, and a member of the Board of Directors for the LiNCS research centre at the University of Gothenburg, Faculty of Education. In 2010 Dr. Bruce received the Library Board of Queensland Award for her contributions to information literacy research and education. Archived versions of her publications are available at: Eprints: https://eprints.qut.edu.au/view/person/Bruce,_Christine.html
