Dr. Helen Partridge is Professor and Pro Vice-Chancellor Teaching and Learning at Deakin University, Australia. Prior to this she was the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education) at the University of Southern Queensland where she had oversight of the University Library Services, Office for the Advancement of Learning and Teaching, and the Open Access College. Helen’s research explores the interplay between information, technology and learning. She investigates the ways people experience information and/or technology to learn as students, as professionals, and as people in their everyday life. She has been a visiting Research Fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, and the Berkmein Klein Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University. Helen is actively serves the information science community in Australia and internationally. She was twice elected to the Board of Directors of the Australian Library and Information Association (2006-2010), and was a member of the International Federation of Library and Information Association Library Theory and Research Standing Committee (2007-2013). Since 2019 Helen has been a Jury Member for the ASIST Best Information Science Book Award; taking on the role of Chair in 2022. Connect with Professor Partridge on Twitter at @partridh
