Lynette Torres Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia 2015

Lynette Torres

Lyn Torres, Information Research Skills Manager, Monash University Library. Lyn provides strategic leadership for the in-curricula development of students’ research skills through library-faculty partnerships. Lyn has influenced the invigoration of the skills agenda at Monash University through her involvement is three Office of Learning and Teaching funded projects using since 2009 on the Research Skill Development (RSD) framework, which have led to educational policy endorsement for the RSD at Monash University. Lyn has successfully implemented a RSD module for the Graduate Certificate of Academic Practice in collaboration with discipline academics and has been invited by universities nationally and internationally to facilitate RSD workshops. Recipient of: Excellence in Learning and Teaching 2011, Vice-Chancellor's Award for Programs that Enhance Learning, Special Commendation 2012, Vice-Chancellor's Award for Exceptional Performance by Professional Staff 2013, Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL) Achievement Award 2014.

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