Scholar Profile: Shamin Renwick


Bio Information

Dr. Shamin Renwick

School of Education Faculty of Humanties and Education Senior Librarian II Active +1 868 662 2002 x 83338 Check out my Website!
Biography/Responsibilities/Duties:

Dr. Shamin Renwick, currently the Librarian at the School of Education, is both an academic librarian and an information subject specialist (Science, Health, and Agricultural information). She has worked in education, agricultural, science, and health sciences libraries. She has been a Librarian for over 35 years, 12 of those in school libraries and over 20 at UWI, St Augustine. She held an 18-month stint as Director, Library Services, at St. George's University, Grenada, WI. She has experience in manuscript and copy editing as well as proofreading. 

Research Interests

  1. Health Information
  2. Information Literacy
  3. Information behaviour
  4. Agricultural Information
  5. Education

Research Activity

  1. [Book]

    Caribbean libraries in the 21st Century: Changes, challenges, and choices. more..

    2007

    Shamin Renwick

    Peltier-Davis, Cheryl Ann and Renwick, Shamin

    COMPLETED

  2. [Article (non-peer-reviewed)]

    Navigating Through the Pressures of Publishing in an Era of Predatory Journals. more..

    Shamin Renwick

    Belfon, Renaldo, MarkWuddivira, and Shamin Renwick

    COMPLETED

  3. [Article (non-peer-reviewed)]

    Linking the Caribbean. more..

    Shamin Renwick

    Renwick, Shamin

    COMPLETED

  4. [Journal Article]

    Managing research data at an academic library in a developing country more..

    2017

    Shamin Renwick

    Renwick, Shamin and Winter, Marsha and Gill, Michelle

    COMPLETED

  5. [Journal Article]

    Intra-regional transport for agricultural commodities: a regional public good more..

    2012

    Shamin Renwick

    Renwick, Shamin and Stewart, Robert and Howai, Niko

    COMPLETED

  6. [Article (non-peer-reviewed)]

    Towards a stress-free library. more..

    Shamin Renwick

    Renwick, Shamin

    COMPLETED

  7. [Conference/Workshop/Seminar Presentation]

    Issues in the use of information for research in the sciences. more..

    2015

    Shamin Renwick

    Renwick, Shamin

    COMPLETED

  8. [Conference/Workshop/Seminar Presentation]

    Information support for PRAs in the Caribbean. more..

    2016

    Shamin Renwick

    Renwick, Shamin, and Sarah Maharaj

    COMPLETED

  9. [Conference/Workshop/Seminar Presentation]

    Open Access publication issues in Caribbean higher education. more..

    2014

    Shamin Renwick

    Belfon, Renaldo, Mark Wuddivira, and Shamin Renwick

    COMPLETED

  10. [Conference/Workshop/Seminar Presentation]

    Advanced techniques in searching the Internet. more..

    2002

    Shamin Renwick

    Renwick, Shamin

    COMPLETED

  11. [Conference/Workshop/Seminar Presentation]

    Literature review and references. more..

    2005

    Shamin Renwick

    Renwick, Shamin

    COMPLETED

  12. [Conference/Workshop/Seminar Presentation]

    Networking: Processes, practices and possibilities. more..

    2010

    Shamin Renwick

    Renwick, Shamin and Kathryn Duncan

    COMPLETED

  13. [Conference Proceedings]

    Assessment of online digital information. more..

    2001

    Shamin Renwick

    Renwick, Shamin

    COMPLETED

  14. [Conference/Workshop/Seminar Presentation]

    Towards improved information support for PRAs in the Caribbean. more..

    2016

    Shamin Renwick

    Renwick, Shamin, and Sarah Maharaj

    COMPLETED

  15. [Conference/Workshop/Seminar Presentation]

    So, you want to be an author? Academic publishing in the Caribbean? more..

    2019

    Shamin Renwick

    Renwick, Renwick

    COMPLETED

  16. [Conference/Workshop/Seminar Presentation]

    Digital competencies in higher education. more..

    2018

    Shamin Renwick

    Renwick, Shamin

    COMPLETED

  17. [Conference/Workshop/Seminar Presentation]

    'Informal' virtual reference at an academic library. more..

    2015

    Shamin Renwick

    Renwick, Shamin

    COMPLETED

  18. [Conference/Workshop/Seminar Presentation]

    Finding biomedical information on the Internet: Module 2 of the Health and Information Management Workshop. more..

    2001

    Shamin Renwick

    Lewis, Marilyn and Shamin Renwick

    COMPLETED

  19. [Book Chapter]

    Librarian and lecturer in partnership: A Caribbean experience. more..

    2007

    Niala Dwarika-BhagatJennifer JosephCheryl Peltier-DavisShamin Renwick

    Pierre-Robertson, Petronetta, Shamin Renwick, Cheryl Peltier-Davis, Beverly Wood, Barbara Chase, Hermine Salmon, Heather Rodriguez-James, Dorothy M Palmer, Jennifer Joseph, Claudia Hill, Jane W.F. Smith, Williamae Johnson, Monique Alberts, Tamara Brathwaite, Niala Dwarika and Barbara A. Gordon.

    COMPLETED

  20. [Report]

    Report of the Information Literacy Committee, St. Augustine Campus Libraries, The University of the West Indies. more..

    Shamin Renwick

    Renwick, Shamin, Tamara Brathwaite, Arlene Dolabaille, Devika Ramsingh, Janet Fullerton-Rawlins, Allison Dolland, Floris Fraser, and Elmelinda Lara.

    COMPLETED

Public Service

  1. [Public or Community Service]

    Secretary, Trinity College, Moka, Maraval more..

    2006-2008

    Contribution of > Public or Community Service

    COMPLETED

University Service

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Education and Training

  1. [Education and Training]

    PhD Agricultural Extension more..

    Contribution of > Education and Training

    COMPLETED

Memberships

  1. [Membership]

    West Indies Group of Teachers (WIGUT) more..

    Contribution of > Membership

    COMPLETED

  2. [Membership]

    Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) more..

    Contribution of > Membership

    COMPLETED

  3. [Membership]

    Library Association of Trinidad and Tobago more..

    Contribution of > Membership

    COMPLETED

In the News

  1. [News Article]

    Put your computer to sleep. more..

    Contribution of > News Article

    COMPLETED

Other Activities

  1. Sorry, no information available as yet.