Graham Stoneg.stone@hud.ac.uk | 01484 472042
Graham Stone (BSc, DipILS, MCLIP, FHEA) joined the University of Huddersfield in 2008 and is currently Information Resources Manager in Computing and Library Services. Graham has over 17 years’ experience in academic libraries. He is responsible for the library information resources budget, the management and operation of the Acquisitions and Journals and E-Resources Teams and University Repository.
He manages the University of Huddersfield Press initiative and is studying for an EntD within the Business School. He is also a member of the OAPEN-UK project steering group.
Graham has managed a number of JISC funded projects including the Library Impact Data Project and the Huddersfield Open Access Publishing project.
He is UKSG Publications Officer and a member of the Electronic Information Resources Working Group (EIRWG), the PALS metadata and interoperability working group and chair of the JISC Journal Archives Advisory Board.
Graham’s research interests are guided by his roles and responsibilities within Computing and Library Services:
Stone, G. and Ramsden, B. (2013) ‘Library Impact Data Project: looking for the link between library usage and student attainment ’ College and Research Libraries . ISSN 0010-0870
Emery, J. and Stone, G. (2013) ‘Coming to TERMS’ American Libraries (May). ISSN 0002-9769
Stone, G. and Collins, E. (2013) ‘Library usage and demographic characteristics of undergraduate students in a UK university’ Performance Measurement and Metrics , 14 (1), pp. 25-35. ISSN 1467-8047
Emery, J. and Stone, G. (2013) ‘TERMS: Techniques for electronic resources management’ Library Technology Reports , 49 (2), pp. 5-43. ISSN 0024-2586
Needham, P. and Stone, G. (2012) ‘IRUS-UK: making scholarly statistics count in UK repositories’ Insights , 25 (3), pp. 262-266. ISSN 2048-7754
Stone, G (2012) ‘Social Media in Computing and Library Services at the University of Huddersfield ’ Illuminea (8).
Stone, G. and Collins, E. (2012) ‘Library Impact Data Project Phase II: the data strikes back’ Taking Stock , 21 (1), pp. 6-7. ISSN 0966-6745
Stone, G., Pattern, D. and Ramsden, B. (2012) ‘Library Impact Data Project’ Sconul Focus (54), pp. 25-28. ISSN 1745-5782
Stone, G (2012) ‘Huddersfield Open Access Publishing’ ALISS Quarterly , 7 (3), pp. 21-23. ISSN 1747-9258
Stone, G (2012) ‘Challenges and the future ’ Serials-eNews (261). ISSN 1476-0576
Milloy, C., Stone, G. and Collins, E. (2011) ‘OAPEN-UK: An open access business model for scholarly monographs in the humanities and social sciences’ Information Services and Use , 31 (3/4), pp. 249-258. ISSN 0167-5265
Stone, G (2011) ‘Huddersfield Open Access Publishing’ Information Services and Use , 31 (3/4), pp. 215-223. ISSN 0167-5265
Stone, G. and Emery, J. (2011) ‘Can we agree TERMS? Shaping Techniques for Electronic Resource Management as a model of best practice’ D-Lib Magazine . ISSN 1082-9873
Milloy, C. and Stone, G. (2011) ‘OAPEN-UK: exploring the challenges of the Open Access scholarly monograph’ Serials-eNews (257). ISSN 1476-0576
Stone, G. and Collins, E. (2011) ‘25 Research Things @ Huddersfield: engaging researchers with social media’ ALISS Quarterly , 7 (1), pp. 11-15. ISSN 1747-9258
Stone, G. and Emery, J. (2011) ‘TERMS: Techniques for electronic resource management’ Serials-eNews (255). ISSN 1476-0576
Stone, G., Pattern, D. and Ramsden, B. (2011) ‘Does library use affect student attainment? A preliminary report on the Library Impact Data Project’ LIBER Quarterly , 21 (1), pp. 5-22. ISSN 14355205
Stone, G., Ramsden, B. and Pattern, D. (2011) ‘Looking for the link between library usage and student attainment’ Ariadne (67). ISSN 1361-3200
Stone, G (2011) ‘The E-Resources Management Handbook’ Against the grain , 23 (1), pp. 36-38. ISSN 1043-2094
Stone, G (2010) ‘Searching life, the universe and everything? The implementation of Summon at the University of Huddersfield’ LIBER Quarterly , 20 (1), pp. 25-42. ISSN 14355205
Goodall, D., Pattern, D. and Stone, G. (2010) ‘Making resources work harder’ Library and Information Gazette , p. 5. ISSN 1741220X
White, S. and Stone, G. (2010) ‘Maximising use of library resources at the University of Huddersfield’ Serials , 23 (2), pp. 83-90. ISSN 0953-0460
Stone, G (2010) ‘2010: tough times still lie ahead’ Serials-eNews (211). ISSN 1476-0576
Barrett, L., Evans, J., Harrison, R., Heathcote, D., Jones, L., Osborne, A., Pattern, D., Stone, G. and Thompson, K. (2009) ‘Getting to know Web 2.0 tools’ CILIP update , pp. 40-43. ISSN 1476-7171
Stone, G (2009) ‘Getting mashed in Huddersfield ’ Serials-eNews (200). ISSN 1476-0576
Lauridsen, H. and Stone, G. (2009) ‘The 21st century library: a whole new ball game? ’ Serials , 22 (2), pp. 141-145. ISSN 0953-0460
Stone, G (2009) ‘UKSG invites student perspectives’ Serials-eNews (187). ISSN 1476-0576
Stone, G (2009) ‘Into 2009: difficult decisions ahead’ Serials-eNews (187). ISSN 1476-0576
Lewis, N. and Stone, G. (2008) ‘Mandating and the scholarly journal article: attracting interest on deposits? ’ Serials-eNews (183). ISSN 1476-0576
Stone, G (2008) ‘Working Group Focus: Library Advisory - tackling the important issues in e-resource management’ JISC Collections monthly update (3).
Stone, G (2002) ‘Taking the plunge: moving from print to electronic journal’ Serials , 15 (3), pp. 233-236. ISSN 0953-0460
Stone, G. and Pattern, D. (2012) ‘Knowing me…Knowing You: the role of technology in enabling collaboration’. In: Collaboration in libraries and learning environments. London: Facet. pp. 103-128. ISBN 978-1-85604-858-3
Stone, G., Pattern, D. and Ramsden, B. (2012) ‘Library Impact Data Project: hit, miss or maybe’. In: Proving value in challenging times: proceedings of the 9th Northumbria international conference on performance measurement in libraries and information services. York: University of York. pp. 385-390. ISBN 978-0-901931-11-5
Stone, G (2012) ‘Huddersfield Open Access Publishing’. In: Social Shaping of Digital Publishing: Exploring the Interplay Between Culture and Technology - Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Electronic Publishing. Amsterdam: IOS Press. p. 118. ISBN 978-1-61499-064-2
Milloy, C., Stone, G. and Collins, E. (2012) ‘OAPEN-UK: an Open Access Business Model for Scholarly Monographs in the Humanities and Social Sciences’. In: Social Shaping of Digital Publishing: Exploring the Interplay Between Culture and Technology - Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Electronic Publishing. Amsterdam: IOS Press. p. 122. ISBN 978-1-61499-064-2
Thoburn, J., Coates, A. and Stone, G. (2012) ‘Simplifying resource discovery and access in academic libraries: implementing and evaluating Summon at Huddersfield and Northumbria Universities’. In: Planning and Implementing Resource Discovery Tools in Academic Libraries . Hershey, PA : IGI Global. pp. 584-601. ISBN 978-1-4666-1821-3
Stone, G (2009) ‘Resource Discovery’. In: Digital Information: Order or anarchy?. London: Facet. pp. 133-164. ISBN 9781856046800
Stone, G (2008) ‘Editor's Foreword’. In: E-Resources Management Handbook. : UKSG. . ISBN 978-0-9552448-0-3
Stone, G (2013) ‘Library usage of UK undergraduate students: the Library Impact Data Project ’. In: Library Impact and Assessment, 7 May 2013, Trinity College, Dublin
Oakleaf , M., Stone, G., Pattern, D., Bowles-Terry, M., Peterson, K., Nackerud, S. and Fransen, J. (2013) ‘Do or Do Not...There is No Try: The Quest for Library Value’. In: Association of College & Research Libraries Conference, 10-13 April 2013, Indianapolis, Indiana
Stone, G. and Emery, J. (2013) ‘TERMS and conditions apply: refining best practice for Electronic Resource Management’. In: UKSG 36th Annual Conference and Exhibition, 8-10 April 2013, BICC, Bournemouth
Emery, J. and Stone, G. (2013) ‘Developing TERMS: techniques for electronic resource management’. In: 8th Annual Electronic Resources & Libraries Conference, University of Texas at Austin, 17-20 March 2013
Stone, G., Pattern, D. and Devenney, A. (2013) ‘Jisc HIKE workshop’. In: Jisc Hike workshop, 26 February 2013, University of Huddersfield
Pattern, D. and Stone, G. (2013) ‘Library analytics and value: The Library Impact Data Project’. In: libraries@cambridge 2013, 9 January 2013, University of Cambridge
Stone, G (2012) ‘Library Impact Data Project II: digging deeper into data’. In: Squaring the Circle: Increasing demand, decreasing budget , 17 December 2012, Birmingham City University
Stone, G (2012) ‘Engaging researchers with social media tools: 25 Research Things @ Huddersfield’. In: New ways of publishing, online publishing and social media: is this for researchers? And why should the library care?, 1-2 November 2012, Korsør, Denmark
Stone, G (2012) ‘Library Impact Data Project Phase II: the data strikes back’. In: National Acquisitions Group Conference, 5-6 September 2012, Royal York Hotel, York
Milloy, C., Stone, G. and Collins, E. (2012) ‘OAPEN-UK: an Open Access Business Model for Scholarly Monographs in the Humanities and Social Sciences’. In: 16th International Conference on Electronic Publishing , 14-15 June 2012, Guimarães, Portugal
Stone, G., Collins, E. and Pattern, D. (2012) ‘Digging deeper into library data: Understanding how library usage and other factors affect student outcomes ’. In: LIBER 41st Annual Conference, 27 June - 30 June 2012, University of Tartu, Estonia
Milloy, C., Collins, E. and Stone, G. (2012) ‘OAPEN-UK: Investigating a business model for open access monographs in the humanities and social sciences ’. In: LIBER 41st Annual Conference, 27 June - 30 June 2012, University of Tartu, Estonia
Stone, G (2012) ‘Huddersfield Open Access Publishing’. In: 16th International Conference on Electronic Publishing , 14-15 June 2012, Guimarães, Portugal
Stone, G (2012) ‘Huddersfield Open Access Publishing (HOAP) Project’. In: LIBER 41st Annual Conference, 27 June - 30 June 2012, University of Tartu, Estonia
Stone, G. and Emery, J. (2012) ‘Techniques in Electronic Resource Management (TERMS)’. In: LIBER 41st Annual Conference, 27 June - 30 June 2012, University of Tartu, Estonia
Milloy, C. and Stone, G. (2012) ‘OAPEN-UK: exploring the challenges of the Open Access scholarly monograph’. In: UKSG 35th Annual Conference and Exhibition, 26-28 March 2012, SECC, Glasgow
Milloy, C. and Stone, G. (2011) ‘OAPEN-UK workshop’. In: JISC Collections 2011 Conference and AGM, 24 November2011, NRM, York
Stone, G (2011) ‘The Library Impact Data Project’. In: National Acquisitions Group Conference, 7-8 September 2011, Manchester
Stone, G., Pattern, D. and Ramsden, B. (2011) ‘The Library Impact Data Project: hit miss or maybe’. In: 9th Northumbria International Conference on Performance Measurement in Libraries and Information Services: Proving value in challenging times, 22-25 August 2011, University of York
Pattern, D., Stone, G. and Ramsden, B. (2011) ‘The coolest thing to do with your data will be thought of by someone else’. In: Business Librarians Association Cnference. Making an impact: demonstrating value, 13-15 July 2011, Sheffield
Stone, G., Pattern, D. and Ramsden, B. (2011) ‘Does library use affect student attainment? A preliminary report on the Library Impact Data Project’. In: LIBER 40th Annual Conference, 29 June - 2 July 2011, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona
Pattern, D., Stone, G. and Collins, E. (2011) ‘25 Research Things: engaging academics with social media tools’. In: LIBER 40th Annual Conference, 29 June - 2 July 2011, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona
Stone, G (2011) ‘Looking for the link between library usage and student attainment’. In: CILIPS Annual Conference, 7 June 2011, University of Glasgow
Stone, G (2011) ‘There's gold in them thar hills: linking library usage to student attainment’. In: SCONUL Conference 2011, 8-10 June 2011, Cardiff
Stone, G (2011) ‘Making research visible to a worldwide audience: Open access and Repositories’. In: Interlend 2011, 27-28 June 2011, Durham
Stone, G (2011) ‘Publishing and the University Repository: raising your research profile’. In: Postgraduate Research Conference, 2 April 2011, University of Huddersfield
Stone, G (2011) ‘Advocacy at the University of Huddersfield: Making research visible to a world audience’. In: Kultivate Advocacy workshop, 28 February 2011, HEFCE, Centre Point, London
Collins, E. and Stone, G. (2011) ‘Social Citation’. In: Digital Researcher, 14 February 2011, British Library
Stone, G (2010) ‘Research has never been so easy: Summon at the University of Huddersfield’. In: 5th UNICA Scholarly Communication Seminar: “Find it, Get it, Use it, Store it”, 7-9 November 2010, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Stone, G (2010) ‘Searching life, the universe and everything? The implementation of Summon at the University of Huddersfield’. In: Serials Solutions breakfast program at Internet Librarian International, 15 October 2010, Novotel, London
Pattern, D. and Stone, G. (2010) ‘Activity data at Huddersfield’. In: Briefing day for Grant 15/10: JISC infrastructure for education and research programme, 11 October 2010, Goodenough College, London
Stone, G (2010) ‘Experiences on the ground: usage statistics as a practical tool in the library’. In: UKSG Usage Statistics Training Seminar, 8 September 2010, Oxford
Stone, G (2010) ‘A Year Since Last Summer’. In: RSP Summer School 2010, 2-4 June 2010, Madingley Hall, Madingley, Cambridge
Stone, G (2010) ‘Searching life, the universe and everything? The implementation of Summon at the University of Huddersfield’. In: 39th LIBER Annual General Conference, 29 June - 2 July 2010, Aarhus University, Denmark
White, S. and Stone, G. (2010) ‘Measuring library impact on learning at the University of Huddersfield’. In: SCONUL Conference 2010 , 16-18 June 2010, The Queens, City Square, Leeds
Gibbs, G., Clarke, D., Hall, C., Stone, G. and Osborne, A. (2010) ‘Teaching and Research use of the Victoria Climbié Corpus: Launch of the Victoria Climbié Corpus Website and Project’. In: Launch of the Victoria Climbié Corpus Website and Project, 29 April 2010, University of Huddersfield
White, S. and Stone, G. (2010) ‘Maximising use of library resources at the University of Huddersfield’. In: UKSG 33rd Annual Conference and Exhibition, 12-14 April 2010, Edinburgh International Conference Centre
Stone, G (2010) ‘Getting to know Web 2.0: 25 Things the Huddersfield way’. In: Do library staff really need to know about this stuff? Developing library staff through emerging technologies, 23 April 2010, Manchester Metropolitan University
Swan, A. and Stone, G. (2010) ‘Making your research visible to a world audience’. In: University Research Festival, 8 - 18 March 2010, University of Huddersfield
Stone, G (2009) ‘This house believes that A&I is RIP’. In: A & I: R.I.P.?, 13 November 2009, University of Manchester
Lauridsen, H. and Stone, G. (2009) ‘The 21st century library: a whole new ball game? ’. In: 32nd UKSG Annual Conference and Exhibition, 30 March - 1 April 2009, Riviera International Conference Centre, Torquay
Stone, G (2008) ‘Calling all researchers: the repository marketing strategy at the University of Huddersfield’. In: Beyond Advocacy: A Bradford Master Class on Institutional Repositories, 20 November 2008, University of Bradford
Stone, G (2008) ‘David and Goliath: new journals v the 'big deal'’. In: Making a Success of Launching New Journals, 14 November 2008, British Institute of Radiology
Acreman, B. and Stone, G. (2007) ‘Customer service excellence II’. In: UKSG 30th UKSG Annual Conference and Exhibition, 16-18 April 2007, University of Warwick
Acreman, B. and Stone, G. (2006) ‘Customer service excellence’. In: UKSG 29th UKSG Annual Conference and Exhibition, 3-5 April 2006, University of Warwick
Crawshaw, L. and Stone, G. (2004) ‘A problem shared – lis-e-journals@UKSG’. In: UKSG 27th UKSG Annual Conference and Exhibition, 29-31 March 2004, UMIST, Manchester
Stone, G (2003) ‘E-journals for beginners’. In: UKSG 26th UKSG Annual Conference and Exhibition, 7-9 April 2003, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
Everard, J. and Stone, G. (2002) ‘Newcomers to serials’. In: UKSG 25th UKSG Annual Conference and Exhibition, 15-17 April 2002, University of Warwick
Evans, J. and Stone, G. (1997) ‘Developing an Interactive Guide for the Manchester Metropolitan University’. In: ASLIB Electronics and Multimedia Groups Annual Conference, 14-16 May 1997, Danbury Park Conference Centre, Chelmsford
Stone, G (2010) University Repository Survey Data, October-November 2010 [Dataset]
Stone, G (2012) University of Huddersfield: Exploiting Library Impact Data London: Jisc
Stone, G. and Collins, E. (2012) Library Impact Data Project Toolkit: Phase 2 Huddersfield: University of Huddersfield (Unpublished)
Stone, G., White, S., Robinson, D., Pitchford, I. and Edmunds, C. (2012) Huddersfield Open Access Publishing final report Huddersfield: University of Huddersfield (Unpublished)
Stone, G (2011) Huddersfield Open Access Publishing Toolkit Huddersfield: University of Huddersfield (Unpublished)
Stone, G., Ramsden, B. and Pattern, D. (2011) Library Impact Data Project Toolkit Huddersfield: University of Huddersfield (Unpublished)
Stone, G (2010) Report on the University Repository Survey, October-November 2010 Huddersfield: University of Huddersfield (Unpublished)
Thoburn, J., Coates, A. and Stone, G. (2010) Simplifying resource discovery and access in academic libraries: implementing and evaluating Summon at Huddersfield and Northumbria Universities Newcastle: Northumbria University/University of Huddersfield (Unpublished)
Stone, G. and Clarke, D. (2010) Climbié Inquiry Data Corpus Online: JISC Final Report (Public Report) Huddersfield: University of Huddersfield (Unpublished)
Stone, G., Pattern, D. and Ramsden, B. (2011) Library Impact Data Project Available at: http://library.hud.ac.uk/blogs/projects/lidp/
Stone, G., White, S., Robinson, D., Pitchford, I. and Edmunds, C. (2011) Huddersfield Open Access Publishing project blog Available at:
Collins, E., Pattern, D. and Stone, G. (2010) 25 Research Things Available at: http://25researchthings2010.wordpress.com/
Pattern, D., Thoburn, J., Coates, A. and Stone, G. (2010) Summon 4HN Available at: http://library.hud.ac.uk/blogs/summon4hn/
Barrett, L., Heathcote, D., Osborne, A., Pattern, D. and Stone, G. (2008) 25 Things @ Huddersfield Available at: http://25things2008.wordpress.com/
Graham has helped to organise a number of high profile international conferences and workshops, including the UKSG Annual Conference and Exhibition since 2001. In 2011 Graham help to organise and co-presented at the Digital Researchers conference organised by Vitae, the UK organisation championing the personal, professional and career development of doctoral researchers and research staff in higher education institutions and research institutes.
He has also been a peer reviewer for Library & Information Science Research and the Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship.
In 2010, he was awarded the LIBER Award for Library Innovation for his paper on the implementation of the Summon web scale delivery service at the University of Huddersfield.
Since 2008 he has been the project manager for the following JISC funded projects:
