Dr Jayne Finlay is a research associate in the School of Education at Ulster University, where she undertakes research across the areas of education and library and information science. Her PhD examined user engagement with prison libraries across the UK and Ireland and she continues to work to improve library and education access to people in prison. She teaches on the Library and Information Management programme at Ulster University and is also a qualified library and information professional, with experience of working in academic libraries. She is an associate fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy.