New adventure starts today really pleased to be working in this new role for the next two years

Qualified archivist working at London Metropolitan Archives working on specific projects and in the intervening times as Senior Information Officer within the public services team providing advice and access to the collections for both onsite and remote users

To survey and catalogue the records of Mildmay Hospital and to create a database to enable access to the otherwise closed patient case files of individuals who were patients at Mildmay Hospital, Europe's first hospital to specialise in the care of individuals with HIV and AIDS related illness, to make this rich source of information about AIDS in the 1980s and 1990s accessible for research. Also to catalogue the records of the peer-support charity Positively UK (formerly Positively UK). To work along side the archivist making available 100 filmed interviews created by the National HIV Story Trust and to participate in outreach work including facilitating creative workshops with academics and service users of Positively UK and to participate in the organisation and delivery of a celebratory reception to mark the end of the project aimed at the depositors, service users and academics

The sole archivist as part of the Graphic and Digital Collections team cataloguing over 7,000 maps which form part of LMA's core collections and which had been previously only accessible by reference to an antiquated card index and associated finding aids. To promote the collection widely by social media and by writing a series of newsletter articles. Also to support the exhibition work of LMA in identifying content, working collaboratively wit colleagues in the identification of material for inclusion in exhibition, both at LMA and the Guildhall Art Gallery and producing captions and associates materials to be used in the promotion of such exhibitions

To contribute to the successful final delivery of a partnership project with Capital & Counties/Olympia London on a project which was already established; to complete the appraisal, sorting and cataloguing of two new deposits and to arrange for the acquisition of an additional deposit towards the end of the project as well as supervising the project intern in tasks such as packaging and locating archives

Sole project archivist cataloguing the archives of the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. The project was funded by the Welcome Trust's Research Resources grant stream and involved cataloguing the archive and compiling a database of over 15,000 clinical files supported by a thesaurus of appropriate terminology, in close liaison with the depositor. In addition to cataloguing I also assisted with the promotion of the project to the academic and clinical research community by being part of the organisation (and speaking at) a one day conference organised jointly with the Trust at LMA and also collaborating with other archive professionals especially in regard to skill sharing in undertaking such a unique project and managing dealing with processing such sensitive data

Sole project archivist cataloguing the archives from the King Edward's Hospital Fund for London, now The King's Fund. The project was funded by the Wellcome Trust's Research Resources grant stream and required the appraising, sorting and cataloguing of several separate deposits of records from the Fund, running in total to around 133 linear metres of archives and the re-arrangement of previously catalogued earlier deposits to meet modern cataloguing standards and the successful integration of the new deposits. The cataloguing work included creating descriptive elements, such as scope and content notes and appraisal and accrual information, in line with ISAD(G) data elements, entering and editing data into LMA's electronic cataloguing system. Also an important part of the project was maintaining contact with the depositor, identifying archives for use in social media and other promotional activities and organising and hosting public sessions about the collections

Responsible as part of a team to survey, appraise and catalogue the records of the Standard Chartered Bank, deposited at London Metropolitan Archives, as part of a partner project with the depositor and to support the work of the author writing the official history of the banks including the supervision of the item level cataloguing of the substantial photographic collection which forms part of the archive

Working in the busy public service section of London Metropolitan Archives. Responsibilities and duties were wide ranging and varied but included leading on the daily delivery of distance enquiry work, allocating incoming enquiries to team members, monitoring individual workloads and assisting in supervision, reviewing and completing distance enquiries within required service response standards. Answering paid research enquiries, taking particular responsibility for complex enquiries, researching within restricted records and extracting information where appropriate as well as undertaking enquiries within the official City records.To staff the public rooms as required by rota, providing advice to users about accessing and using collections, using the collections catalogue, document handling, advising on reproduction and copying options and providing general assistance to users throughout their visit.To deliver general introductory talks and tours to groups of visitors as well providing sessions on more focused topics such as family history and the resources and records available.