I'm a linguistic specialist interested in applications for foreign languages and scripts in information studies, librarianship and on the Internet.polyglot ♦ broad experience in librarianship, specialist IT support and information studies ♦ project management ♦ computer and cataloguing trainer ♦ writer of clear and concise technical documentation ♦ experienced troubleshooter● Collection Metadata Systems Analyst, British Library● Chinese cataloguer, British Library● Project Manager, UCL Domain Names Project. Management and training of a team of several hundred linguists who did linguistic checks on all the new (2012) domain names (.london, .wiki, etc.)● Faculty Information Support Officer for Arts & Humanities, and Laws at UCLNegotiation and communication skills developed in communicating with internal and external stakeholders● Language of Cataloguing Taskforce, British Library● Co-Chair of ICANN’s Translation & Transliteration of Contact Information Policy Development Process Working Group (ICANN coordinates the Internet’s addressing system.)● Only non-native speaker member of ICANN’s Chinese Generation Panel (which decides which characters may occur in Chinese domain names)Experienced in using good time management to provide a quality service for users● Support for bibliographic, archive and manuscript systems at British Library● Information Manager at Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation● IT Systems Manager at Wycombe Abbey School● Head of the British Library Japanese Information Service
Listed skills include Data Analysis, Foreign Languages, Chinese, Korean, and 39 others.
