David Allen Email & Phone Number

London, United Kingdom

Sole responsibility for the Royal Society of Chemistry's Library including the strategic planning and analysis of services; manage and promote the book & serial collections: manage, promote and advise on access and researches within the historical collection and archive; manage resource provision to members and run an enquiry service. I also liaise with other teams within the Society to provide advice, guidance and information for events and publications related to the historical collection and institutional archive.Achievements:- Production of a booklet commemorating chemists’ contributions to WWI- Part of project team to digitise the RSC’s Historical Collection- Produced guides to the RSC’s Historical Collection and the history of Burlington House- Written and implemented a Library strategy- Launched an online 'Biographical Database' and managed the transfer of over 5,500 records to the Library catalogue

Woking, Surrey

Managed the resource centre for Plan International including completing in-depth research and answering enquiries; networking and exchanging information across the organisation and with other development organisations; management of temporary staffAchievements:- Produced an ‘Information Management Guidelines’ policy document for the organisation- Complete re-classification and re-cataloguing of the library collection

London, United Kingdom

Held three roles within the charity: IT Manager; Donor Database Manager; Finance Assistant. In addition I assisted at charitable events and managed volunteers & temporary staff.My main achievement was to initialise Fight for Sight’s access to the internet including creating and maintaining the website and setting up access to e-mail (from 1998 to 2003).

London, United Kingdom

Responsibilities:- Cataloguing scientific publications- Developed sections of the website and intranet- Produced regular updates detailing additions to the collectionMy main achievement was to successfully stock-check the complete library collection. I was also asked to stay past my fixed term contract to complete a coding project for the departments' website.

Msc, Library & Information Studies

Ba, Film With Television Studies (Major); American Studies (Minor)