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Sheffield, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Business analysis, application design and data design in the development and extension of the Collection Management System. Areas covered include exhibitions management, loans and conservation management and data collection.

Supporting and developing services for the National Art Library and the V&A staff intranet. Working with the library system Horizon by SirsiDynix, and the wiki Confluence by Atlassian. Working across a Unix/Linux and Windows environment, Sybase, My SQL, Tomcat, Apache, web services and applications, etc.

Customer support, development and QA for a range of ILS products including Aquabrowser, Vubis Smart, and a new e-resource management system called V-Sources. Required a combination of library professional skills and knowledge, a high level of IT and systems competency, good communication skills, and a great problem-solving can-do approach.

A one year fixed term contract to implement electronic information systems to manage the Library and Archives of the National Portrait Gallery, London:Provided expert advice and skills in systems procurement and implementation working with the Archivist and Librarian, and providing technical support for the Gallery's IT department. I led a Gallery wide.

Supported a large Integrated Library System (ILS), c.16,000 student users, and c.80 Library and Learning Resources staff.Activities and achievements included:Procurement of the ILS, (Voyager from Endeavor).Bibliographic and acquisitions data migration.Training and end-user support.Procurement and installation of hardware for the ILS.Managed and developed.

Collection development, acquisitions, cataloging and classification.Reader services and inquiries.Supervised a team of para-professionals and student part-timers.

Part of the Acquisitions team. Liaised on gifts and donations.Managed the ephemera and jobbing printing collection, developing links with graphic designers and printers.

Solo Librarian managing the pre-eminent art history library for the early modern period in Scotland, serving the curators of the National Gallery and the research community. c. 55,000 volumes, budget £20,000.Contributed to a Integrated Library System procurement project.Project managed a complete Library refit, including the installation of rolling.

Managed the book and serial binding. General acquisitions and cataloguing. The international nature of suppliers and materials required working with French, German, Italian and Latin.

London

Contributed fact-checking and original research to articles for the MacMillan Dictionary of Art.

Diplib, Information And Library Studies

Master Of Arts - Ma, Art History

Ba, Art History