Experience

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  Jeremy Atkinson Consultancy

  • Cardiff, United Kingdom

  • Library and Information Services Consultant

    • Nov 2012 - Present
    • Cardiff, United Kingdom

    Areas of expertise:Strategic and operational reviews of library and information services, projects and organisational structuresBenchmarking of library and information servicesQuality assurance of projects and library and information services Electronic resources development, procurement and service provisionDevelopment of collaborative library provisionConference organisation and contentClients have included:University of Winchester: Reviews of Library, IT and Technology Enhanced Learning, and Student ServicesUniversity of Sheffield: Service review of copyright provisionJisc: Quality assurance for the implementation of the Jisc Open Access offer Jisc: Creation, description and validation of a coherent Jisc offer to be used by universities implementing Open Access Jisc (and co-design partners RLUK, SCONUL, UCISA & RUGIT): Quality assurance for Open Mirror feasibility study and review of Jisc repository servicesJisc: Review of the Knowledge Exchange initiativeJisc: Review of the Strategic Content Alliance initiativeJisc: Review of Repository Network +Jisc: Business case for open access repository shared servicesChandos Publishing: Peer Review Board for Chandos Information Professional SeriesRegent's College: Review of Learning ResourcesCoventry University: Library Quality ReviewFire Service College: Review of Library ServicesSCONUL: Conference workshop on High Quality Customer ServicesLoughborough University: External Reviewer for Library Quadrennial ReviewUniversity of Winchester: External Advisor for appointment of Director of Library and IT ServicesUniversity of Sheffield: External Advisor for appointment of Scholarly Communications Licensing ManagerUniversity for the Creative Arts: External Advisor for Library & Student Services senior staff restructuringNew Review of Academic Librarianship: Peer ReviewerJisc Collections: Evaluator for The Institution as E-textbook PublisherJisc: Evaluator for Technical Review of Sherpa Services

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  University of Glamorgan

  • United Kingdom
  • Higher Education
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Director of Learning & Corporate Support Services

    • 2006 - Oct 2012

    Strategic and operational leadership of a large, converged department (up to 250 staff) covering library services, academic and corporate IT, media services, blended learning support, study skills, disability technology and printing services.Also involved in a large number of UK committees and bodies including:SCONUL Executive BoardSCONUL Events GroupSCONUL Task & Finish Group on Strategic PartnershipsJisc Infrastructure and Resources CommitteeJisc Collections Stakeholder GroupJisc Film and Sound Think TankJisc Digitisation Advisory GroupWHELF (Wales Higher Education Libraries Forum)Joint organiser of SCONUL Autumn Conference 2009, SCONUL Summer Conferences 2011 and 2012Project Director Jisc WALES Project

  • Head of Learning Resources Centre

    • 1991 - 2006

    Strategic and operational leadership of library and media services.Also involved in a large number of UK committees and bodies including:SCONUL Working Group on Quality Assurance (Chair)SCONUL Advocacy and Lobbying GroupSCONUL Vision Group 2000Jisc Content Services CommitteeJisc Committee on Electronic InformationJisc Digitisation Advisory GroupJisc Moving Pictures and Sound Working Group (Chair)Jisc Collections Strategy Review GroupBUFVC Executive CommitteeWHELF (Wales Higher Education Libraries Forum)WHELF Development Group (Chair)Project Director Jisc Lifesign ProjectProject Manager Jisc Imagination ProjectJoint organiser of SCONUL Summer Conference 2000, WHELF HELP Conference, Jisc/RSLP Fastforward Conferences

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  Northumbria University

  • Head of Information Services

    • 1983 - 1991

    Library services to academic staff and students; teaching, learning and research supportAlso involved in a number of national and regional committees and bodies including:Library Association, Publicity and Publications Group (Publications Officer)SCONUL Advisory Committee on Information ServicesLibrary Association, Northern Branch (Honorary Secretary and Publicity Officer)Newcastle upon Tyne Libraries Joint Working PartyDirector of Studies, Library Association Northern Branch / Association of Assistant Librarians Joint Weekend School on Libraries and CommunicationAssistant Editor, Northern Librarian