Experience

Oxford and Cambridge Club
• United Kingdom
• Hospitality
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Club Archivist

  • Aug 2021 - Present


The British Academy

• South Africa
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Librarian/Archivist/Curator

  • Feb 2012 - Jun 2020

  My role at the British Academy was to oversee, maintain and develop the Academy's archive, library and art collection. My responsibilities included: conserving, appraising and cataloguing the collections; introducing and maintaining effective policies; promoting and assisting access to the collections; managing 2 budgets; researching and conducting tours of the historic building; administrating loans and commissions. As the Archivist and Librarian, I worked alone but as the Curator I liaised with the Chair of the Art Committee. The work was busy, varied and enjoyable. Whilst at the Academy I was pleased to achieve the following: • Arranged and catalogued a significant portion of the archives to ISAD(G) standards • Established a records custody service • Researched and published articles on the Academy’s history, art collection and building • Organised a successful exhibition commemorating the use of the building as a First World War hospital • Introduced a new cataloguing software system (CollectionsIndex+) • Completed projects to conserve and digitise selected records • Organised off-site storage for a large section of the archive collection • Moved and re-organised the library during a project to re-configure the building Show less



Royal College of Surgeons of England

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Archives and Records Management Assistant (Interim)

  • Feb 2012 - May 2012

  Archive duties included: cataloguing to ISAD(G) standard using ADLIB; outreach activities such as exhibitions and open evenings; environmental monitoring; answering enquiries and assisting researchers in the reading room. Records management duties included: answering enquiries, sending records to and retrieving records from the off-site record centre; updating the vital records register and maintaining the database. Archive duties included: cataloguing to ISAD(G) standard using ADLIB; outreach activities such as exhibitions and open evenings; environmental monitoring; answering enquiries and assisting researchers in the reading room. Records management duties included: answering enquiries, sending records to and retrieving records from the off-site record centre; updating the vital records register and maintaining the database.



Transport for London

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Archivist Interim

  • Apr 2010 - Sep 2010

  Researching and responding to internal and external enquiries; managing research visits; organising and monitoring the volunteer programme; planning and administrating the safe return and retrieval of archival material stored off-site; accessioning and cataloguing using CALM; compiling information sheets and departmental reports. Also, planned and put together an exhibition to support the launch of the department’s new reading room. Researching and responding to internal and external enquiries; managing research visits; organising and monitoring the volunteer programme; planning and administrating the safe return and retrieval of archival material stored off-site; accessioning and cataloguing using CALM; compiling information sheets and departmental reports. Also, planned and put together an exhibition to support the launch of the department’s new reading room.


Trinity Laban
• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee
• Volunteer

  • 2009 - 2010


TUC Library

• Volunteer

  • Apr 2009 - Oct 2009

  Listed the papers of a substantial deposit from the Labour Research Department. Listed the papers of a substantial deposit from the Labour Research Department.