Experience

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  Victoria and Albert Museum

  • Senior Archivist

    • Jun 2022 - Present

    Lead the team of nine responsible for the management of the V&A Archive and Registry, the Archive of Art and Design, theatre and performance archives, and the archives of Young V&A..

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  Lambeth Palace Library

  • Archivist

    • Dec 2005 - Jun 2022

    Line manager for five staff, management of an appraisal/cataloguing programme, internal and external accessions, performing outreach activities such as talks and exhibitions, working on digital preservation, writing archive policies and guidance, carrying out reader service work. I have managed the library’s reading room, reprographic services and broadcast media requests, and led online projects such as the development of the library website and online image gallery.

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  The British Library

  • Gulf History Cataloguing Manager (secondment)

    • Jul 2017 - Dec 2018

    Leading a team of thirteen, with ten direct reports, working on the Qatar Digital Library (www.qdl.qa), including archivists, subject specialists and language experts, who carried out cataloguing, outreach, data protection/sensitivity review and copyright assessment. Responsible for cataloguing planning and policy, internal and external engagement, liaising with other project teams, and reporting progress.

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  Commonwealth Secretariat

  • Archivist and Records Manager

    • Jan 2004 - Dec 2005

    Responsible for all aspects of archive management, including an annual release of records, reader services, preservation and security, and for leading records management organisation-wide.

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  The National Gallery

  • United Kingdom
  • Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
  • 400 - 500 Employee

  • Acting Archivist

    • Jan 2003 - Jan 2004

    Management of all archives and records work and deputising for the Head of Department. Line manager for a professional archivist and supervisor of the work of records management consultants and other staff. Member of a Data Protection Group and point of contact for Freedom of Information.

  • Assistant Archivist

    • Jan 2002 - Jan 2003

    Archive duties including accessioning, appraisal, cataloguing and reader services, and records management work within other departments.

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  Parliamentary Archives

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Assistant Archivist

    • Apr 2001 - Dec 2001
    • London, United Kingdom

    Creating finding aids and authority files using CALM for the online catalogue Portcullis.

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  Institute of Commonwealth Studies

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Assistant Archivist

    • Jun 2000 - Apr 2001
    • London, United Kingdom

    Cataloguing the papers of activist Ruth First using CALM and carrying out related outreach work.

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  Borthwick Institute

  • Archive Trainee

    • 1998 - 1999

    Invigilating the reading room, answering enquiries, fetching items and creating finding aids.

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  Public Record Office

  • Special Clerk

    • 1996 - 1998

    Working on the development of the online catalogue and document ordering system.