Experience

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  Peterborough Environment City Trust

  • Peterborough, United Kingdom

  • Greeniversity, Peterborough

    • Sep 2013 - Present
    • Peterborough, United Kingdom

    Part-time voluntary administrator of the Greeniversity, Peterborough community skills-sharing network website.

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  University of Cambridge

  • Cambridge

  • University Examinations Invigilator

    • May 2013 - Jun 2013
    • Cambridge

    Invigilated a number of Easter Term examination sessions to the standard set by the Examinations Board.

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  RICS

  • RICS

  • Information Executive

    • Feb 2002 - Nov 2012
    • RICS

    Team member providing a comprehensive enquiry service to RICS members and the general public; sourcing, abstracting and cataloguing electronic and print material; writing and uploading value-added information to the RICS website; and creating content for email bulletins and newsletters.Key achievements: Created new ways of adding value to library-generated information: Knowledge Alert, fortnightly free alerting email going to over 5000 RICS members and non-members; commercial property market weekly e-bulletin sent to RICS staff and over 1500 RICS membersDevised new information series on www.rics.org: Starting Points, concise introductions to important property topics aimed at trainee surveyors and students; Finding the best information …, guides to web searching for RICS members; and FAQs giving brief answers to over 50 surveying questionsDeveloped valuable information exchange between the Library and Information Services and professional staff in the Property Professional Groups.

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  Peterborough City Council Libraries/Cambridgeshire County Council Libraries

  • Peterborough Central Library

  • Senior Librarian, Reference Services

    • 1988 - Jan 2002
    • Peterborough Central Library

    Led team of professional and non-professional staff providing information and reference services to Peterborough and the surrounding area (c160 000 population). Specialised in business information, law, EU, and environmental knowledge. Key achievements:Development and implementation of an IT network in Peterborough City Council Libraries as part of the Co-East regional projectSet up Data Direct, Peterborough, a fee-paying business information serviceCreated special collections of EU information (European Information Centre), and Environmental informationTransfer of the reference library staff, stock and equipment from the old Peterborough Central Library to the new Peterborough Central Library (1990).

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  London Borough of Camden Libraries

  • Holborn Central Library

  • Assistant Librarian/Library Assistant

    • 1979 - 1988
    • Holborn Central Library

    Team member providing business and legal information in Holborn; previously assistant at Holborn and Kentish Town libraries.

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  Willis Faber (now Willis)

  • Trinity Square, London EC4

  • Reinsurance Administrative Assistant

    • 1976 - 1979
    • Trinity Square, London EC4

    Carried out administrative duties in the facultative and London Market reinsurance departments.