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Open Research Development Librarian, Library and Cultural Services, University of Essex

I joined the Library team in September 2016 as a Graduate Trainee, going on to become Inter-lending and Document Delivery Assistant in April 2017.

From September 2019 until July 2020 I was an Information Literacy Co-ordinator. I began my new role as Scholarly Communications Co-ordinator in July 2020, and spent 10 months on secondment between February - October 2021 as the Scholarly Communications and Research Support Manager.

From February - September 2022 I was working on a 0.5FTE secondment as Academic and Research Support Librarian, alongside continuing as Scholarly Communications Co-ordinator for the remaining 05.FTE.

From October 2022, I began my current role of Open Research Development Librarian.

Content Delivery Librarian, Library and Cultural Services, University of Essex

After joining Essex in 2017 as Core Resources Coordinator my role now takes on responsibility for ensuring that the Library provides resources to support teaching and learning.

I manage the Content Delivery team who coordinate the reading list and digitisation services as well as providing accessible resources to meet individual needs.

I also manage the accounts for teaching and learning resources including the Library's e-Textbook contract, interactive publisher resources and print and e-book suppliers.

I am a qualified Librarian and have chartered status with the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP).