Library Leadership Team

• Chris Banks

  

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  Chris Banks Director of Library Services

  Send email+44 (0)20 7594 8881

  Responsibilities

  • Developing, directing and leading Library Services strategy, policies and planning whilst ensuring alignment with the College’s strategy

• Katherine Rose

  

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  Katherine Rose Head of Content and Discovery

  Send email+44 (0)20 7594 1154

  Responsibilities

  • Managing the Subscriptions, Acquisitions, Document Delivery and Library Systems sections
  • Leading the strategic development of Library collections and systems
  • Aligning resource procurement with the wider scholarly communications landscape

• Nova Larch

  

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  Nova Larch Head of Library Administration and Operations

  Send email +44 (0)20 7594 8812

  Responsibilities

  • Staff resources
  • Departmental finance
  • Coordinating the work of the Library Attendants
  • Ensuring that all library facilities are fit for purpose

• Michela Wilkins

  

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  Michela Wilkins Head of Library Liaison (BENS - Business, Engineering and Natural Sciences)

  Send email+44 (0)20 7594 8613

  Responsibilities

  Manages the Business Engineering and Natural Sciences team who:

  • Plan and deliver training in line with the new curriculum
  • Act as one of the primary contacts between Library and academic departments
  • Provide end user support for Leganto Reading lists
  • Provide Library services at Silwood Park and White City

• Catherine Williams

  

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  Catherine Williams Head of User Services

  Send email+44 (0)20 7594 8815

  Responsibilities

  Strategic lead for user services including:

  • membership and access policies
  • communications and marketing
  • user experience (UX)
  • developing space and user-focused services at Central Library

  Contact point for filming and photography requests

  Departmental Disability Officer (DDO)

• Ruth Harrison

  

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  Ruth Harrison Head of Scholarly Communications Management

  Send email +44 (0)20 7594 7245

  Responsibilities

  • Management of education and research support programmes
  • Overseeing information literacy and academic skills teaching, including working on the Curriculum Review
  • Working on service development for responsible metrics, research data management, open access and scholarly communication

• Simon Hall

  

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  Simon Hall Head of Library Liaison (Medicine and NHS)

  Send email +44 (0)20 7594 8842

  Responsibilities

  Overseeing the liaison teams for Medicine, including:

  • Overseeing the relationship with the Faculty of Medicine
  • Supporting research, teaching and learning in the Faculty
  • Providing library services for partner NHS trusts
  • Managing the libraries at medical campuses

  Chairing the Collection Development Operations Group