Previous Employment

• Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge (1995-2004)

Website Manager, Scott Polar Research Institute,
University of Cambridge
1995 to February 2002.
See the

• usage statistics which show the growth of website since it started
• SPRI website as it was!! (1996-2001)

Manager, NERC Arctic Environmental Metadata Centre
Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge
September 1997 to August 1999.

Manager, ICSU World Data Centre for Glaciology
Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge
March 1995 to February 1998.

• Chesterford Park, Saffron Walden, Essex (1977-1994)



Now called Chesterford Research Park.

Head of Library Services Department
Schering Agrochemicals Ltd, 1989 - 1994.

Information Officer (Biology Group),
FBC Ltd, 1983 - 1989.

Research Information Officer,
FBC Ltd / Fisons Ltd, Agrochemical Division, 1980 - 1983.

Senior Biology Information Officer,
Fisons Ltd, Agrochemical Division, 1977 - 1980

• Royal Society of Medicine, London

Assistant Librarian
1975 - 1976.

Qualifications

• B.Sc. (Honours) Plant Science, King's College, London
• M.Sc. Applied Plant Science, Wye College, University of London (now part of Imperial College)
• M.Sc. Information Science, City University, London (course studied)

Memberships

• Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals,
  comprising the old Institute of Information Scientists and the Library Association
  
• East Anglia Online Users Group (previously Chairman)
• Institute of Biology (previously on committee of East Anglia Branch)
• Society of Archivists

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Written by Oliver Merrington, June 2002,
Updated November 2003.