What role will you be playing in the committee?

I’m the new Digital Officer and am part of the LIRG marketing team, working alongside the External Communications Officer and the Content Officer. My main roles will include updating the LIRG webpages and curating the LIRG newsletter to keep you informed about the group’s latest news, upcoming events, and awards.

What is your day job?

I am an Assistant E-Resources Librarian at Cardiff University, helping to manage the University’s large e-resource collection with my colleagues in the Collection Management Team. My role involves ensuring access to e-resources, gathering usage statistics to inform renewal decisions, and liaising with publishers. I started this role in October 2020 so am yet to meet my colleagues in person!

 What do you hope to bring to the committee?

 I am really excited to be part of the LIRG committee, and I hope that my digital and communication skills will prove useful in this role. I have a passion for open research and am looking forward to supporting ‘research into practice’ and being a reviewer for the group’s open access journal Library and Information Research (LIR).

When you aren’t working what do you enjoy doing?

I enjoy walking my dog in the beautiful Welsh countryside and I have a keen interest in archaeology. Following on from my master’s dissertation I recently published a paper in RSOS about the origins of the crew of a Tudor warship, the Mary Rose. It’s open access if you fancy a read! https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.202106