Will is the Head of Content and Discovery at Coventry University where is responsible for managing reading lists, acquisitions, eresources, document supply, digitisation and metadata. He previously worked for Aston University (2016-2023) as metadata specialist. Prior to this he worked at the University of Warwick as a metadata librarian and while there obtained his MSc in Information and Library Science from Robert Gordon University. Will is keen to promote metadata and cataloguing to colleagues across the wider information profession. He previously served as the group’s Treasurer, Events Officer and Marketing officer.

Georgiana is the Assistant Librarian in the Bibliographic and Systems Team at the Defence Academy of the UK. Her cataloguing expertise has been cultivated at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford, and honed through extensive experience in Oxbridge college libraries. Her current role involves meticulous cataloguing, database management, and user support; she strives for precision and is committed to improve the quality of metadata supplied to users.

Dual qualified in Information Studies (MSc (Econ), Aberystwyth) and Publishing (MA, West Dean) and the author of bestselling books on cataloguing, Anne provides training, consultancy and metadata services for libraries, publishers and a few select individuals. She operates under the brand Beginning Cataloguing. Anne is also the Secretary of the RDA Steering Committee.

Emma is the Metadata Manager for Content Management at the University of Manchester Library. She manages a team of cataloguers and metadata specialists who create, import and enrich bibliographic metadata to support resource discovery and evidence-based collection development activities at the University of Manchester.

Emma is an advocate for ensuring that high-quality, standardised metadata is an intrinsic part of content acquisitions processes. She acts as liaison between the National Acquisitions Group and the Metadata & Discovery Group, working on metadata advocacy projects and helping to deliver collaborative training and networking opportunities in areas such as the future of metadata standards and the development of library content systems and supply chains.

Gail joined the MDG committee in September 2024. She has been involved with cataloguing throughout her career and has particular interests in collections management workflows, streamlining and efficiency and supporting colleagues to develop their metadata skills. After 20 years at the Bodleian Libraries, most recently as Head of Resource Description, she has moved into digital publishing to become Publishing Manager – Metadata and Discovery at AM. “My involvement with CILIP MDG gave me the confidence to try something new and explore metadata beyond the traditional library environment.”

Fran joined the committee in December 2023 and works as Metadata Analyst in the Metadata Team at LSE Library. Fran's interests are in metadata creation, management and transformations with a specialisation in bulk operations and automated processes, as well as training and career development for metadata professionals. She is an advocate for the acknowledgement of the value and imperative of professional metadata work and high- quality metadata for content discovery and management, and open metadata.

Karen is a Cataloguing Librarian at Cardiff University and has been working in academic libraries since 1998. She has an MSc Econ in Information and Library Studies from Aberystwyth University, and a PhD in Classics from Lampeter University. Originally appointed as the cataloguer for the medical and healthcare libraries, she has responsibility for the Human Genetics Historical Library and the cataloguing of the History of Medicine collection (16th-21st century) housed within Cardiff University’s Special Collections & Archives. Her role also encompasses overseeing the cataloguing work of the NHS Wales Library Knowledge Service (NHSWLKS), and she is the Network Editor for Wales for the Health Libraries and Information Services Directory (HLISD). She previously served on the MDG committee as the representative for Wales, and the co-editor of Catalogue & Index. Karen was the recipient of the Alan Jeffreys Award in 2020.

Jennie is the Product Manager for Jisc’s Library Hub, managing the team that supports Library Hub Cataloguing, Library Hub Compare, Library Hub Discover, and the National Bibliographic Knowledgebase. Before moving to Jisc, Jennie worked as Curation & Discovery Supervisor at the University of Kent, and prior to this held metadata roles at several of UK universities. Her interests include collections management workflows, resource discovery, and career development for metadata professionals.

Fran joined the committee in December 2023 and works as Metadata Analyst in the Metadata Team at LSE Library. Fran's interests are in metadata creation, management and transformations with a specialisation in bulk operations and automated processes, as well as training and career development for metadata professionals. She is an advocate for the acknowledgement of the value and imperative of professional metadata work and high- quality metadata for content discovery and management, and open metadata.

Will is the Head of Content and Discovery at Coventry University where is responsible for managing reading lists, acquisitions, eresources, document supply, digitisation and metadata. He previously worked for Aston University (2016-2023) as metadata specialist. Prior to this he worked at the University of Warwick as a metadata librarian and while there obtained his MSc in Information and Library Science from Robert Gordon University. Will is keen to promote metadata and cataloguing to colleagues across the wider information profession. He previously served as the group’s Treasurer, Events Officer and Marketing officer.

Terrance's professional career has been at the British Library since 1999. Having started as a Cataloguer, subsequently specialising in Quality Assurance, he has been a Cataloguing Team Manager in Metadata Creation since 2008. He currently manages the English Language, Theses and AMED Team while maintaining a particular interest in the Dewey Decimal Classification system. Terrance has chaired the UK DDC User Forum since 2017 and has represented the BL on EDUG since 2018. He serves on the MDG Committee largely as the link with these two groups.

James is the Library Discovery and Systems Manager at Solent University. He has previously worked as Metadata Coordinator at Durham University and then King’s College London. He has maintained a close involvement with metadata and discovery work both in a subsequent position as a systems librarian and in his current job.

Anastasia Kerameos is the Acquisitions & Metadata Librarian at the BFI Reuben Library, a research library specialising in all aspects of the moving image. In this, her second term as a member of the MDG Committee, she serves as EURIG liaison and Chair of UKCoR.

Jennie is the Product Manager for Jisc’s Library Hub, managing the team that supports Library Hub Cataloguing, Library Hub Compare, Library Hub Discover, and the National Bibliographic Knowledgebase. Before moving to Jisc, Jennie worked as Curation & Discovery Supervisor at the University of Kent, and prior to this held metadata roles at several of UK universities. Her interests include collections management workflows, resource discovery, and career development for metadata professionals.

Will is the Head of Content and Discovery at Coventry University where is responsible for managing reading lists, acquisitions, eresources, document supply, digitisation and metadata. He previously worked for Aston University (2016-2023) as metadata specialist. Prior to this he worked at the University of Warwick as a metadata librarian and while there obtained his MSc in Information and Library Science from Robert Gordon University. Will is keen to promote metadata and cataloguing to colleagues across the wider information profession. He previously served as the group’s Treasurer, Events Officer and Marketing officer.

Colette is a librarian at Lambeth Libraries, London. She has a Msc in Library Science from CityLIS. As well as working frontline as a librarian she works with the LMS, systems and metadata, sitting on the NAG and CBC stock consortium committees as well as starting up and leading on the Axiell Spark independent user group. With Book 28 she has written guidance on welcoming LGBTQ+ users particularly with a focus on acquisitions. She leads on events like Wikimedia workshops, zine fairs and manages the libraries’ stock team. She is currently collating a portfolio for CILIP Chartership and has proposed some changes to UKSLC thema and currently working with BIC to implement this. With NAG she is working on a metadata standards policy for public libraries, to follow NAG’s existing policy for academic libraries. She is interested in promoting metadata advocacy and awareness in the UK public library sector as well as working on better routes towards equitable and anti-oppressive resource description.

Sergio is the Rare Print Metadata Specialist at The University of Manchester.

Anastasia Kerameos is the Acquisitions & Metadata Librarian at the BFI Reuben Library, a research library specialising in all aspects of the moving image. In this, her second term as a member of the MDG Committee, she serves as EURIG liaison and Chair of UKCoR.

Helen works at The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, in Cardiff and has over 30 years' experience of academic librarianship. She enjoys the challenges and rewards that come from working at a small, specialist institution and particularly values the variety of work and the opportunity to influence change that it affords. Specialising in cataloguing and metadata management since 2009, she is strongly committed to creating and maintaining accurate and detailed bibliographic records to aid the discovery and equitable accessibility of resources. Helen is an active member of the Welsh Higher Education Libraries Forum (WHELF) Metadata Group and Library Management Systems Board.

Ceilan is a Metadata & Discovery Manager at the University of Leeds Libraries within the Content and Discovery Services section, managing a team that handles cataloguing of print and e-resources. After starting in libraries as a volunteer at Edinburgh’s Scottish Poetry Library, she began working at the University of Leeds Libraries in 2018 and has experience in frontline customer services, acquisitions and reading lists and book processing work before becoming a cataloguer in 2020. She leads on inclusive metadata work within the team, and manages creation of MARC records for the British Film Institute’s streaming video subscription offer.

Martin is the Metadata Manager at the University of Liverpool, where he has worked for 19 years, after a flurry of temporary professional roles in a number of institutions predominantly in the North West of England. Martin has a long history of specialising in e-resource management, and cataloguing print and e-resources, working on the interpretation of cataloguing rules and on large scale data transfer and amendment. Martin has been a member of the Springer Metadata Advisory Board, Elsevier Library Board, JISC Library Advisory Board, JISC data community groups and the Academic Libraries North Metadata and Linked Data Community of Practice group. There are an increasing number of exciting developments in the world of metadata, and Martin joined the committee with the hope of contributing to facilitating their successful realization.

A native of Sicily in Italy, Concetta completed her BA in Conservation of Cultural Heritage in 2007 at the University of Messina. During her university years she worked in various libraries and cultural institutions in Italy. She completed her MA in Archival and Library Science at the University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’ in 2009. During her university years she worked in various libraries and cultural institutions in Italy. In September 2015 she started working for Cambridge University Press where, as Senior Metadata Librarian, she uses her knowledge of cataloguing and metadata to improve the quality of the metadata supplied to customers and third parties. From 2021 she is Visiting Lecturer at the Department of Library and Information Science, at City University, London. Concetta is MDG's Social Media and Newsletter editor.

Victoria is a librarian in the Collections Information team at Wellcome Collection, dealing with library, archive and museum metadata. She has considerable experience in academic and heritage libraries; creating, editing and analysing bibliographic and collections metadata, to benefit both discovery and collection management.

Jenny Wright is the Chief Metadata Officer for BDS, a cataloguing agency based in the UK. Metadata, and the standards which we use to manage metadata creation and exchange, support all library functions, and she contributes to MDG committee, the BIC Library Metadata Group, UKCoR, EURIG and IFLA Cataloguing Section committees.