Academic and Londoner.

Interested in the documentation and record of humankind (galleries, libraries, archives and museums), information ethics and privacy.

I have a formal academic background in science, computing, and information science. I studied for my PhD at UCL SLAIS (now Dept. Information Studies), looking at scholarly communication within the discipline of toxicology. I have professional experience in research, research methods, research supervision and examination, learning and teaching, curriculum design, academic leadership, project management, editing and reviewing.

I worked at City, University of London between 2004 -2023, establishing CityLIS as a key UK Library School and Research Centre, together with David Bawden.

In earlier times, I travelled extensively within Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia, whilst working for the Open Society Institute. My role was to promote open culture by working on projects relating to information literacy and publishing.

I worked for many years with ASLIB, the Association for Information Management, developing and presenting CPD courses on information technologies, including: the internet, finding and evaluating information resources, online searching, internet search tools and social media.

I am co-author of Facet’s best selling text “Introduction to Information Science“, the author of “Understanding Healthcare Information“, a member of the Stationers’ Company, and a Freeman of the City of London.