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Library Services Strategic Plan 2023-24 [PDF, 1.1MB]

Library Leadership Team

  • Chris Banks

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    Chris Banks Director of Library Services

    +44 (0)20 7594 8881

    Responsibilities

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

  • Katherine Rose

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    Katherine Rose Head of Content and Discovery

    +44 (0)20 7594 1154

    Responsibilities

    Leading the strategic development of library collections and systems, ensuring library users can find, access and request content easily

  • Nova Larch

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    Nova Larch Head of Library Administration and Operations

    +44 (0)20 7594 8812

    Responsibilities

    Strategic lead for library staff resources, finances and risk management, ensuring that all library facilities are fit for purpose and leading on the work of the library attendants

  • Charlie Leppington

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    Charlie Leppington Head of Library Liaison (Business, Engineering and Natural Sciences)

    +44 (0)20 7594 8613

    Responsibilities

    Managing the Business, Engineering and Natural Sciences Team in order to provide support, teaching and relevant information resources for academic departments

  • Robin Peters

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    Robin Peters Head of User Services

    +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 the Abdus Salam 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

    +44 (0)20 7594 7245

    Responsibilities

    Leading on education and research support programmes including service development for responsible metrics, research data management, and open research 

  • Simon Hall

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    Simon Hall Head of Library Liaison (Medicine and NHS)

    +44 (0)20 7594 8842

    Responsibilities

    Management of the Medicine and NHS Liaison Team including the services, spaces and resources at our campus libraries, the relationship with the Faculty of Medicine and NHS partners, teaching and research support, strategic and operational collection development