M25 SpeedMeet
Welcome to M25 SpeedMeet. Every month we meet someone working in an M25 member institution and ask them to tell us a little bit about themselves.
One of the three strategic themes of the M25 Strategic Plan 2019-2022 is connecting and collaborating through our network. Our aim is to provide a regional network whose members offer multiple perspectives that can inform decision making, and facilitate opportunities for networking and joint working on shared issues. What better way to do this than to meet?
If you’d like to feature in the M25 SpeedMeet, please contact m25libadmin@london.ac.uk.
Who are you, where are you based and what do you do?
I’m Anna Gillis, Research Support Librarian at the Royal Veterinary College.
What do you most enjoy about your job?
The variety of tasks involved.
What motivates you in your work?
The fact that I am helping to make world class research available to the public.
How has/can the M25 Consortium support you in your career?
I have attended many useful sessions and am a member of cpd25 Task Group 3. Both these things have presented me with useful networking opportunities.
What would it surprise people to know about you?
I do sword dancing, have a look here for details: Stevenage Sword Dancers | Facebook
Complete the sentence: If I wasn’t working in a library I would be… spending my time reading books because I like to escape to other worlds as much as possible.
Anna Gillis, Royal Veterinary College, May 2022
To read more SpeedMeet interviews see the links below!
Rachel Geeson, Anglia Ruskin University – Assistant Director, Customer Services
Jennifer Domingo, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine – Library Assistant
Emma Wisher, University of Essex – Assistant Director for User Engagement
Louise Ellis-Barrett, British Museum – Librarian Acquisitions and Projects
Paul Johnson, University of Surrey – Director of Library and Learning Services
Sara Burnett, Kingston University – Information Specialist
Robert Atkinson, Birkbeck, University of London – Director of Library Services
Laura MacCulloch, Royal Holloway, University of London – Curator
Rowan Williamson, UAL – Associate Director of Library Services and Support
Frances Willis, National Art Library at the V&A – Assistant Librarian
Robin Armstrong Viner, Courtauld Institute of Art – Head of Library Services
Adam Edwards, Middlesex University – Library Liaison Manager
Linda Coombs, Buckinghamshire New University – Library and Learning Resources Manager
Liz Pinel, Royal College of Nursing Library and Archive – Customer Services Manager
David Allen, Royal Society of Chemistry – Librarian
Russell Burke, LSHTM – Assistant Librarian
Verity Allison, St George’s, University of London – Journals and E-Resources Librarian