strategic thinking and planning


focusing on information, libraries, cultural heritage and  social policy

POLICY AND ADVOCACY

  • Briefing papers for policy-makers and practitioners in health and public policy

 

  • Engaging & consulting with key stakeholders


  • Researching policy, drafting practice briefings
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  • Analyzing best practice to meet strategic and operational plans
  • Sensitive to the cultural ethos of each client

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  • Research and analysis of best practice


  • Focus on developing professional practice

sector and industry experience:

 

  • national and local government
  • research institutes and archives
  • academic libraries
  • not for profits/third sector/charities
  • libraries and cultural heritage

INFORMATION SERVICES


  • developing and delivering services
  • analysis of  user  information needs
  • development of policies & procedures
  • research and design of new services
  • planning and implementation of operational change
  • benchmarking best practice

RRESEARCH

  • providing policy and practice briefings for policy-makers and practitioners


  • monitoring trends in health, social and public policy


  • engaging & consulting with stakeholders at national and international level


  • advising on submission of research proposals


POLICY - ADVOCACY  - HORIZON SCANNING


HEALTH POLICY AND PATIENT ADVOCACY

  • Lay Advisor to Royal College of Ophthalmologists (RCOPHTH), UK
  • Lay Examiner, Communications Module (Consultant Final Examination). 
  • All Party Disablement Group: research, evidence and policy papers

TRAINING AND EDUCATION

  • Joint Council for GCSE: policy guidelines students with disabilities.
  • Guidance on policy and practice for faculty and students with disabilities in further, higher and adult education

Evaluating and understanding processes

  • research at ‘service-desk level’
  • analyzing information needs of users and staff teams
  • who is using and sharing which data?
  • supporting strategic development

Outcome-focused:

  • applying Toolkit  in central and local government, not-for-profit and Third sector organizations
  • Performance indicators framework
  • reporting processes and KPIs (Key performance Indicators
  • public library research 

STRATEGIC THINKING AND PLANNING:

  • developing and delivering information services
  • development of policies, practice and procedures 
  • designing new services and organizational change
  • analysis and research of services and user needs
  • benchmarking: best practice

research and ANALYSIS


  • reviewing information and communications content
  • reviewing websites, information for patients and general public
  • conducting interviews and focus groups 
  • analyzing qualitative data 



  • Information policy
  • Public libraries in the information society
  • social inclusion in digital economy

INFORMATION  CONSULTANCY

  • Centre for Public Libraries in the Information Society 
  • British Library Research & Development
  • British Library Consultancy
  • Department of Culture Media and Sport (DCMS)
  • British Library Consultancy
  • Aslib Consultancy
  • Swedish Public Libraries Directorate


developing INFORMATION SERVICES  

  • SKILL: National Bureau for Students with Disabilities,UK
  • World ORT Union (NGO Training and Development
  • British Library Research & Development
  • School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)
  • Jews’ College/LSJS Library

 Hebraica and Judaica

 Retrospective bibliographic       conversion

  • from card index to computer catalog
  • ensuring collections and library data made accessible to global research community 

project management

  • marketing, procuring and leading consultancy teams


  • preparation, analysis & review of plans and budgets


  • planning, scoping and designing projects.

  • reporting on  risks and constraints


  • leading dispersed, multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural global teams


  • developing creative, innovative solutions to resolve project issues 

Review of Public Library Service (England and Wales), Department of Culture Media and Sport, DCMS) 


  • coordinated  quantitative and qualitative research and Final Report for central Government 

RESHET: Retrospective Cataloguing in Hebraica/Judaica (SOAS/LSJS)

 

  •  balancing service demands,  staff skills, budget, project goals with resource constraints 
  •  Vendor contract negotiation: ITT for computerization of academic library system
  • retrospective conversion: seven academic libraries in consortium
  • quality control to international cataloging standards