Independent consultant and trainer since 2005. Clients include: British Council; British Library; SCONUL (Society for the Colleges, National and University Libraries); M25 Consortium of Academic Libraries; Open University; RLUK; Wellcome Trust Library; Joint Inofrmation Systems Committee (JISC). Formerly Director of Library and Learning Resources, University of the Arts London; Librarian, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. Made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) and an Honorary Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals in 2003. Former Chair of the Library Association Council and member of various JISC Committees