I am currently working at the University of Leicester as part-time Information Librarian for the College of Science and Engineering, supporting the Departments of Chemistry, Geography, Geology and Physics and Astronomy. My previous experience in academic libraries involved a six month temporary role as Assistant Librarian for Business at De Montfort University, a year-long Graduate Traineeship at the University of Essex and a year as part-time term-time Library Assistant at the University of Nottingham.
I finished an MA in Librarianship in 2009 at the University of Sheffield Information Studies Department funded by a Professional Preparation Award from the AHRC. This followed on from a PhD, which I undertook from 2003 to 2007 at the Learning Sciences Research Institute and Mixed Reality Laboratory at the University of Nottingham, looking at designing homework technologies to fit with family life, which I completed in December 2008.
These pages host a blog, particularly focused on my library work, which gives more details of my current activities, alongside my Twitter account.
The links on the left take you to more information on any aspect of my past / present. The depth of the content varies from place to place, but so far academic sections exist on my MA in Librarianship PhD, my previous Masters degree in Occupational Psychology, and my CV and other activities pages give a bit of broader background on my experience and interests.
Chuukaku is a Japanese word, and more details about its derivation and my choice of chuukaku as a domain name can be found in the first entry in my blog.