Claire Sewell
ORCiD: orcid.org/0000-0003-1669-7861
Contact: claireesewell@gmail.com
Qualified, Chartered librarian with extensive experience scholarly communication at a major UK academic library. I’m passionate about professional development and have a proven track record of providing innovative methods of training to library staff and users.
Skills
- Training and development
- Professional customer service
- Social media marketing
- Mentoring and coaching
- Metadata management and analysis
Experience
Head of Research Information Services, House of Commons
September 2023 – present
Research Support Librarian (Physical Sciences), Cambridge University Libraries
September 2019 – August 2023
Research Skills Coordinator, Office of Scholarly Communication, Cambridge University Libraries
November 2015 – August 2019
Deputy Team Leader, Reader Services Desk, Cambridge University Library
November 2014 – November 2015
Senior Library Assistant, Cambridge University Library
August 2012 – November 2014
Cataloguer, Cambridge University Library
September 2007 – August 2012
Junior Library Assistant, Cambridge University Library
January 2007 – August 2012
Intermediate Library Assistant, Cambridge University Library
March 2007 – September 2007
Junior Library Assistant, Cambridge University Library
November 2002 – December 2006
Temporary Junior Library Assistant, Cambridge University Library
August 2002 – November 2002
Education
PGCert in Teaching and Learning for Higher Education, University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education
2019-2020
MSc Library and Information Studies, Aberystwyth University
2009 – 2013
BSc (Hons) History, Anglia Ruskin University
1999 – 2002
Certifications
Creative Commons Certificate for Librarians
2018
ILM Level 3 Award in Leadership and Management
2015
CILIP Chartership
2014 (revalidated 2023)
Professional committee memberships
Presidential Team, SLA Europe Board
January 2021 – December 2023
Conference Co-ordinator, SLA Europe Board
January 2017 – December 2020
Associate Editor (Social Media), New Review of Academic Librarianship
March 2016 – present
Candidate Support Officer, CILIP East of England
June 2015 – December 2021
Social Media Manager, CILIP Cataloguing and Indexing Group
January 2013 – September 2017