CV

CV for Charlie Mayor

Address: North London, NW5
Email: charlie at vkwn dot com

[Abridged web version, last updated March 2010]

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OVERVIEW

Summary ; Education ; Employment history ; Other skills and & Further training;
Other interests and achievements; Links

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SUMMARY

Research student in the Department of Information Science at City University,
investigating on information practices in the biomedical sciences. Funded by a
City University Research Studentship. Hold postgraduate degrees in biology and
information science. Work experience includes cataloguer in academic libraries,
information support to the Court Service and data management in the pharmaceutical
industry.

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EDUCATION

- MSc in Information Science First class from City University in London,
2007 – 2008
- MSc by Research in the Life Sciences with distinction from the University of
Edinburgh, 2001-2002
- BSc (Hons) in Experimental Pathology First class from the University of
Edinburgh, 1997-2001
- A-Levels: Biology (A), Chemistry (A), Physics (A); S-levels in Biology (1) and
Chemistry (Distinction) at Watford Grammar School for Boys, 1995-1997
- GCSEs: Biology (A*), Chemistry (A*), English Language (A*), English Literature
(A*), French (A*), Geography (A*), Latin (A*), Mathematics (A*), Physics (A*) at
Watford Grammar School for Boys, 1990-1995

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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Weekend Shelving Co-ordinator (February 2010 – June 2010)
Birkbeck Library, London

Picture Archive Cataloguer, Volunteer (July 2009 – January 2010)
Science Museum, London

Library Assistant (June 2006 – August 2008)
British Library of Political and Economic Science, London

Issue Desk Supervisor (May 2006 – June 2006)
University College London Library, London

Library & Information Assistant (September 2005 – June 2006)
AIT Legal & Research Unit, London

Data Officer (November 2004 – August 2005)
IMS Health, London

Stock Controller (February 2004 – July 2004)
Woolworths, New Zealand

Research Assistant (August 2002 – January 2004)
Centre for Inflammation Research, Edinburgh

History Tour Guide and Storyteller (May 2000 – August 2001)
Mercat Tours, Edinburgh

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OTHER SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

- Lecturing small student groups to postgraduate level
- Cataloguing to MARC21 and AACR2 standards
- Health & Safety representative
- Fire marshall and evacuation volunteer
- Information retrieval particularly from PubMed and Web of Knowledge
- Specialist knowledge of medical research and the pharma industry
- Search expertise in law and particularly patent law
- IT trouble-shooting experience in Microsoft, OSX and Linux environments
- Basic web skills (HTML, XML, PHP)
- Cataloguing French, Italian and other European language items
- Conversational French; GCSE Latin

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FURTHER TRAINING

- Equality and diversity workshop (LSE), July 2008
- Supervisory skills (CPD25 Chartership Workshop), February 2008
- Health and Safety representative induction (College of North East London),
April 2008
- Customer facing skills (LSE), May 2007
- Writing, meetings and writing for meetings (LSE), April 2007
- Dealing with difficult customers in academic libraries (CILIP), January 2007
- Cataloguing and Classification (CILIP), December 2005

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INTERESTS & ACHIEVEMENTS

- Short story published in a Pulp.net collection, October 2006
- Ran a marathon in 2004 – finished in 3hrs 45min
- Can make pasta

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REFERENCES

- Available on request

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LINKS

MSc in Information Science at City University
MSc by Research in the Life Sciences at University of Edinburgh
BSc in Biological Sciences with Hons at Edinburgh
Centre for Inflammation Research in Edinburgh
British Library of Political and Economic Science
Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT)
IMS Health
Down the Angel and Up Holloway, story anthology