Sarah Hammond

Current

• Conference Support Team Member at The British Library

Past

• Full time student on the MA in Librarianship at University of Sheffield
• Assistant Librarian at National Railway Museum

Education

• The University of Sheffield
• University of York

Recommended

1 person has recommended Sarah

Connections

14 connections

Industry

Libraries

Websites

• My Blog
• del.icio.us

Sarah Hammond’s Summary

A versatile, pragmatic, highly-organised, about-to-qualify librarian with broad employment and educational background. Strong academic ability backed up with considerable experience working with people of all ages and excellent interpersonal and communication skills now seeking to develop a career in librarianship in an organisation that values progression and career development.

Worked in the NHS, primary and secondary education. Also got a background in pure science - almost pursued a degree in chemistry rather than psychology. Good lab skills as a result!

Worked in many public-facing roles to which I bring a very strong customer service ethic.

Sarah Hammond’s Specialties:

Research, report-writing, cataloguing, metadata creation, customer service skills, time management, stock selection, stock acquisition, social software skills, communication skills, strategic planning

Sarah Hammond’s Experience

• Conference Support Team Member

  The British Library

  (Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Libraries industry)

  October 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

  About to start next week, more when I know exactly what I'll be doing!

• Full time student on the MA in Librarianship

  University of Sheffield

  (Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Research industry)

  September 2007 — September 2008 (1 year 1 month)

  Just putting the finishing touches to my MA in Librarianship in the Department of Information Studies.
  Currently researching dissertation topic "How are public libraries engaging with Library 2.0?"
  SLA - Europe and IEB Division Student Scholarship winner to attend SLA 2008 in Seattle, WA, June 2008.

• Assistant Librarian

  National Railway Museum

  (Museums and Institutions industry)

  September 2004 — September 2007 (3 years 1 month)

  All things railway history. Worked in the library and archives, also worked on multimillion pound refurbishment project, redesigning library and archives service and establishing a presence on the museum floor. Answered thousands of enquiries in my three years there, provided copy service for photographic and engineering drawings collections. Worked most closely with the photographic collection, including digitisation and cataloguing using Dublin Core Metadata standards. Also cataloguing books using AACR2.

Sarah Hammond’s Education

• The University of Sheffield

  2007 — 2008

• University of York

  BSc , Psychology , 1994 — 1997

Additional Information

Sarah Hammond’s Websites:

• My Blog
• del.icio.us

Sarah Hammond’s Interests:

libraries, information issues, social software, human-computer interaction, literature, wildlife, birdwatching, organisational culture

Sarah Hammond’s Groups:

Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals - CILIP, Special Libraries Association - SLA

•    University of York Alumni Association
•    SLA- Special Libraries Association

Sarah Hammond’s Honors:

Scholarship winner of the SLA Europe / Insurance and Employee Benefits Division Student Award 2008.

Sarah Hammond’s Contact Settings

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