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Alex Gushurst-Moore

Research & Impact Coordinator, Fitzwilliam Museum

Areas Of Expertise:

Data visualisation, Data collection, Database design, Licensing, Copyright, Sensitive data, Research data ethics, Data protection and research, Data policies, Data storage, Institutional repositories, Open data, Digitisation, Social media & digital communications, Website development

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Alexandra Gushurst-Moore is the Research & Impact Coordinator of the Fitzwilliam Museum and Coordinator of Cambridge Visual Culture. Her doctoral thesis, entitled “The Making of Modern Fantasy in the Visual Arts of England, ca. 1850–1920”, was supervised by Elizabeth Prettejohn at the University of York. She holds an MA(Hons) from the University of Edinburgh and an MSt from the University of Oxford. Beyond her research, she has professional experience of and interest in British educational policy, the strategy and operation of HEIs and the facilitation of inclusive and supportive research cultures.

Concetta La Spada

Senior Library Data Analyst

Cambridge University Press

Areas Of Expertise:

File sharing systems, Discipline-specific repositories, Data Management Plans, Data collection, Data storage, Data sharing, Data archiving, Open data

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claspada@cambridge.org

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A native of Messina in Italy, Concetta completed her BA in Conservation of Cultural Heritage in 2007 at the University of Messina. During her university years she worked in various libraries and cultural institutions in Italy. She completed her MA in Archival and Library Science at the University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’ in 2009. In 2011 she moved to the UK where she worked as a Cataloguer for Blackwell, Baker & Taylor and YBP/EBSCO, acquiring great experience in cataloguing books and ebooks. In September 2015 she moved to Cambridge University Press where, as Senior Library Data Analyst, she uses her knowledge of cataloguing and metadata to improve the quality of the metadata supplied to customers and third parties. From 2017 she is the Cambridge University Press representative on the Metadata2020 project and from 2019 Social Media Manager for the CILIP – CIG Cataloguing and Indexing Group.

Additional areas of expertise:

Bibliographic databases, catalogues and repositories.

Creation and manipulation of metadata using tools like MarcEdit, Bibliofile, Classificationweb, WebDewey.

Library platforms such as WorldCat, Alma, Primo.

George Cronin

Academic Services Librarian and Research Support Lead

School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Areas Of Expertise:

Open Access, Altmetrics, Data Management Plans, Copyright, Sensitive data, Research data ethics, Data protection and research, Data sharing, Open data, Workshop delivery, Social media and digital communications, Video editing, Illustration, Website development.

Contact Information

gmp36@cam.ac.uk

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0000-0003-0054-6436

Biography

In my role as Academic Services Librarian, I manage services delivered in the Haddon Library with a specific focus on supporting teaching and research for the Departments of Archaeology and Social Anthropology. I am also the Research Support Lead for the Humanities and Social Sciences Libraries Team, working across the School of HSS to support research excellence and training as well as assisting in exercises such as the REF.

Additional areas of expertise: Information literacy, Research communication, Public engagement, Creative Commons, Open sharing.

Hugo Tavares, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Department of Genetics

Bioinformatics Training Facility

Areas Of Expertise:

Bioinformatics, Coding, Python, R language, Git, Data analysis, Data visualisation, Big data, Data mining, Machine learning, Statistical analysis, Data collection, Experimental design, Data storage, Institutional repositories, Discipline-specific repositories, Data sharing, Code sharing, Open data, Workshop delivery

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hm533@cam.ac.uk

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Additional areas of expertise:

Plant science, Quantitative genetics.

Leontien Talboom

Technical Analyst

Areas Of Expertise:

SQL, Data visualisation, Data Management Plans, Database design, Data storage, Data sharing, Open data, Data archiving, Data preservation, Website development, Web archiving

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lkt39@cam.ac.uk

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Leontien Talboom is a technical analyst in the digital preservation team, located at Cambridge University Library. Her role involves transferring data from digital carriers (optical discs, hard drives, floppy disks, etc.) to a more secure digital repository.

Michael Moore

Research Laboratory Technician

Materials Science and Metallurgy

Contact Information

mm2823@cam.ac.uk

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Hi I'm Michael, I was appointed the new Research Laboratory Technician within the CCMM group at the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy. I have a BSc in Chemistry and an MSc in Nanomaterials and Materials Science but what I am passionate about is computers whether that be software or hardware. I am always looking to advance my skills and help others do so which is why I joined the Data Champions.

River Cronin

Assistant Research Services Librarian

Department of Engineering

Areas Of Expertise:

Data Management Plans, Licensing, Copyright, Research data ethics, Data protection and research, Data policies, Data storage, Institutional repositories, Data sharing, Open data, Surveys, Workshop delivery, Social media and digital communications, Video editing, Illustration, Website development

Contact Information

rcc40@cam.ac.uk

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Biography

Before joining the Engineering Library in 2017, I worked in a variety of roles around Cambridge, including supporting researchers with effective communication of their work. I currently support resource and training provision in areas including research skills, open access, reference management etc.

Additional areas of expertise:

Information literacy, research communication, social media use for researchers.

Sacha Jones, PhD – Data Champion Programme Supervisor

Research Data Manager

Office of Scholarly Communication

Areas Of Expertise:

Research data management, Data Management Plans, Licensing, Sensitive data, Data storage, Institutional repositories, Apollo (Cambridge University repository), Data sharing, Open data, Statistical analysis, Data collection, Database design, Workshop delivery, Digital illustration

Contact Information

scj23@cam.ac.uk

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0000-0003-0492-2662

Biography

I joined the Office of Scholarly Communication in November 2018 as Research Data Coordinator for the Research Data Management Facility. I manage the Data Champion Programme as part of my role. I have a PhD in Biological Anthropology from the University of Cambridge and was a Post-doctoral Research Associate at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research from 2009–2017, specialising in human evolution and Palaeolithic archaeology.

Additional areas of expertise:

Archaeology data

Alex Gushurst-Moore

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Concetta La Spada

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George Cronin

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Hugo Tavares, PhD

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Leontien Talboom

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Michael Moore

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River Cronin

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Sacha Jones, PhD – Data Champion Programme Supervisor

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