Frances Marsh

I am responsible for library services that support the teaching, learning and research needs of staff and students in the Department of Plant Sciences, the University Herbarium and the professional practice of staff at the Botanic Garden. I also manage the libraries’ collections with an aim to exploit their scholarly value amongst the wider academic community and potential for public engagement. I split my time between the Plant Sciences Library and the Cory & Herbarium Libraries. 

Previous Positions

2023 - Library Manager - Leventis Library, Cambridge Conservation Initiative

2018 to 2022 - Senior Library Assistant - Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge

2016 to 2018 - Project Library Assistant and Library Graduate Trainee - Newnham College, University of Cambridge

Qualifications

2020 - MA in Library and Information Studies - University College London

2015 - BA Hons in English Literature - Durham University

Key Publications

'Exploring critical approaches with academic researchers for decolonising the university' (2022) Journal of Information Literacy.

‘Cataloguing, Classification, and Critical Librarianship at Cambridge University’ (2021) in J. Crilly & R. Everrit (eds.) Narrative Expansions: Interpreting Decolonisation in Academic Libraries (London: Facet), pp.173-188. doi.org/10.17863/CAM.80072