Role Overview
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
2018-2022 Senior Library Assistant, Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge
2016-18 Project Library Assistant and Library Graduate Trainee, Newnham College, Cambridge
Qualifications
2020 MA Library and Information Studies, University College London
2015 BA (Hons) English Literature, Durham University
Key publications
Marsh, F. 2022. Unsettling information literacy: Exploring critical approaches with academic researchers for decolonising the university. Journal of Information Literacy, 16(1). https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/items/0fb5d9a5-d66e-424f-a0d5-8d325fc49c97
Lacey, E., Skinner, J., Panozzo Zenere, C., Greenberg, C., and Marsh, F. 2021. ‘Cataloguing, Classification, and Critical Librarianship at Cambridge University’ in J. Crilly & R. Everrit (eds.) Narrative Expansions: Interpreting Decolonisation in Academic Libraries. London: Facet, pp. 173-188. https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.80072
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