I am the Research Support and Special Collections Librarian at the UCL Institute of Education. I support the students at the Centre for Doctoral Education and researchers at the different centres at the Institute of Education. I am also in charge of the Newsam Library's Rare Books Collections, which all have a focus on the history of education in England. 

I have worked in special and academic libraries, supporting students and staff at all levels and in varied subjects. I was at the Royal Academy of Music and the BBC Music Library when it was part of Radio Three, and at Middlesex University where I supported Film and Interactive Arts, Engineering and Information Science and Work-Based Learning. Prior to taking up my post at the Institute of Education, I was the College Librarian at Christ's College, Cambridge University, where I was responsible for both the working collection and the special collections and archives.

I have a Master's in Library and Information Science from the University of Western Ontario in Canada and a Master's in Music from the University of British Columbia, Canada. More recently, I was awarded a Master's in the History of Education from IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society. My dissertation focused on the writings of a school inspector (HMI), F. H. Hayward (1872-1954). Hayward was passionate about moral education and was a founding member of the Moral Instruction League. Many of his books and pamphlets are held at the IOE in the Special Collections.