Lorraine Chatwin
- Position: Open Access Repositories Coordinator
- Areas of expertise: Open Access; repositories; e-theses; metadata; open research
- Email: L.Chatwin@leeds.ac.uk
Profile
I am a qualified librarian who has 18 years’ experience of working in both academic and public libraries. In the public library environment I worked in both customer services and acquisitions. I am currently in the Research Services team and focus on open access, the institutional repository, White Rose Research Online and the e-thesis repository, White Rose eTheses online. Alongside being involved in repository workflows and processes, I have knowledge of open access funding, funder policies, REF and the broader open research landscape and research systems.
In my current role I engage with the wider open access community and advocate for both open access and open research across the University’s academic departments.
Responsibilities
- Lead on White Rose Research Online and White Rose E-theses online
- Co-ordinate repository processes
- Leeds representative on the White Rose Repositories Services Group
Qualifications
- PG Diploma Information and Library Studies, Aberystwyth University
- MA Victorian Literature, University of Leeds
- BA English Language and Literature, University of Leeds