Brinkley Information Services

 

CURRICULUM VITAE

Personal Details

Name: Monica Crump (née Brinkley) Nationality: Irish
Address: Carrigoran Front Lodge, Phone: +353-61-368729
  Newmarket-on-Fergus,   +353-88-2691793
  Co. Clare. Fax: +353-61-368729
D.o.B: 15/08/1970 Email: mbrinkley@esatclear.ie

Educational Qualifications

Master of Library and Information Studies (M.L.I.S) 1994 1st
Dept. of Library and Information Studies, U.C.D., Dublin 4.

B.A. (Mod) Computer Science, Linguistics and German 1992 Upper 2nd
Dept. of Computer Science, T.C.D., Dublin 2.

Leaving Certificate 1988 7 hons.
Scoil Chaitríona, Bóthar Moibhí, Glasnaoin, Baile Átha Cliath 9.

Publications

Papers presented

Activities/Achievements

Work Experience

Director Brinkley Information Services Ltd. May '99 to date

Monica Crump set up and is managing Brinkley Information Services Ltd., an information research and consultancy service. This company offers research and consultancy in information management, organisation and presentation; information technology training and consultancy; web site design and development; proof-reading and translation services. For more information see http://www.esatclear.ie/~mbrinkley.

Research Officer Library, Dublin City University Dec. ’98 to date

Responsible for DCU contribution to the EC-funded project EQUINOX: Library Performance Measurement and Quality Management System. This project is developing and testing a set of performance and quality indicators for the electronic and hybrid library, and will develop a software tool which will facilitate library management in performance measurement and quality management.

Faculty Librarian Dublin Institute of Technology Jan. ’98 to Dec. ‘98

Responsible for the setting up and running of the Library’s new Central Services Unit, providing acquisitions, serials, bibliographic database management and systems support to the Institute’s branch libraries; responsible for the CSU team of nine; member of Senior Management Team and involved in policy-making for the future of Library Services; Library Web Editor.

Teaching Assistant Dept. of Library & Information Studies, University College Dublin Sept. ‘96 to Jan. ‘98

Responsible for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in general information technology and databases in particular, electronic and general information resources; coordinated 2nd year Information Studies programmes of B.A. and B.Soc.Sc. degrees; responsible for department’s computer equipment and supervision of tutor duties in computer lab. Research towards a PhD.

Web Editor Dublin City University Nov. '95 to Sept. '96

Responsibility for design, development and maintenance of University’s World Wide Web pages; reported to cross-University committee; liaised with staff from all departments; provided Web-related training to University staff.

Research Officer Library, Dublin City University Mar. '95 to Nov. '95

Responsible for the D.C.U. contribution to the EC-funded research project BIBDEL: Libraries without walls, which investigated the use of telematics for delivery of library services to remote users.

Assistant Librarian Library, University of Limerick Nov. '94 to Mar. '95

Assistant to the Information Librarian for Science and Engineering; specific responsibility for Computer Science and Electronics; assisted in the development of the University’s World Wide Web pages.

Freelance Translator (German - English); Occasional since 1994

Graduate Trainee Library, Dublin Dental Hospital Oct. '92 to Oct. '93

Interests

Referees

Dr. Alan MacDougall,

Director of Information Systems and Services
King’s College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS, England.
Tel: +44-171-8365454; Email: alan.macdougall@kcl.ac.uk

Mr. Paul Sheehan,

Head of Library Services,
Dublin Institute of Technology, Rathmines Road, Dublin 6.
Tel: 01-4027800; Fax: 01-4027802; Email: paul.sheehan@dit.ie

Prof. Mary A. Burke,

Head of Department
Dept. of Library and Information Studies, University College Dublin, Dublin 4.
Tel: 01-7067080; Fax: 01-7061161; Email: maburke@ollamh.ucd.ie

For further information, please contact Monica Crump:

Phone: +353-61-368729
Email:
bis@esatclear.ie

Brinkley Information Services - Research Services - IT Consultancy - IT Training - Language Services

Last updated by Monica Crump on 02 July 1999.