Associates
Mary Auckland
Mary has been an independent consultant and trainer since 2005. This follows her long career in academic and research libraries, as Director of Library and Learning Resources at the University of the Arts London; Librarian at SOAS; and senior posts at the University of Southampton and LSE libraries. Mary has served on various strategic advisory bodies including the JISC's Committee for Electronic Information. She also served on the Library Association Council for nine years and was its Chair for three. In 2003, Mary was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to libraries and awarded an Honorary Fellowship by CILIP.
Julia Chruszcz
Julia is a consultant with over 15 years senior managerial experience in UK Higher Education academic computing services. She was the founding Director of MIMAS, the JISC and ESRC supported national data centre, which she led until leaving the University of Manchester in 2007. She also worked with the Research Councils, principally EPSRC and NERC in establishing a national High Performance Computer (HPC) service.
Diana Leitch
Diana is an independent consultant who is internationally respected for her work as an academic librarian and information professional. Prior to July 2008 she was the Deputy University Librarian at the prestigious John Rylands University Library in Manchester. Diana has been a member of various international Science Technology and Medical (STM) publishers Library Advisory Boards and JISC Committees. She is currently a member of the International Advisory Board for the Max Planck Digital Library in Germany and the JISC Digitisation Advisory Group in the UK. In 2005 Diana was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry for her involvement in the provision of electronic chemical information for UK Higher Education.
Anna Palaiologk
Anna has a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and is currently finishing her master degree specialising in Spatial Economics at the University of Amsterdam. Anna works as a research assistant at Charles Beagrie Ltd focusing mostly on costs and performance. She has been involved in our Keeping Research Data Safe (KRDS) projects and also as part of her degree worked at the Dutch Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) on a project related to costs and benefits of digital archiving of research data.
Najla Rettberg
Najla is a librarian with extensive experience in digital preservation, and recently held the post of executive secretary for the Digital Preservation Coalition. She has worked as a consultant for a range of clients including the Online Computer Library Centre (OCLC); Kings College London; the Digital Preservation Coalition and the Digital Curation Centre. She previously held a post at Edinburgh as Digital Preservation Officer for the University Library.
Peter Williams
Pete is an established researcher in information science with over 12 years research experience and 120 published articles and book reviews. His research expertise and interests include ICT in education, media, health, and personal information management. He is a senior research fellow in the School of Library, Archive and Information Studies in University College London and works as an research associate with us on relevant consultancies.
Rachel Beagrie
Rachel is studying Bio-sciences at Cambridge University. She is currently a vacation student intern with Charles Beagrie.
Rob Beagrie
Rob is studying for a PhD at Imperial College London. He has 1st Class honours BA and MSci degrees in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University and holds a senior academic scholarship and prize for natural sciences from Robinson College. He works part time as a web designer. Rob provides technical support for our website and projects and also works as a research assistant on relevant consultancies.
Partners
We have an extensive international network of contacts and peers in other countries and sectors that enable the company to build strong partnerships and add complementary skills for specific assignments when required. Partners we have worked with in the past include Serco Consulting, Globale Informationstechnik GmbH, and Digital Archiving Consultancy.