About
Isobel is the Head of Research Data and Intellectual Property in the University of Southampton library. As part of the Library's Engagement team she leads on research data management, copyright and intellectual property, theses and other research related matters.
Isobel has worked in academic libraries since graduating with MA in Librarianship from the University of Sheffield in 1994. Before moving to Southampton in 2005, she worked in the libraries at the Manchester Metroplitan, the Open University and the University of Bath.
She has been interested in the technology in libraries since the start of her career. Her MA thesis investigated how mediaevalists used the internet in 1994 and one of her earliest jobs was at UKOLN, working on eLib projects including editing Ariadne. She is currently project co-lead (co-investigator) on the Careers and Skills for Data-driven Research (CaSDaR) network.