SOAS, University of London (The School of Oriental and African Studies)

Overview

Library & Information Services (LIS)

Director of Library and Information Services

Governing Body

Member of Governing Body

Name:

Mr John Robinson

Email address:

j.robinson@soas.ac.uk

Telephone:

020 7898 4160

Fax:

020 7898 4159

Address:

SOAS, University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG

Building:

Russell Square: College Buildings

Website:

https://blogs.soas.ac.uk/dirlis

Biography

John joined SOAS as Director of Library and Information Services in March 2009. He has worked in a variety of roles in the university sector since 1974 and first worked for the University of London at Wye College in 1994. Immediately before joining SOAS he was at King’s College London as JISC Director of Services, responsible for managing the JISC services portfolio which includes JANET (the national academic network), JISC Collections and a number of support and advisory services. John’s primary role at SOAS is to lead Library and Information Services as a fully-converged professional services directorate, supported by five Assistant Directors responsible for specialised services in the Research Library, Information Systems, IT and Media Services and operational services supporting staff, students and external visitors across all the services.  During 2010 he oversaw the first stage of the Library Transformation Project which sets out to overhaul and modernise the SOAS Library and is currently involved in fund-raising to complete the work.

Current Committee Membership

• Governing Body
• Academic Board (Ex-Officio Member)
• Estates & Infrastructure Committee (Ex-Officio Member)
• Information & Internal Communications Committee (Chair)
• Research & Enterprise Committee (Ex-Officio Member)
• Student Experience Committee (Ex-Officio Member)