Helen joined the Library in 2005, having previously worked at the Institute of Directors and the London Library.  She has been in her current role as LSE Library’s Metadata Manager since 2014, and has responsibility for collections and research outputs metadata, with a strategic focus on exploring and developing new ways in which metadata can support research, learning and teaching.

Helen has been involved in metadata initiatives at a national and international level, including as a committee member of the Metadata and Discovery Group of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, as part of the Metadata 2020 collaboration, and as a current member of OCLC’s Metadata Managers Planning Group.  She has authored and co-authored a number of metadata articles and conference papers and regularly collaborates with metadata practitioners in the UK and beyond.