Staff Profile
John Williams
Head of Collections Management and Digital Library Services
- Email: john.williams@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7645
- Fax: +44 (0) 191 208 6235
- Personal Website: http://linkedin.com/in/john-williams-8085861b4
- Address: The Robinson Library
Newcastle University
Back Jesmond Road West
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 4HQ
Background
I'm a senior manager at Newcastle University Library involved in strategic and operational planning, team management and the delivery and support of systems and services.
I have 20 years experience as a project manager on a wide range of IT and library service developments.
My main interests are the digital humanities, research support, open access publishing, resource licensing and collections management.
I'm also a freelance writer with a specific interest in television and cultural history.
Publications
- Williams J, Greaves I. ‘Must We Wait 'til Doomsday?’: The Making and Mauling of Churchill's People (BBC1, 1974-75). Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television 2017, 37(1), 82-95.
- Potter D, Greaves I, Rolinson D, Williams J, ed. Dennis Potter - The Art of Invective: Selected Non-Fiction 1953-94. London: Oberon Books, 2015.
- Williams J. Red Hulke!. Doctor Who Magazine 2015, (489).
- Williams J. Genesis of the Daleks. Doctor Who Magazine 2014, (474).
- Williams J. Soap Opera. BFI Screenonline 2010.
- Williams J. Euston Films. BFI Screenonline 2005.
- Williams J. Trevor Griffiths. BFI Screenonline 2005.