Chris Armstrong

Current

• Managing Director & Senior Consultant at Information Automation Limited (IAL)

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Industry

Libraries

Websites

• My Company
• My Blog

Chris Armstrong’s Summary

Chris Armstrong’s Specialties:

e-publishing for libraries; e-resources; e-books; collection management for libraries.

Chris Armstrong’s Experience

• Managing Director & Senior Consultant

  Information Automation Limited (IAL)

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Libraries industry)

  March 1987 — Present (21 years 5 months)

  IAL is a consultancy, research and training company in the library and information sector. Chris’s work focuses on electronic information resources, and their effective use in libraries and information centres. In recent years, e-books have been the subject of much of the company’s research work, and it is currently a partner in the JISC National e-Book Observatory being run by UCL. Chris and colleague, Ray Lonsdale, jointly run a regular series of training courses, modstly focussing on the Management of e-Book Collections in Libraries, and Collection Development Policies for e-Resources. The latter is also the subject of a year-long project working with 30 librarians in sub-Saharan Africa, funded by the Carnegie Foundation.

Additional Information

Chris Armstrong’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Blog

Chris Armstrong’s Interests:

Consultancy, research and training in all aspects of e-resource use in libraries and information centres

Chris Armstrong’s Groups:

CILIP; UKeiG; LIDA; Department of Information Studies, Aberystwyth University; SLAIS;, Talis Conference, Online Information, SLAIS Conference, STM Conference, IWR, CIQM

Chris Armstrong’s Honors:

Fellow, Institute of Analysts and Programmers (FIAP)
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (FCLIP)
National Councillor (CILIP), 2005-

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