Karen Loasby

Current

• Information Architect at RNIB
• Contributing Editor at www.fumsi.com

Past

• Information Architecture Team Leader at BBC
• Business manager (acting) at BBC
• Senior Information Architect at BBC

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Education

• Open University
• Ashridge Business School
• City University

• University of Leeds
• Dame Alice Owens School

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Recommended

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Connections

175 connections

Industry

Non-Profit Organization Management

Websites

• IA Play
• RNIB
• Fumsi

Karen Loasby’s Summary

Karen Loasby’s Specialties:

* information architecture and management: metadata, taxonomy, navigation, search, content management, tagging, automatic indexing
* public speaking, writing
* team management & development

Karen Loasby’s Experience

• Information Architect

  RNIB

  (Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  August 2008 — Present (1 year)

  Developing an accessible SharePoint (MOSS) based website, including e-commerce site. Creating navigation structures, content types and metadata. Designing search functionality.

• Contributing Editor

  www.fumsi.com

  (Publishing industry)

  January 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)

  Writing monthly editorial and sourcing authors for articles.

Karen Loasby’s Education

• Open University

  2002 — 2012 (expected)

  Courses include:
  Perspectives on Leonardo da Vinci (2009)
  Starting with psychology (2007)
  Certificate in contemporary science (2002-2009)

• Ashridge Business School

  BBC Leadership Programme , 2006 — 2006

• City University

  MSc , Information Science , 2000 — 2001

  Distinction for dissertation on 'the organisation of newspaper websites'

• University of Leeds

  BA (Hons) , Communications with Philosophy, 1st class , 1996 — 1999

• Dame Alice Owens School

  1989 — 1996

  A-Level Maths, Physics & English (AAB)
  AS Level Further Maths (A)
  9 GCSEs at grade A/A*

Additional Information

Karen Loasby’s Websites:

• IA Play
• RNIB
• Fumsi

Karen Loasby’s Interests:

Supporting non-profits with IA advice, via BBC Connect and Create (National Trust), Media Matching and direct (V&A)

Karen Loasby’s Groups:

•    Charity new media staff
•    The Content Wrangler Community
•    Information Architecture Institute (IAI)
•    Non-Profit and Charity Network
•    womenintechnology.co.uk
•    BBC alumni
•    TFPL Sharepoint Interest Group
•    London Information & Knowledge Exchange

Karen Loasby’s Contact Settings

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