Information Architect at RNIB
London, United Kingdom
- Current
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- Information Architect, Knowledge Management at Royal National Institute of Blind People
- Contributing Editor at www.fumsi.com
- Past
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- Information Architecture Team Leader at BBC
- Senior Information Architect at BBC
- Information Architect at BBC
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- Education
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- Ashridge Business School
- City University
- University of Leeds
- Dame Alice Owens School
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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
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Information Architect, Knowledge Management
Royal National Institute of Blind People
(Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
August 2008 — Present (3 months)
Creating navigation structures and metadata for SharePoint (MOSS) based Intranet.
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Contributing Editor
www.fumsi.com
(Publishing industry)
January 2008 — Present (10 months)
Writing monthly editorial and sourcing authors for articles.
Karen Loasby’s Education
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Ashridge Business School
BBC Leadership Programme, 2006 — 2006
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City University
MSc, Information Science, 2000 — 2001
Distinction for dissertation on 'the organisation of newspaper websites'
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University of Leeds
BA (Hons), Communications with Philosophy, 1st class, 1996 — 1999
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Dame Alice Owens School
1989 — 1996
A-Level Maths, Physics & English (AAB)
AS Level Further Maths (A)
9 GCSEs at grade A/A*
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