Executive Secretary and Librarian at Society of Advocates in Aberdeen
Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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- Executive Secretary and Librarian at Society of Advocates in Aberdeen
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- Reader Services Librarian at Faculty of Advocates (Self-employed)
- Information Services Officer at McGrigors
- Reader Services Library Assistant at Faculty of Advocates (Self-employed)
- Children's Librarian (Maternity cover contract) at Alloa Public Library
- General Assistant at Creagan House Restaurant with Accommodation
- Education
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- The Robert Gordon University
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Maria Robertson’s Summary
Maria Robertson’s Specialties:
Law Librarianship
Maria Robertson’s Experience
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Executive Secretary and Librarian
Society of Advocates in Aberdeen
(Libraries industry)
February 2007 — Present (2 years 10 months)
Primarily an administrative post; managing the Society’s finances, membership records, and library. Also arrange training and social events. This position enabled me to obtain my personal goal of returning to Aberdeen but is not fully utilising my librarianship skills. I am a “people person” and this position requires me to work in a building on my own for the majority of the time. An example of the projects this has enabled me to complete is the set up of a website, including planning and writing the content.
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Reader Services Librarian
Faculty of Advocates (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; 501-1000 employees; Law Practice industry)
July 2002 — February 2007 (4 years 8 months)
Main role of position was to provide a first class enquiry service to the Advocates, and other library users. This was done with the support of a team of four full time library assistants. Supervision of six part time students who shelved books and carried out a photocopying service was also involved. Also responsible for providing user training: on the library, services provided, and the use of electronic resources available to members and staff. Managed a budget for monograph acquisitions and kept overview of missing items. In 2004 the Faculty introduced Performance Management for all full time staff which was an interesting procedure to be part of. On departure was working with the library assistants on a goal to improve our team work. This made a huge difference to daily operations. Managing the changes ensuring the whole team was happy throughout the procedure was quite a challenge.
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Information Services Officer
McGrigors
(Partnership; 201-500 employees; Law Practice industry)
February 2001 — June 2002 (1 year 5 months)
Responsible for daily maintenance of Edinburgh library, as well as part of enquiry team. General duties included up-dating loose-leafs, stock management, indexing seminar papers and know-how. Maintained several pages on the intranet, including a weekly bulletin of New Law Links. This was done using Microsoft FrontPage. Induction of all new staff in Edinburgh office as well as refresher courses on online or CD-ROM products was also involved. Projects undertaken included: assisting with a location change of library and setting up stock layout at new offices; complete re-organisation and labeling of journal collections in various offices; an audit of subscriptions held and; collection and management of maps and plans.
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Reader Services Library Assistant
Faculty of Advocates (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; 501-1000 employees; Law Practice industry)
May 1999 — February 2001 (1 year 10 months)
Being part of the Readers Services department within the library involved a variety of different duties. Simple daily tasks included: shelving books, updating loose leaf publications, maintaining general tidiness and ensuring equipment, such as photocopiers and staplers, are in full working order. A database of newspaper articles of legal interest was maintained with subject terms assigned to each item for easy identification. Enquiry desk work was an important responsibility and involved co-ordination with outside organisations such as the National Library of Scotland, the Signet Library and the Scottish Executive. Also involved in training part time workers, in basic library operations. Held position of Health and Safety Representative, for the library and neighbouring departments.
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Children's Librarian (Maternity cover contract)
Alloa Public Library
(Libraries industry)
June 1998 — April 1999 (11 months)
Responsible for the children's services throughout Clackmannanshire: arranging entertainments in the libraries, such as competitions and puppet shows; and supplying additional materials to support projects in the schools. Other duties included stock maintenance and promotion of the children's services. General library management tasks were also necessary such as assisting in supervising the junior staff, covering the enquiry desk and attending meetings.
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General Assistant
Creagan House Restaurant with Accommodation
(Restaurants industry)
September 1986 — April 1999 (12 years 8 months)
Assisting in this family-run restaurant with accommodation provides a variety of tasks including customer service, administrative duties, and training new part time staff in waitressing. It demands excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to solve arising problems with staff, customers or equipment. Still occassionally help out.
Maria Robertson’s Education
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The Robert Gordon University
BA Hons , Information and Library Studies , 1994 — 1998
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Maria Robertson’s Interests:
I enjoy music and comedy, regularly attending concerts and shows. In my spare time I carry out Mystery Shopping assignments for various companies, and write theatre reviews for What’s on Stage Scotland.
Maria Robertson’s Groups:
Scottish Law Librarians Group, British and Irish Association of Law Librarians, Scottish Information Network, Grampian Information
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