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Karen Blakeman, BSc DipInfSc FCLIP HonFCLIP

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Photo of  Karen BlakemanKaren Blakeman has worked in the information profession since 1978 and became a freelance consultant in 1989. Her company (RBA Information Services) provides training and consultancy on the use of the Internet for business, social and collaborative web tools, and on accessing and managing information resources. Prior to setting up RBA she worked at the Colindale Central Public Health Laboratory, and then spent ten years in the Pharmaceutical and Health Care industry before moving to the International management consultancy group Strategic Planning Associates.

Past and current clients include public and corporate libraries, Business Links, information providers, investment and financial services companies, organisations in the food and beverage industry, pharmaceutical companies, trade and research associations, UK government departments.

Karen edits and publishes an electronic newsletter called Tales from the Terminal Room and the 7th edition of Search Strategies for the Internet is in production. Her blog can be found at http://www.rba.co.uk/wordpress/

She is an Honorary Fellow of CILIP: The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, a member of the UK e-Information Group (UKeiG) and the Association of Independent Information Professionals (AIIP)

In 2002 she received the Information World Review Information Professional of the Year award.

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Qualifications

BSc - Bachelor of Science, Biological Sciences. University of Birmingham, UK. 1976.
DipInfSc - Diploma in Information Science. City University, London. 1982.
FCLIP - Fellow of CILIP: Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals
Hon FCLIP - Honorary Fellow of CILIP: Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals

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RBA Information Services,
88 Star Road, Caversham, Berks RG4 5BE
Tel: +44 118 947 2256
Fax: +44 20 8020 0253
Web: http://www.rba.co.uk/

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