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Senior Management Team

Name

Title

Ext. No.

Email

Stuart Hunt

Director of University Library and Collections, University Librarian

42960

stuart.w.hunt@durham.ac.uk 

Dr Helen Ross

Assistant Director, University Library and Collections

 

helen.ross@durham.ac.uk 

Dr Craig Barclay

Head of Museums, Galleries and Exhibitions

45690

c.p.barclay@durham.ac.uk

Judy Burg

Head of Collections

42965

07833 403803 

judy.burg@durham.ac.uk

Maria Carnegie

Head of Customer Service

42965

 

maria.a.carnegie@durham.ac.uk

Natalie Costello

Senior Manager:  Administration and Finance

42953

natalie.costello@durham.ac.uk

Matthew Phillips

Head of Research and Systems

42941

m.e.phillips@durham.ac.uk

Simon Speight

Head of Education, Learning and Engagement

42981

s.g.speight@durham.ac.uk

Acquisitions

Email: library.acquisitions@durham.ac.uk

Name

Title

Ext. No.

Email

Neil Davies

Senior Manager:  Content Acquisitions

 

n.p.davies@durham.ac.uk

Administration

Email: mainlibraryoffice@durham.ac.uk

Digitisation

Email: library.digi@durham.ac.uk 
Tel: +44 (0) 191 334 2934

Disability Support

Email: library.disabilitysupport@durham.ac.uk 
Tel: +44 (0) 191 334 2934

Faculty Librarians

Name 

Title 

Ext. No.

Email 

Ben Taylorson 

Faculty  

Librarian 

(Business) 

 

benjamin.taylorson@durham.ac.uk

Colin Theakston 

Faculty  

Librarian 

(Science) 

 

colin.theakston@durham.ac.uk

Richard Holmes 

Faculty Librarian 

(Social Sciences) 

 

richard.holmes@durham.ac.uk

Dr Richard Pears 

Faculty Librarian 

(Arts) 

 

richard.pears@durham.ac.uk

Finance

Email: Library.finance@durham.ac.uk

Inter-Library Loans

Email: interlibrary.loans@durham.ac.uk

Open Access

Email Open Access: openaccess.publishing@durham.ac.uk 
Email Durham Research Online: dro.admin@durham.ac.uk 
Tel: +44 (0) 191 334 1586

Name

Title

Phone No.

Email

James Bisset

Senior Manager: Library Research Services

0191 334 1589

james.bisset@durham.ac.uk

Nick Syrotiuk

Research Data Manager

 

nicholas.syrotiuk@durham.ac.uk

 

Curators

Oriental Museum

Email: Oriental.museum@durham.ac.uk 
Tel: +44 (0) 191 334 5691

Name

Title

Ext. No.

Email

Rachel Barclay

Senior Curator (Oriental Museum)

45693

rachel.barclay@durham.ac.uk

Qin Cao

Curator (Oriental Museum)

43417

qin.cao@durham.ac.uk

Gillian Ramsey

Assistant Curator (Oriental Museum)

45886

gillian.ramsay@durham.ac.uk

Museum of Archaeology

Email: archaeology.museum@durham.ac.uk 
Tel: +44 (0) 191 334 2932

Name

Title

Ext. No.

Email

Gemma Lewis

Curator (Archaeology and Bio Sciences)

44139

gemma.lewis@durham.ac.uk

Durham Castle

Email Collections: castle.collections@durham.ac.uk 
Email Tours: Castle.tours@durham.ac.uk 
Tel: +44 (0) 191 334 2932

Name

Title

Ext. No.

Email

Gillian Rennie

Curator (Castle and Colleges)

44139

gillian.rennie@durham.ac.uk

Art Collection

Email: Artcollection@durham.ac.uk 
Tel: +44 (0) 191 334 5670

Name

Title

Ext. No.

Email

Alix Collingwood

Curator (Contemporary Art)

45670

alix.j.collingwood@durham.ac.uk 

Archives and Special Collections

Email: Pg.library@durham.ac.uk 
Tel: +44 (0) 191 334 2972

Name

Title

Ext. No.

Email

Matthew McMurray

Senior Manager, Archives and Special Collections

42964

matthew.mcmurray@durham.ac.uk 

Andrew Gray

Archivist

41210/
41219

a.j.gray@durham.ac.uk

 

Francis Gotto

Archivist

41218

francis.gotto@durham.ac.uk

Dr Jonathan Bush

University Archivist

41219

Jonathan.bush@durham.ac.uk

Dr Danielle Westerhof

Rare Books Curator

 

42926

Danielle.m.westerhof@durham.ac.uk

Dr Richard Higgins

Collections Discovery Librarian

42935

 

r.i.higgins@durham.ac.uk

Conservation

Email: ulc-conservation@durham.ac.uk

Name

Title

Ext. No.

Email

Tony King

Senior Collections Care and Conservation Manager

42931

Anthony.g.king@durham.ac.uk

Cultural Engagement

Name

Title

Ext. No.

Email

Ged Matthews

Cultural Engagement Manager

 

gerard.p.matthews@durham.ac.uk

Collections Outreach

Email: 4schools@durham.ac.uk

Name

Title

Ext. No.

Email

Ross Wilkinson

Learning and Engagement Manager

 

ross.wilkinson@durham.ac.uk