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CURRICULUM
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Krys WILLIAMS, BSc PhD DipLib
+44 (0)7792 789885 (mobile)
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PROFILE
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A biomedical scientist and information professional with a wide range of
skills and a flexible attitude, currently working as a full time
freelance translator, indexer and information specialist.. Proficient in all aspects of the
production and organisation of information: writing, translating,
editing, abstracting and indexing. Has performed successfully both
within a traditional office structure and as a freelance worker.
Principal skills: translation, writing, desk research, analysis and
repackaging of information, abstracting and indexing.
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CURRENT
FULL TIME FREELANCE ACTIVITIES
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NB These activities were carried out on a
part time basis in addition to full time employment in the period
2000-2003.
Translation of
hospital discharge reports, regulatory pharmaceutical and journal
articles into English from Spanish, French, German, Polish, Serbo-Croat
(inc. Bosnian) and Slovenian. Work conducted for clients in UK, USA,
Canada, Spain, Poland and Germany
Book indexing in a variety of biomedical, agricultural and other
subject areas
Literature searches to support the legal services of an expert
witness in clinical biochemistry and toxicology.
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EMPLOYMENT (1989-2003)
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Scientist and information specialist
at the UK registered charity: Fund for the Replacement of Animals in
Medical Experiments.
Duties included:
Desk research: Internet and database searches, literature surveys
and scientific reports.
Presentations: Lectures and articles. Target audiences include
scientists, general public and school students.
Construction of a classification system for the library.
Establishment and maintenance of an information service for
scientists about new methods.
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OTHER
EXPERIENCE
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1989 - 1996: |
Abstracting of drug-related scientific journal articles for
on-line databases produced by Derwent Publications. |
| 1979 -
1984: |
Freelance
editor/translator/writer/abstractor for the English language
in Zagreb, Yugoslavia. This work covered a wide range of
projects, including the preparation and quality control of
company export literature, scientific editing and translation (Serbo-Croat
and Slovenian into English), transcription and editing of
conference proceedings.
Clients included: scientific journals in medicine, biology,
chemistry, sports science and information studies
LEK Pharmaceutical Works, Ljubljana
Chromos Paint and Varnish Company, Zagreb
Croatian Chemical Society, Zagreb
Information and Documentation Centre, Zagreb |
| 1978 -
1979: |
Postdoctoral
research assistant at the Immunobiology Unit, Pathology
Department, University of Bristol. Research into the mechanisms
of autoimmunity.
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EDUCATION
AND TRAINING
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| June,
2003 |
Accredited
Indexer of the Society of Indexers, UK
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1987 - 1988: |
Ealing College of
Higher Education: Postgraduate Diploma with distinction in
Library and Information Studies (+ Marr Prize for receiving the
highest marks for the course). |
| 1975 -
1978: |
University
of Bristol: Ph.D. in vitro studies on autoimmune haemolytic
anaemia in mice. |
| 1972 -
1975: |
University
of Bristol: B.Sc. 1st Class Honours in Cellular Pathology
(+ Mackie Prize for best final year research project)
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PERSONAL
DETAILS AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
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I am active
in the Society of Indexers, where I am Honorary Librarian. I have
lectured at the annual conferences of the Society of Indexers and of the
Society for Editors and Proofreaders about the use of the Internet and
about techniques and strategies for information searches.
My spare-time interests
include Egyptology, comparative religion and mythology, New Age
spirituality, astrology, Jungian psychology and music, especially
ancient, classical and world music. I participate as singer and fiddle
player in two ensembles that perform West Gallery and Shape Note music.
West Gallery music is the music of the English village churches before
the advent of organs and Hymns Ancient and Modern, while Shape Note
music is the further development of the same tradition on the other side
of the Atlantic.
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