Even though many of our graduates will have progressed in their careers since completing a case study, they are still of interest to students who wish to gain an understanding of the world of work.

I work with academics and students to support the information needs of their research. A lot of my work focuses on scholarly communication: for example, helping make research outputs available open access, and using bibliometric information so that researchers can track the impact of their articles or other research outputs.

A typical day varies immensely. Example activities include:

Visiting a research group to help academics translate research funder and institutional guidance on open access into their planning.

Delivering a teaching session for postgraduate students on information sources, which can help them choose where to publish.

Conducting analyses of publication data in partnership with the University's academic faculties or research office.

Contributing to internal projects to improve the processes, services and guidance within the Library, or across the institution.

I enjoy the diversity of the work, and seeing concrete evidence of the benefits of the support I provide.

The library is not an obvious first point of call for a lot of researchers. Winning over sceptics can take time, and requires perseverance and resilience.

I think the expertise of information professionals can be really valuable to researchers. This area of work offers lots of opportunities to apply that expertise and improve its visibility.

My job required a background in research or information. Great communication and teamwork skills are very important, as are skills in learning and using information resources.

I receive on-going training in the information resources I support, and skills used in the job such as teaching.

Have completed the professional qualification to become a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP).

I am continually looking to develop my skills and learn more.

Experience with research and researchers, awareness of the policy environment, digital literacy and influencing skills are all useful in this kind of role. I'm not sure it's possible to acquire all of these at once! Most people I work with have had a portfolio of roles where they have picked up the different skills.