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Adrienne Muir (@adriennemuir) is Professor of Information Management, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen. Adrienne says: “I am a member of the iSchool in the School of Creative and Cultural Business at RGU. I teach our postgraduate information and library studies students and our undergraduate cohorts studying subjects as varied as journalism and fashion management.
“My main preoccupations at the moment are how to embed IPR teaching in undergraduate programmes and ethical issues in the production and use of digital content.”
What was your earliest ambition? If you mean my very earliest ambition, I want- ed to be Doctor Who. Still do, if I’m honest.
Who has inspired you in your career? Professor Nick Moore, when we both worked at the Policy Studies Institute in London. He was the head of my research group. It was my first research job and he spent time teaching and encouraging me. I always came out of ap- praisal meetings walking on air. He also made the research group tea every afternoon when he was in the office.
Career advice – what’s your top tip? I suppose my top tip is something I wish I was better at myself – the importance of network- ing. This applies to LIS students and through- out a professional career. It is particularly rewarding to develop contacts outside the profession. All sorts of wonderful ideas and collaborations can be the result.
Best professional moment?
Presenting the results of an international project on the impact of copyright law on digital preservation at the World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva was a mem- orable event. It felt as if people were listening and the work could make a difference. Other than that, supporting students in their research projects can be challenging but very rewarding when they achieve more than they thought they were capable of.
Worst professional moment (if you dare) My most mortifying professional moment was another presentation of the results of a research project. I strapped my bag, filled with paper copies of the project report and my presentation, onto my bike to cycle to the station. I went over a pothole, the bag flew off the bike and the papers ended up in a muddy puddle. The train was very late so I arrived at the meeting red-faced and puffing and pulled out a mashed up pile of very soggy paper. I did not feel very professional that day.
What drives you on?
Curiosity, mostly. That applies to life as well as work. I get lost a lot and go down dead ends, but love making connections between things I didn’t know could be connected.
A book you’ve enjoyed recently? When We Are No More by Abby Smith Rumsey. The sub-title is how digital memory is shaping our future. Digital memory is where my inter- est in digital preservation and science fiction intersect!
Have you got any hidden talents? I’m not bad on the ukulele.
Do you cook, if so, what’s your signature dish?
Absolutely not! Luckily I have a partner who loves to cook and is very good at it. His roast potatoes are things of wonder.
April-May 2019
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