I have worked in academic libraries since 2001 and in an academic librarian role since 2008, focusing upon enquiry services prior to this. I am currently academic liaison librarian for the School of Education, Language and Psychology and the School of Humanities. I have carried out action research into the concept of librarians as educators and partners in Higher Education, presenting at both educational research conferences and those for information professionals. I am particularly interested in the concept of communities of practice in relation to critical information literacy, both within HE libraries and across departments in HE institutions, and this was the focus of my DInfSc thesis.