Have you ever wanted to find
out more about the people who work at Avery Hill and Stockwell Street Library?
Of course you have! Last week we started our weekly profiles of the various
staff you may spot or speak to at our libraries. Find out what they do, both
inside and outside of working at the University of Greenwich!
This week, we're profiling one
of our library support assistants at the Stockwell Street library, James Chick:
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| James Chick |
HOW LONG HAVE YOU WORKED AT
THE UNIVERSITY/LIBRARY?
Almost 3 years.
HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR
ROLE IN THE LIBRARY?
Helping students use library
services and helping our librarians provide the library’s service. You may also
see me leading a workshop – if you do, I appeal to everyone’s better nature
when I ask that heckling be kept to a minimum.
WHAT DO YOU ENJOY MOST ABOUT
WORKING IN THE LIBRARY?
Helping students with
questions which make me think and that require investigative skills.
WHICH BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY DO
YOU FIND MOST INTERESTING?
Politics books (shelfmark
‘320’) interest me because I’m into all that. At the moment, European Union
books help me sort out in my head what’s going on in the country at the moment!
WHERE IS YOUR FAVOURITE PLACE
IN GREENWICH TO EAT/HAVE LUNCH?
Eating sandwiches under the
Cutty Sark is a pleasure. On payday I do like Bill’s Restaurant!
WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO OUTSIDE
OF WORK?
Spend time with family and my
friends, and experiment with cooking curries.
FAVOURITE BOOK, MUSIC AND
FILM?
I’m a big fan of The Hunger Games books – take from that
what you will! For music, I like anything by Michael Jackson, and my favourite
film is Baz Luhrmann’s ‘Moulin Rouge’ (in fact anything directed Baz
Luhrmann!).
WHERE IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU
LIKE TO VISIT?
Me and my partner want to
drive the length of Route 66 in an open top car one day. One day…
IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY
SUPERHUMAN POWER, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
The one Patrick Stewart had in
‘X-Men’ – was it telepathy or telekinesis? Some way of putting my massive brain
to good use (is modesty a super power?).
HAVE YOU VISITED THE CUTTY
SARK, NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM, ROYAL OBSERVATORY AND QUEEN’S HOUSE?
National Maritime Museum
(tick); Royal Observatory (tick); Queens House and Cutty Sark are still on the
to do list!
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