Nicky's Home Page, Technical Librarian, Internet Librarian, teleworking, working from home, photography, homeworking, Intute, EEVL, Nicola Harrison, Nicky Harrison, Exmouth School, Brunel University, Queen Margaret University <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><style type="text/css">  </style> </HEAD> <BODY TEXT="#400000" LINK="#400000" VLINK="#804000" ALINK="#804000"> <H1 ALIGN="CENTER">Nicky's Page</H1> <TABLE BORDER="0" ALIGN="CENTER" cellspacing="10"> <TR> <TD ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="nicky.jpg" ALT="Nicky" WIDTH="300" HEIGHT="300"></TD> <TD ALIGN="LEFT">Nicky was born in London. She's actually a Cockney (that is born within the sound of the Bow Bells) by accident. The ambulance driver who was taking her mother to hospital in North London got lost and they ended up in the East End. <BR> She has a BSc in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Brunel University, and a PGDip in Information Management from Queen Margarets University. <BR> She <A HREF="../wedding.html">married</A> <A HREF="../aj/aj.html">AJ</A> in December 1992.<BR> She works as an Internet Librarian at Heriot Watt University and a Technical Librarian at Harley Haddow Consulting Engineers, and is also a full time mother of two. Previous jobs have included electronic engineer and technical writer.<BR> Her interests include history, <A HREF="../../index.html">Medieval Re-enactment</A>, calligraphy (fancy writing), photography and family tree research.<BR> <BR> <A HREF="mailto:nicky@lothene.demon.co.uk"><em>click here to send e-mail to Nicky</em></A></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="LEFT"></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <HR> <h1>Publications </h1> <H3>work</H3> <P><a href="http://www.cilip.org.uk/publications/updatemagazine">Library and Information Update</a> - February 2009 - The Best of the Web<br> TACIT - March 26th 2008 - <a href="http://www.edinburghlibrariesagency.info/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/tacit-26-mar-08.pdf">Raising the profile : Intute Engineering Online Library</a><br> <a href="http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/he/tutorial/materials">VTS - Internet for Materials Science and Engineering</a> tutorial<a href="http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/he/tutorial/safety"><br> </a><a href="http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/he/tutorial/mechanical">VTS - Internet for Mechanical Engineering</a> tutorial<a href="http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/he/tutorial/safety"><br> VTS - Internet for Health and Safety </a>tutorial<a href="http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/he/tutorial/petroleum"><br> VTS - Internet for Petroleum and Offshore Engineering</a> tutorial <br> <a href="http://www.intute.ac.uk/supportdocs/environmental_engineering.pdf">Internet Resources for Environmental Engineering</a> booklet <br> <a href="http://www.intute.ac.uk/supportdocs/materialsengineering.pdf">Internet Resources for Materials Engineering</a> booklet <br> Internet Resources Newsletter - issue 123 - <a href="http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn123/irn123.html#bookreview"><em>Book Review</em> - Ethics for the Information Age by Michael J. Quinn <br> </a>Internet Resources Newsletter - issue 120 - <a href="http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn120/irn120.html#bookreview"><em>Book Review</em> - Firewalls and Internet Security - Repelling the Wily Hacker by WR Cheswick, S Bellovin and AR Addison </a><br> Internet Resources Newsletter - issue 119 - <a href="http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn119/irn119.html#bookreview"><em>Book Review</em> - A Gift of Fire by Sara Baase</a><br> <A HREF="http://www.lothene.org/press22.html">Using the Internet for Historical Research</A> article in <A HREF="http://www.echoesfromthepast.co.uk/">"Echoes from the Past"</A> magazine, Oct 2003<BR> Ariadne - issue 35 - <A HREF="http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue35/eevl/">Free full-text e-journals and EEVL's Engineering E-journal Search Engine</A><BR> Ariadne - issue 20 - <A HREF="http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue20/eevl/patents.html">Getting the most out of Patent information on the Internet</A> (<I>The article is listed at <A HREF="http://www.lboro.ac.uk/library/subj/patents.html">Loughborough University - Patents Page</A></I>)<BR> Ariadne - issue 19 - <A HREF="http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue19/eevl/#electronic-resources">Electronic Engineering Resources on the Internet</A><BR> Ariadne - issue 17 - <A HREF="http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue17/teleworking/">Teleworking from Home</A> (<I>This article is listed in the <A HREF="http://dois.mimas.ac.uk/">Documents in Information Science</A> database, <A HREF="http://www.sub.uni-goettingen.de/java_home.htm">Universität Göttingen Bibliothek</A> and <A HREF="http://www.homeworking.co.uk/library/telework.htm">Homeworking.com</A></I>)<BR> <A HREF="http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/he/tutorial/elec">VTS - Internet Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineer</A> tutorial. See also a <A HREF="http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn81/irn81.html#nice">report on the tutorial launch</A> from Internet Resources Newsletter.<BR> <A HREF="http://www.homeworking.com/library/case/case-10.htm">Case Study</A> at the <A HREF="http://www.homeworking.com/">Homeworking without scams</A> site.</P> <P><I>see also <a href="heraldpost.html">The Herald and Post, 15/9/5</a>, <a href="eveningnews.html">The Edinburgh Evening News, 8/9/5</a> and <A HREF="scotsman.html">The Scotsman, 8/11/99</A> article about working from home.<BR> "Teleworking for library and information professionals" - Monica Blake - Aslib, 1999 - ISBN 0 85142 416 3 (pages 64-67)<BR> Brunel University Alumni Office - <A HREF="http://www.brunel.ac.uk/admin/alumni/where_are_they_now/nicola.saunders.html">"Where Are They Now?"</A> Page</I><BR> <I><A HREF="http://ash.icbl.hw.ac.uk/hmillbig.html">"Half a million hits to the EEVL Service!"<br> </A></I></P> <H3>hobbies</H3> <P>"Meet a Norman - 1. Queen Matilda" article in <A HREF="http://www.conquest.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/">Conquest</A> newsletter, Feb 2004<BR> <A HREF="http://www.lothene.org/press22.html">"Using the Internet for Historical Research"</A> article in <A HREF="http://www.echoesfromthepast.co.uk/">"Echoes from the Past"</A> magazine, Oct 2003<BR> "Basic Kit Making - Hose" article in <A HREF="http://www.conquest.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/">Conquest</A> newsletter, Feb 2003<BR> <A HREF="../../press19.html">"A Short History of Women Soldiers"</A> article in <A HREF="http://www.calltoarms.com/">"Call to Arms"</A> magazine 2002-2003<BR> <A HREF="../../press18.html">"James IV and the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh"</A> article in <A HREF="http://www.echoesfromthepast.co.uk/">"Echoes from the Past"</A> magazine, Oct 2001<BR> <A HREF="../../press16.html">"An Introduction to Early Medieval Textile Techniques"</A> article in <A HREF="http://www.echoesfromthepast.co.uk/">"Echoes from the Past"</A> magazine, Feb 2001<BR> <A HREF="../../press14.html">"A Viking Wedding"</A> article in <A HREF="http://www.echoesfromthepast.co.uk/">"Echoes from the Past"</A> magazine, Oct 2000<BR> <A HREF="../../press7.html">"Lothene Experimental Archaeology"</A> article in <A HREF="http://www.echoesfromthepast.co.uk/">"Echoes from the Past"</A> magazine, Feb 2000<BR> <BR><A HREF="http://communities.msn.co.uk/PerfidiousAlbion/womeninguilds.msnw">"Women in the Medieval Guilds"</A> article in "<A HREF="http://communities.msn.co.uk/PerfidiousAlbion/feudalistoverlord.msnw">Feudalist Overlord</A>" , Edinburgh University Medieval Re-enactment Society newsletter.<BR> "Oath of the Chivalry of Albion" article in "<A HREF="http://communities.msn.co.uk/PerfidiousAlbion/feudalistoverlord.msnw">Feudalist Overlord</A>" , Edinburgh University Medieval Re-enactment Society newsletter.<BR> "<A HREF="http://communities.msn.co.uk/PerfidiousAlbion/yourwebpage3.msnw">Chronicles of the Realm of Perfidious Albion</A>" article in "<A HREF="http://communities.msn.co.uk/PerfidiousAlbion/feudalistoverlord.msnw">Feudalist Overlord</A>" , Edinburgh University Medieval Re-enactment Society newsletter.<BR> "Five Medieval Recipes"article in "<A HREF="http://communities.msn.co.uk/PerfidiousAlbion/feudalistoverlord.msnw">Feudalist Overlord</A>" , Edinburgh University Medieval Re-enactment Society newsletter.</P> <H3><br> my webpage designs</H3> <P><a href="http://www.freewebs.com/kyeggplants/index.html">Kenny Young and the Eggplants</a><br> <A HREF="http://www.lothene.org/feudalist/perfidious.html">Edinburgh University Medieval Re-enactment Society</A><BR> <a href="http://www.apocalypse.gen.nz/leongod/">Leon the God</a><br> <A HREF="http://www.freewebs.com/anneforte/">Anne Forte - artist</A> <br> <I><A HREF="mailto:nicky@lothene.demon.co.uk">(contact me for more details and prices)</A></I></P> <P> </P> <HR> <H2>Some of my favorite books:</H2> <P></P> <P>"Unofficial Rosie" - Alan McDonald - Futura - 0-7088-3074-9<BR> The story of an unemployed single parent who decides to become a private eye and uncovers corruption in the Council Refuse Collection Department.<BR> <BR> "Twopence to Cross the Mersey" - Helen Forrester - Fontana<BR> Autobiographical novel about a girl's life in Liverpool during the depression of the 1930s. There are two sequels "Liverpool Miss" and "By the Waters of Liverpool"<BR> <BR> "The Liar" - Stephen Fry - Mandarin - 0-7493-0540-1<BR> Comic novel about British public schools and the secret service.<BR> <BR> "Life Before Man" - Margaret Atwood - Virago Press - 0-86068-192-0<BR> Complex story of the breakup of a marriage from the points of view of three characters.<BR> <BR> "Fludd" - Hilary Mantel - Penguin - 0-14-010816-5<BR> The story centres on the effect of a new curate arriving in a 1950's traditional English moorland village.<BR> <BR> "A Suitable Boy" - Vikram Seth - Phoenix - 1-85799-088-9<BR> Novel about Indian Independence, culture and arranged marriages.<BR> <BR> "Egg Dancing" - Liz Jensen - Bloomsbury Publishing Inc - 0 7475 1997 8<BR> A black comedy of genetic engineering, fertility treatments and mental illness. <BR><BR> "Good Behaviour" - Molly Keane - Abacus - 0-349-12075-7<BR> The decline of an Anglo-Irish aristocratic family after the First World War.<BR> <BR> "Zodiac" - Neal Stephenson - Bloomsbury - 0-7475-0262-5<BR> An environmental thriller, with very accurate science thrown in.</P> <P>"The Atrocity Archives" - Charles Stross - Golden Gryphon Press - 1-930846-25-8<br> A cross between HP Lovecraft stories and a spy thriller. 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