Gavin Beattie
Associate Director (Research & Impact)
Pronouns
he/him
Biography
Gavin leads the Research & Impact department within Libraries & Collections and is responsible for ensuring that L&C meets the needs of King’s research and researchers.
He leads the Open Research, Archives & Research Collections and Special Collections teams, with responsibilities including open access publishing, research data, historic collections, public engagement, digitisation and open research more generally.
He joined King’s in 2012 having previously held senior roles in the libraries of UCL, University of East London and at the BFI National Film & TV Archive.
Areas of Expertise
Ask him about open access publishing, research data, historic collections, public engagement, digitisation and open research more generally.
Publications
Baxter, G., Beard, L., Beattie, G., Blake, M., Greenhall, M., Lingstadt, K., Nixon, W. J., & Reimer, T. (2021). Covid-19 and the Future of the Digital Shift amongst Research Libraries: An RLUK Perspective in Context. New Review of Academic Librarianship, 27(3), 322–348. https://doi.org/10.1080/13614533.2021.1976232
Research
King’s Open Research Group Initiative (KORGI)
The King’s Open Research Group Initiative (or KORGI) is an action-oriented committee composed of an interdisciplinary mix of senior academics and experienced research staff that seek to change policy and procedures to promote transparent, accessible and reproducible research.
Research
King’s Open Research Group Initiative (KORGI)
The King’s Open Research Group Initiative (or KORGI) is an action-oriented committee composed of an interdisciplinary mix of senior academics and experienced research staff that seek to change policy and procedures to promote transparent, accessible and reproducible research.