Ms Abby Evans
Department: Libraries and Archives
College appointment: Deputy Librarian (Job-share with Leanne Grainger))
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Role in the College
Abby works as part of a job share as Deputy Librarian with Leanne Grainger. Together they are responsible for the smooth day-to-day running of the Longwall Library and the supervision of the library team. They lead on ordering and cataloguing all new acquisitions, as well as planning and managing project goals for the Longwall Library. They also support tasks and projects in the Old Library and Magdalen’s other specialist collections..
Background
Abby holds a BA in History from King’s College London and an MA in History from Royal Holloway, University of London. She worked in fundraising before turning to libraries, starting as a student library assistant before joining the Bodleian Libraries Graduate Trainee scheme, and then heading back to London to work in the library of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Once she had completed her MA in Library and Information Studies at UCL, she was keen to return to Oxford and has worked at Magdalen since November 2024.
