Elizabeth Heaps is an

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university administrator and academic at the

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, who has been Pro-Vice-Chancellor there since October 2007, one of the four key positions which support the University's Vice-Chancellor. Her duties include responsibility for Estates and Strategic Projects, including the growth of the campus agreed on its

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site. She was Head of the University Library from 1997, where her role included responsibility for the

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, one of the biggest British

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repositories, particularly for ecclesiastical material. Founded in 1957, the Institute holds archives from all around the world, from the 12th century to the present day. She was elected to the University Council in 1999, and has sat on the Council since then. Within the University she is also a member of Court, Planning Committee, Senate, Information Committee and the Strategic Information Projects Implementation Group. As a qualified professional librarian, she is a senior participant in a variety of national and regional organisations in the field of information and libraries, including the

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(JISC),

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(SCONUL), and the

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Museums, Libraries and Archives Council. Elizabeth Heaps has degrees in

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and in

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The University of York Library and Archives
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