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Library Staff

Catherine Hume

Catherine Hume

Catherine Hume is Head of Library and Archives at the Commonwealth Secretariat.   She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals and has over 25 years experience in special, public, academic and school libraries in both the public and private sector.  She has dealt with subjects as diverse as science, engineering, architecture and international affairs.  She has worked as both a practitioner and at policy level in the UK and Europe.


Tel: + 44 (0) 20 7747 6253
Email: library@commonwealth.int

Hilary McEwan

Hilary McEwanHilary McEwan is responsible for the Archives and the Record Management of the Commonwealth Secretariat. She undertakes the annual appraisal of records for release into the public domain, in accordance with the Secretariats policy on Shared Records. Hilary is also responsible for the promotion and the preservation of the Archives and handles enquiries concerning the collection and the history of the Secretariat. 

She is currently working on the implementation of an organization wide Records Management Programme.

Tel: + 44 (0)20 7747 6167
Email: h.mcewan@commonwealth.int

Theodora Addo 

Theo AddoTheodora Addo is responsible for the operation of the Library’s databases and for training staff in other divisions who use them for recording archival files.  She maintains the Library’s collection of the Secretariat’s publications and also processes the Library’s payments.

 

 

Tel: + 44 (0)20 7747 6166
Email: t.addo@commonwealth.int

For details of the library, click here; for information on the archives, click here.