Joanna leads the implementation of the British Library’s strategy for Higher Education and key relationship building across the Higher Education sector, helping to ensure the Library continues to play a vital role in underpinning UK research. She has taught history at University College London and Warwick University, and studied at the University of Southampton where her PhD researched the untold story of refugees and the British Caribbean during the Second World War. The story was turned into A Caribbean Jerusalem which she presented for BBC Radio 4’s the Archive Hour. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce and an Honorary Fellow at the University of Southampton. She represents the British Library on the boards of the Research Information Network, Sconul and the JISC Infrastructure and Resources Committee.