Suzanne Keene

I've got a variety of interests. Currently I am one of the organisers of the EVA London conference series - Electronic Visualisation and the Arts (http://www.eva-london.org), and a trustee of the Collections Trust (http://www.collectionstrust.org.uk/) . I'm also monitoring planning applications on behalf of the CPRE (Campaign for the Protection of Rural England) and taking an interest in energy efficiency and renewable energy, especially for old houses. Try http://delicious.com/ms_green - that's me.

In the recent past I've directed the MA in Museum Studies at University College London. My main career has been in senior management in museums, running the collections, most recently as Head of Collections Management in the Science Museum and Head of Conservation in the Museum of London. In both museums, I developed and introduced many new ways of managing and planning for collections care and digitisation. Museum collections conservation has been an excellent foundation for developing my current interest in energy efficiency as it is critically important to keep collections in conditions of stable temperature and humidity.

I research and author articles and books. My most recent research project attracted a lot of interest. It investigated how much the stored collections of museums were used by and available to the public. Few people realise that 90% of museum collections are in store and seldom seen. The report is: Collections for people: museums' stored collections as a public resource: see http://www.ucl.ac.uk/storedcollections/.

My three published books are - Fragments of the World: the uses of museum collections; Managing conservation in museums (2 editions); and Digital collections: museums and the information age. I've also written many articles on a wide variety of topics. See http://www.suzannekeene.info/publ.htm.