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Susan Penny, BA(Hons), DipLib, PGDE, MA, MCLIP, MSocInd.
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Location: Tobermory
Membership Grade: Advanced Professional Member
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General Experience
I am friendly, conscientious, reliable and will always meet your deadlines. I look forward to working with you on your indexing project, whether it is academic, educational, trade, or self-published.
My interests and knowledge span the arts, humanities and social sciences. I specialise in history, literature, art, and education. Other subjects covered include natural history, equestrian sports, gardening, rural life and the outdoors: it’s always a pleasure to work on new and unexpected subjects.
My degrees are in English Literature and History (Victorian Studies). I am a Chartered Librarian, and a trained primary school teacher with long experience of working in both the English and the Scottish education systems.
Subjects
MA Victorian Studies (Birkbeck College, University of London).
From earliest times to the present day, and from broad brushstrokes to intimate detail… I am equally happy to index works on World history and great events, or the local history of an area or even a street.
For my MA I specialised in Victorian crime, 19th Century art, and Ireland; and as an undergraduate I studied Anglo-Saxon art and archaeology, and Greek and Roman drama and epic.
I am particularly interested in social history and the lived experience of the past, and in Scottish history.
Recent indexes include:
Wild History by James Crawford
War Paths by Alistair Moffat
Tyninghame: Landscapes and Lives by Judy Riley
Teaching and Learning the Archaeology of the Contemporary Era edited by Gabriel Moshenska
Victims and Criminal Justice edited by Pamela Cox
Women in Exile in Early Modern Europe and the Americas edited by Linda Levy Peck and Adrianna Bakos
Taken as Red, Highs and Lows of the Labour Party, 1924-2019 by Richard Temple
Neither here nor there. Migration: Irish and Scots in Dumbarton and the Vale of Leven 1855-1900 by Charles Docherty
I’m especially interested in British Art, particularly art of the 18th and 19th centuries.
Recent indexes include:
Sustainable Fashion, Migrants, Embroidery by Alessandra Lopez y Royo
Portrayals of Women in Early Twentieth-Century China by Sandy Ng
Art of Ukraine by Alisa Lozhkina
Modern Painting by Simon Morley
Philosophy and Art in Southeast Asia by Melvin Chen
BA(Hons) English Literature (University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne).
I studied all periods from the Anglo-Saxons onwards, with additional modules in Australian and Russian Literature, and Greek and Roman drama and epic. Children’s literature is a particular passion.
Recent indexes include:
Literature and Natural Theology in Early Modern England by Katherine Calloway
Victorian Paper Art and Craft: Writers and Their Materials by Deborah Lutz
Border Politics in Novels by European Women in Translation by Pam Morris
Graveyard Gothic edited by Eric Parisot, David McAllister and Xavier Aldana Reyes
Shakespeare/Play edited by Emma Whipday
Classical Antiquity and Medieval Ireland edited by Clarke, Poppe and Torrance
Conversing with Chaos in Graeco-Roman Antiquity edited by Esther Eidinow and Christopher Schliephake
Politics of Language. Foreign Nativeness and Identity in the Roman Empire by Eleni Bozia
I live and work in Scotland. I’m interested in all aspects of my country, including history, geography, society, and travel.
Recent indexes include:
Hebridean Journey by Brigid Benson
Wild History by James Crawford
Neither Here Nor There. Migration: Irish and Scots in Dumbarton and the Vale of Leven by Charles Docherty
War Paths by Alistair Moffat
Tyninghame by Judy Riley
I am interested in all aspects of gardening and cultivation – from garden history and design to the practicalities of owning an allotment or smallholding.
Recent indexes include:
Citrus. A World History by David J Mabberley
Growing Spaces. – A History of the Allotment Movement by Lesley Acton
Tyninghame by Judy Riley
Public transport – buses, trains and ferries – and transport history are particular interests.
Recent indexes include:
Quest for Speed: an Illustrated History of High-Speed Trains from Rocket to Bullet and Beyond by Derek Hayes
PGDE Primary Education (University of the Highlands and Islands).
I have extensive experience of teaching practice, pedagogy and school management in both the English and the Scottish education systems, including working in primary, secondary and 3-18 schools. Literacy and study skills are particular areas of interest.
As a school librarian, I have worked across all academic disciplines to support students, and I have always worked closely with specialist colleagues to support students with a wide range of special educational needs.
Recent indexes include:
Ab Initio Language Teaching in British Higher Education
Issues: 428 Vaping; 429 Expat or Immigrant?; 430 Youth Violence; 431 Porn; 432 Gender Equality; 433 Cancer; 434 AI; 435 Changing Population; 436 Obesity; 437 Crime and Justice; 438 Abortion and Pregnancy; 439 Sustainable Future
I am a County Chair, and chair of my local Riding for the Disabled group. My previous experience includes everything from pony trekking to working at a three-day event stable. I take a keen interest in all areas of equestrian sports, from dressage to racing.
I’m a hardy wild swimmer, and a keen walker.
Recent indexes include:
The Pinnacle of Fame. 200 Years of the World’s Oldest Competitive Rowing Club by William O’Chee
Living on Mull, an island known for its wildlife tourism, I am keenly aware of popular interest in all aspects of this subject. I’m a member of Butterfly Conservation and our local Mull Otter Group, and have worked alongside professional naturalists in activities such as plant species surveys and moth recording.
Horses, ponies, dogs, and chickens are my particular areas of expertise.
I have ridden from an early age, and have cared for everything from stabled thoroughbred horses to native hill ponies living rough all year.
I have always kept border collies, and for the last 10 years have had a flock of hens.
Related qualifications
Diploma in Information and Library Studies - Aberystwyth University
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Other skills
Recent indexes include
Ng, Sandy, Portrayals of Women in Early Twentieth-Century China, University of Amsterdam, 2024
Peck, Linda Levy (ed), Women in Exile in Early Modern Europe, Manchester University Press, 2024
Temple, Richard, Taken as Red, Highs and Lows of the Labour Party, 1924-2019 , Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2024
Mabberley, David J., Citrus. – A World History, Thames & Hudson, 2024
Morris, Pam, Border Politics in Novels by European Women in Translation, Bloomsbury, 2024
Hayes, Derek, Quest for Speed: an Illustrated History of High-Speed Trains from Rocket to Bullet and Beyond, HarperCollins, 2024
Clarke, Poppe and Torrance (ed), Classical Antiquity and Medieval Ireland , Bloomsbury, 2024
Lopez y Royo, Alessandra, Sustainable Fashion, Migrants, Embroidery, Bloomsbury, 2024
Whipday, Emma (ed), Shakespeare/Play, Bloomsbury, 2024
Clients Include
Clients include:
Amsterdam University Press
Birlinn
Bloomsbury
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Cambridge University Press
HarperCollins
Independence Educational Publishers
Manchester University Press
Oxford University Press
Thames and Hudson
UCL Press
Vision Sports Publishing
and by independent publishers
Special Publication Type
As a former school librarian, I have a good understanding of how children and young adults search for information, and this experience is invaluable in indexing texts for this age group.
Tools
SKY INDEX
INDEX MANAGER