Dr Elizabeth Shepherd is a Reader in archives and records management at University College London (UCL), School of Library, Archive and Information Studies (SLAIS), teaching principles of archives and records management, records management and management skills for archivists. She qualified as an archivist and worked in archives and records management in local government before becoming a records management specialist at TFPL Ltd. Between 1992 and 2002, she was programme director of the MA in Archives and Records Management at UCL. She is currently Departmental Graduate Research Tutor and Chair of the Departmental Research Committee. A key activity is the establishment of a research centre, ICARUS (International Centre for Archives and Records Management Research and User Studies) within SLAIS (http://www.ucl.ac.uk/slais/research/icarus/). ICARUS seeks to develop knowledge and enhance understanding of the creation, management and use of records and their role in society and to map, monitor and evaluate significant changes in the archives and records domain using robust evidence-based methods. Elizabeth’s research interests include the relationships between records management and information policy compliance and the development of the archive profession in England, which is the subject of her PhD and of a forthcoming book (2008). She serves on the editorial boards of Archival Science and the Records Management Journal, is a member of the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s Peer Review College and Higher Education Funding Council for England’s Research Assessment Exercise 2008, Panel 37. She has published numerous articles and (with Geoffrey Yeo) the internationally best selling book Managing Records: a handbook of principles and practice (Facet Publishing, 2003). Details are at: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/slais/elizabeth-shepherd/