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All Library Staff

Helen Rehin, Deputy Librarian,
Email: H.Rehin@ids.ac.uk, Tel: +44 (0)1273 915660

Jenny Brookes, Email: J.Brookes@ids.ac.uk, Tel: +44 (0)1273 915650

John Brownlee , Email: J.Brownlee@ids.ac.uk, Tel: +44 (0)1273 915848

Ian Budden, Email: I.Budden@ids.ac.uk, Tel: +44 (0)1273 915651

Karen Butcher, Email: k.butcher@ids.ac.uk , Tel: +44 (0)1273 915701

Nason Bimbe, Email: N.Bimbe@ids.ac.uk, Tel: +44 (0)1273 915794

Siobhan Duvigneau, Email: S.Duvigneau@ids.ac.uk, Tel: +44 (0)1273 915796

Emma Greengrass, Email: E.Greengrass@ids.ac.uk, Tel:+44 (0)1273 915825

Rachel Playforth , Email: R.Playforth@ids.ac.uk, Tel: +44 (0)1273 915648

Henry Rowsell, Email: H.Rowsell@ids.ac.uk, Tel: +44 (0)1273 915661

Jagdeep Shokar, Email: J.Shokar@ids.ac.uk

Stephanie Watson, Email: S.S.Watson@ids.ac.uk, Tel: +44 (0)1273 915662

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