Mr James Lowry BA, MA (Hons.)
Lecturer History
- Work email jlowry@liverpool.ac.uk
- ACADEMIAAcademia profile
- About
- Research
- Publications
- Professional Activities
Professional Activities
Summary
Editorial Activity
Journal editorial boards: Journal of the Society of Nigerian Archivists, 2017 - ; Comma: The Journal of the International Council on Archives, 2016 - ; Archives and Manuscripts: The Journal of the Australian Society of Archivists, 2015 - ; Archives and Records: The Journal of the Archives and Records Association, 2013 - .
Manuscript reviewer for Archival Science; Archives and Manuscripts; Organization Studies; Records Management Journal; South African Journal of Information Management.
Book proposal reviewer for Facet Publishing.
Abstract reviewer for 2018 iConference, Sheffield, UK, 2014 International Council on Archives Conference, Girona, Spain, 2013 International Council on Archives Conference, Brussels, Belgium.
Research Grants and Other Funded Projects
Sudan Memory
2017-2019, with Prof. Marilyn Deegan, King's College London
International Council on Archives Digital Records Curation Programme (DRCP)
2017 – 2020, Co-PI with Prof. Basma Makhlouf-Shabou
Funded by the International Council on Archives’ Africa Programme
Ibadan/Liverpool Digital Curation Curriculum Review Project
2016 – 2017, Co-PI with Dr Abiola Abioye
Funded by the Fund for the International Development of Archives (FIDA)
Aligning Records Management with ICT, e-Government and Freedom of Information in East Africa
2010 – 2011, PI and Project Manager
External Professional Service
Category-A Liaison representative to ISO/TC 46/SC 11 Archives / records management, 2017-
Member (ex-officio), Programme Commission, International Council on Archives, 2017-
Chair, Association of Commonwealth Archivists and Records Managers, 2016-
Specialist Assessor, British Council Cultural Protection Fund, 2016-
Trustee, International Records Management Trust, 2015-
Secretary, International Council on Archives Africa Programme, 2015-
Member, Home Office Access to Police Records Working Group, 2014-2015.
Member, Project Board, UNESCO / International Council on Archives Digital Preservation Curriculum Project, 2013-2014
Member, Management Board, Information Management Institute of Nigeria, 2011-2016
Chair, ACARM Strategic Review Working Group, 2011-2012
Member, International Council on Archives Working Group on Displaced Archives, 2010–2015
Member, ICA-Req Project Team, 2010-2012
Chair, Board of Trustees, Archivists Without Borders, UK, 2009-2014
Consulting
African Development Bank (Tunisia), 2012
African Union Commission (Ethiopia), 2012 and 2016
Bank of Sierra Leone, 2014 – 2015
Barclays Capital (UK), 2009
Family Health International (Nigeria), 2009 – 2011
Government of the Republic of Tanzania, 2014 – 2017
Government of the Republic of Sudan, 2015 –
Government of Trinidad and Tobago, 2015
International Criminal Court (Netherlands), 2013
International Science and Technology Center (Russia), 2011 – 2012
Isle of Wight Council (UK), 2009
Royal Festival Hall (UK), 2008 – 2009
St Vincent de Paul Society (Australia), 2008
UNESCO and the Government of South Sudan, 2017
Convenor
Co-convenor, with Ben Worthy (Birkbeck) and Judith Townend (SAS), Openness and… Seminar (2016)
Archival Theory Reading Group, University of Liverpool, 2015 -
Government Secrecy in the Era of Openness, An ACARM Symposium, 19 June 2015, Senate House, University of London, UK.
Convenor of the public meeting to draft text on information integrity for the UK’s Open Government Partnership Manifesto, 6 December 2014, University College London, UK.
Government Records Management and Citizens’ Access to Information Policy Lab, Integrity Action Summer School, 1–6 July 2013, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary.