James is a records management consultant and trainer. He writes on records management topics for his blog, Thinking Records http://thinkingrecords.co.ukand has co-authored Northumbria University's 'Investigation into the use of SharePoint in UK Higher Education Institutions' published in January 2010. He has contributed an article on SharePoint 2007 to the Information and Records Management Annual (iRMA 2009) of the Records Management Association of Australia. He makes regular appearances on the Records Management Today podcast, hosted by Northumbria University  James is an accredited trainer for the European Commission, for whom he provides records management training.   James obtained his MA in Archives and Records Management at UCL in 1994, after which he held records management roles at The National Archives, the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, and the Wellcome Trust. He worked as a consultant and trainer for TFPL between 2004 and 2008, before founding his company Thinking Records, at the start of 2009. James was elected Conference Director for the Records Management Society in 2007, and organized the successful 2008 RMS Conference in Edinburgh. He served as chair of the RMS London group between 2006 and 2009. James is a regular presenter on records management topics, on SharePoint, and on the wider battle between Microsoft and Google. Hi twitter address is @jameslappin.