Jenni Skinner

Jenni Skinner is the African Specialist and Library Manager of the African Studies Library, supporting the research and teaching needs of the University’s Undergraduate and Postgraduate study of Africa, as part of the World Collections Department at Cambridge University Library. Jenni spent the formative years of her career in librarianship at the Social & Political Sciences Library (2002-2015) at the University of Cambridge before moving to her current role at the African Studies Library. Within Cambridge, she has previously held Co-Chair roles of the Race Equality Network and the Faculty and Departmental Librarians Network. Currently, Jenni is a member of the Decolonising through Critical Librarianship group, who were winners of the Professional Services Recognition Scheme Awards 2022 in the Cross-University category and with whom she has co-authored the chapter in the edited volume "Narrative Expansions: Interpreting Decolonisation in Academic Libraries". Jenni is also a Bye Fellow at Wolfson College.