Ian Jackson

Ian Jackson has been the Director of Information at the British Geological Survey since April 2000. Between 1997 and 1999 he was the Project Manager of a major EU funded project to create a European geoscience metadata service - GEIXS. Ian has worked for BGS for over 30 years; initially on mineral assessment programmes in the UK and overseas and subsequently as a field geologist, undertaking applied geological mapping in the North-East England coalfield. Use of relational database and CAD systems to handle the large borehole and mineplan datasets associated with these projects, led to his appointment as the manager of the BGS Digital Map Implementation project in 1990. This was followed by responsibility for BGS Information Systems. During this period he also undertook geoscience information systems consultancy in South America and Europe.

Ian is a graduate of the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contact details for Ian Jackson

Ian Jackson
Director of Information Services & Management
British Geological Survey
Kingsley Dunham Centre
Keyworth
Nottingham NG12 5GG
UK

Telephone: +44 115 936 3214
Fax: +44 115 936 3269
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