Bob McKee

Biography - Bob McKee has been Chief Executive of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals since April 2002 and was Chief Executive of The Library Association from September 1999. From 1988-99 he worked for Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council first as Director of Libraries and Arts and then as Assistant Chief Executive responsible for economic development and policy coordination. Bob is a member of the Board of MLA, the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council , and Chair of MLA's Finance and Audit Committee. He is also a member of the Public Lending Right Advisory Committee and was until recently an observer to the Advisory Council on Libraries.

Internationally, Bob is a member of the Governing Board of IFLA (the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) and a member of IFLA's Executive Committee. He also serves on the Advisory Board for IFLA-FAIFE, one of the Core Activities of IFLA covering work on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression.