Biography
Lynne Brindley has been the Chief Executive of The British Library since 2000. Since her appointment, Lynne has led a major strategic repositioning and modernisation programme to ensure that the BL continues to provide relevant services to users in the 21st century, and that the library is recognised for its contribution to research, innovation and culture.
Lynne came to the BL from the Unviersity of Leeds where she was Pro-Vice Chancellor and University Librarian. She previously held positions as Librarian & Director of Information Services at the London School of Economics, Principal Consultant at KPMG, and Pro-Vice Chancellor and Director of Information Services at Aston Universtiy. She spent the early part of her career at the British Library.
Lynne is also active in national and international bodies concerned with cultural, library and digital information strategy. Her research and professional interests are in knowledge management and digital preservation.
Abstract
All libraries have an important contribution to make to the cultural, social and economic well-being of the communities they serve. Reaching out to new audiences who can benefit from our resources and services is a common objective for both public libraries and the British Library. Working in partnership will help us to advance this objective more effectively and bring mutual benefits. A closer partnership with the public library network will help the British Library reach out to regional and local audiences. In turn, we wish to support public libraries in enriching the lives of their users. By providing information about and access to the national library’s resources, public libraries can guide their users to the information that they need, wherever it may be located.
This talk will give some practical illustrations of how the BL and public libraries can develop closer working relationships for the mutual benefit of our shared audiences.
Updated: 29 September 2005