Sinead (she/her) joined as Chair in January 2023, after previously being Secretary. She currently works as Academic Liaison Librarian for the Faculty of Health and Wellbeing at University of Bolton, after previously working as Assistant Librarian at the University Campus of Football Business. Sinead has also worked in public and health libraries and has an MA in Library and Information Services Management from the University of Sheffield, and is working towards CILIP Chartership.
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Beth O'Donoghue
Secretary
Beth O’Donoghue currently works as an Academic Librarian for Off-Campus Partnerships at the University of Bolton, where her responsibilities includes liaising with partner staff on resource access queries, providing library use training and making endless resource lists. She graduated with an MA in Information and Library Studies from Aberystwyth University in 2020 and has worked and volunteered in a range of public, heritage and museum libraries and archives. In her spare time Beth knits and volunteers for digital transcribing projects.
Tracy Owen
Treasurer
Tracy is the Evidence and Library Services Lead at Mersey Care NHS FT and has been a Librarian since qualifying in 2000. Tracy has gained experience in library finance, literature searching and end user training. She has facilitated two library moves where she designed the layout for both new libraries. Tracy has been the Chair of the Local Libraries network on two occasions and is a member of a number of local groups including the Mental Health Librarians group and the Information Governance group.
When not at work Tracy helps out at a local Cub Scout group and is a keen Caravanner
Gil Young
Professional Registration Support Officer
Gil has worked in the academic, health and public library sectors. She is currently Knowledge and Library Development Manager (North West) for NHS England. She is a CILIP Fellow and an associate member of the CIPD. She has been a CILIP mentor since the scheme was introduced and was the first winner of the CILIP mentor of the year award.
Victoria has worked in NHS library and knowledge services since 2004, working alongside healthcare professionals and teams to understand their knowledge requirements and deliver accessible and responsive library and knowledge services. She is currently working as Senior Knowledge Management Facilitator at NHS England & NHS Improvement. Victoria is working towards CILIP Fellowship.
Sue McKenzie
Digital Champion/Blog Editor
Sue has worked in public libraries for over 15 years and is presently a Community Librarian for Cheshire West and Chester Public Libraries. Sue attained CILIP Certification in 2000 and is presently working towards CILIPChartership. With an interest in computing and coding, arts and crafts. Sue joined the committee in May 2020. In her free time, Sue enjoys crafts of all sorts and is a founding member of her local WI.
Suzanne Wilson
Awards Officer
Suzanne joined the committee in 2022 as an informal contributor, taking up the role of Awards Officer in 2023. She currently works as a public Library Manager at Blackburn with Darwen Library and Information Service. Suzanne attained CILIP Chartership in 2020.
Zoe Collyer-Strutt BA (Hons), BSc(Hons), PGCE
Committee Contributor
Zoe manages a small team of Academic Support Librarians and Academic Skills Tutors at Wrexham Glyndwr University. She supports a variety of subject areas, a role that incorporates academic liaison and collection development, alongside supporting students and teaching information literacy and academic skills.
Zoe has been working in the library and information sector for 30 years and has experience of both public and academic libraries. She has previously worked at Chester University, Edge Hill University and Chester
Public Library, and has a wide ranging experience of customer service management. She has completed her BSc in Library and Information Studies and has also recently revalidated
Rowan Smith
Student Representative
Rowan (he/they) is a part-time Library and Information Management MA student at Manchester Metropolitan University. He currently works part-time as an administrative assistant, while also volunteering in a heritage library. He studied Creative Writing at undergraduate and enjoys writing in his spare time.
Emily Blanchard
Student Representative
Emily (she/her) is a full-time Library and Information Management MA student at Manchester Metropolitan University. She studied history for her undergraduate degree and hopes to pursue a career in academic librarianship. She is currently volunteering at a school library in St Helens alongside her studies and is looking forward to undertaking a placement later in the year at MMU library.
Nicola Glynn
Committee Contributor
Nicola joined the committee as a committee contributor in 2023. She moved into libraries in 2021 following a career in teaching and is a Subject librarian at the University of Central Lancashire, providing support for health related subjects. Nicola is currently working towards CILIP certification.
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