The CILIP Vice President is elected by the membership for one year, at the end of which they automatically become CILIP President for the following year. The responsibilities of the role are ambassadorial, representing CILIP at key external and
sector events. The President will select one of CILIP’s four strategic priorities as their ‘theme’ for the year.
Sue is Visiting Professor in Knowledge and Information Mobilisation at Manchester Metropolitan University, a KM consultant and a coach. Having worked in several sectors, she is a passionate advocate for the contribution that CILIP
members make at the heart of communities. From early experience as a library assistant, Sue moved on to a British Library funded research project after ‘library school’. She developed a lasting interest in professional education
while working at The Library Association. Finding her niche in the NHS, Sue enjoyed a portfolio career as an independent information specialist for some years, working for a dot com company as well as an NGO alongside forging an
innovative role as a practice librarian, and then as a knowledge manager in primary care. She went on to become a Director of a Clinical Commissioning Group before joining the former Health Education England (now part of NHS England).
Sue recently retired from her role as Chief Knowledge Officer for the NHS in England. She led the development and implementation of a strategy for NHS knowledge and library services –improving their quality, raising their profile
including via research to demonstrate their RoI, expanding access to high quality digital content. She launched the CILIP accredited Knowledge for Healthcare Academy to better support LIS teams. Taking a leading role in the Topol
Review on preparing healthcare staff for the digital future, Sue went on to instigate CILIP’s groundbreaking research on the impact of AI and machine learning on the information professions. Sue was honoured to receive the Walford
Award from the CILIP K&IM Group in 2018, and the Cyril Barnard Memorial Prize from CILIP HLG in 2024.
I am deeply honoured to have been elected as Vice President of CILIP and very much looking forward to meeting as many CILIP members as I can over the next year.
I am currently Chief Librarian and Head of Information and Knowledge Management at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) where I have responsibility for teams delivering a portfolio of services such as maps, intranet, library and knowledge services, information architecture, information management policy and digital records management, and support a cadre of information managers based in the UK and across our 281 overseas missions. I am also the FCDO’s Head of KIM Profession and currently chair of the Committee of Departmental Librarians (a cross-government group of heads of library service) which is celebrating its Platinum Jubilee in 2024 -2025. I led a project to transfer FCDO’s historical library collection to Kings’ College London – a process which involved setting up a Charitable Trust. I was responsible for delivering an innovative app to support self-service creation of Microsoft Teams in 202, set up the FCDO Covid-19 Inquiry Unit and have provided information management assurance to a range of digital projects both in the FCDO and across government. I am also a Gateway Reviewer as part of the Infrastructure and Projects Authority’s (IPA) Gate Review process.
I have had a varied career starting off in academic libraries in South Africa - at Rhodes University Library and then at the University of Fort Hare where, after a spell as a lecturer in Library and
Information Science, I became University Librarian and was instrumental in securing the African National Congress archives for the university. I gained experience in national libraries as
Director of the South African Library in Cape Town, leading on its amalgamation with the State Library in Pretoria to form the new National Library of South Africa, and was awarded a 3-week
study tour as guest of the USA State Department to visit academic, research, public libraries, museums, archives and legal depositaries.
My experience in library supply was first as Managing Director of EBSCO UK and then later as Agent for the Legal Deposit Libraries, acquiring legal deposit material on behalf of Oxford and Cambridge Universities, Trinity College Dublin and National Libraries of Scotland and Wales - a role which involved liaising with all UK book and journal publishers.
I am a Fellow of CILIP and hold an MA in Librarianship from the University of Cape Town and a MBA awarded with Distinction from the University of Hull. I was awarded an OBE in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to knowledge and in 2024 was awarded the Coronation Medal for information management supporting the international elements of the Coronation of King Charles III. An avid collector of Art Deco, I am interested in genealogy and enjoy going to the theatre.
Richard is the Director of Service Delivery & Change at the University of Stirling, where he is responsible for a wide portfolio of services including the University library and archives, IT service desk, Programme Management Office
(PMO), digital learning and academic development. Richard has worked in higher education for over eight years and prior to that spent over a decade working in and managing public and school libraries. As an active contributor to
the profession, Richard was a CILIPS trustee between 2014 and 2022, including five years as Honorary Treasurer, and he is the current Chair of Academic & Research Libraries Group Scotland (ARLGS). He is a registered Assessor
and Chair for the ‘How Good is our Public Library Service’ (HGIOPLS) standards framework and was the HE-sector representative member of the working group which supported the development of ‘Ambition & Opportunity’, the first
ever National Strategy for Public Libraries in Scotland. Richard is currently a member of the management boards for both the Scottish Universities Press (SUP) and the HEFESTIS Unidesk shared service. Outside of work Richard has
two young children, is a Scout leader and is the Chair of his local Citizen’s Advice Bureau.
Devolved Nation chairs
Devolved Nation chairs provide leadership and direction to their respective national committees or trustee boards.
Heather Marshall is a Senior Librarian at Glasgow Caledonian University leading the enquiry and teaching team. Heather studied Information and Library Science at Leeds Metropolitan (now Leeds Beckett) then moved to London to
work at the London School of Economics. From there she moved into law and worked at Berrymans Lace Mawer then Taylor Wessing. Returning to her native Scotland in 2010 Heather joined CILIP and was instrumental in reawakening
the dormant West Branch of CILIP in Scotland first as Branch Secretary and currently as Chair. CILIPS West Branch supports professional registration with regular peer support sessions hosted and organised by Heather and
provides CPD opportunities for their members.
I have worked in public libraries since 1995. My first job as a temporary part time library assistant in East Belfast sparked a love for libraries and what they do for local communities. I have had various roles in libraries
including frontline, training and development, marketing and management. My current role is as Deputy Head of Services for Libraries NI, a position I took up in January 2020. My main responsibilities include Collections,
Community Planning and the library network.
Chartered Fellow of CILIP, currently working two jobs for my employer (Cardiff Met) as International Librarian and Academic Librarian. The former with library-side responsibility for transnational education and the international
student experience, and the latter liaising and building strong networks with library stakeholders. Current Chair of CCW (2023-) and former ILIG Chair 2019-2021 (now their Digital Champion). I value the important work of
CILIP Cymru to all libraries and librarians throughout Wales, and hope to contribute to this. Away from work, keen Welsh language learner and occasional rambler of our beautiful coast and countryside.
CILIP is the UK library and information association (Registered Charity No. 313014), incorporated under Royal Charter and working across all four nations of the UK
CILIP members living and working in Scotland are supported and represented by CILIP in Scotland (CILIPS), an independently registered Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO) number SCO38532. CILIPS SCIO works in affiliation
with CILIP under a joint Service Level Agreement
CILIP members living and working in Wales and Northern Ireland are supported and represented by the CILIP Cymru Wales Committee and the CILIP Ireland Committee respectively.
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