Library Executive Team

The Library Executive Team sets the Library’s policy with accountability for strategic decisions, ensuring the Library’s goals align with those of the wider University.

The Library Executive Team is responsible for strategic coordination and management of all the activities of the Library, while creating a culture of opportunity, equality, creativity and collaboration for all Library staff.

Read more about Library Executive Team’s guiding principles and the Library’s Distributed Leadership Model.

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  Christopher Pressler

  University Librarian and Director of The John Rylands Library

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  Katy Woolfenden

  Deputy University Librarian and Director of Education, Experience and Strategic Insights

  Communications, Academic Engagement, Customer Services, Library Spaces, and Teaching, Learning and Students (eLearning, Learning Development, Teaching and Learning).

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  Sandra Bracegirdle

  Director of Collection Strategies

  A member of the Library’s Executive team and strategic lead for Acquisitions, Collections, Discovery and Metadata, Office for Open Research, Research Services, Subscriptions and Teaching Collections. 

  A member of several external groups including Jisc’s Transitional Arrangements Oversight Group, Jisc’s Library Hub Community Advisory Board, RLUK’s Collection Strategy Network; and the European Print Initiatives Collaboration.

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  Ciaran Talbot

  Director of Artificial Intelligence and Ideas Adoption

  Digital Development and Digital Services