Advisory Committee

The Advisory Committee is made up of the Universal Library Offer leads and our National and Regional Chairs. The role of the Advisory Committee is to contribute to the overall management of Libraries Connected by representing the views of our members and providing professional advice to guide our decision making.

Chair

Ed Jewell, Libraries Connected President and Chief Librarian, Jersey Libraries.

Universal Library Offer leads

  • Culture and Creativity - Michelle Alford, Hull Culture and Leisure Ltd.
  • Information and Digital Offer - Dave Lloyd, Coventry City Council
  • Health and Wellbeing Offer - Sue Ball, Staffordshire County Council
  • Reading Offer - Sarah Hassan, Norfolk County Council
  • Children's Promise - Lucy Banks, Programme Manager, ASCEL
  • Six Steps - Mark McCree, Oxfordshire County Council
  • Regional & Devolved Nations Chairs

  • Northern Ireland - Adrienne Adair, Director of Library Services, Libraries NI
  • West Midlands - Kate Bunting, Strategic Lead for Culture, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
  • South West - Rebecca Bolton, Service Manager - Libraries, Wiltshire Council
  • Yorkshire and Humberside - Christine May, Head of Libraries & Archives, Bradford Libraries
  • East Midlands - Nigel Hawkins, Head of Culture and Libraries, Nottingham City Council
  • North West - Martin Roberts, Libraries Service Manager, Stockport Council
  • East of England - Juliet Pirez, Head of Libraries, Essex County Council
  • South East - James Pearson, Head of Libraries, Registration and Archives, Kent County Council & Russell Allen, Head of Libraries & Heritage, West Sussex County Council
  • London - Anita Luby, Head of Culture & Libraries, Vision Redbridge Culture & Leisure
  • Wales - Nicola Pitman, Central Library Manager, Cardiff County Council & Mark Williams, Library Manager, Newport Libraries.
  • North East - Julia Robinson, Principal Librarian, South Tyneside Council