The new Vice President for the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals Scotland is UofG's Dr David McMenemy.

Dr McMenemy, a Senior Lecturer in Information Studies at the University of Glasgow, is the CILIP's Vice President for 2024 and will then serve consecutively as President in 2025.

CILIPS news announcement said: "We are thrilled to welcome Dr McMenemy to this role, and anticipate his extensive knowledge and steadfast advocacy of the sector to be of great benefit to our board."

David has follow the incoming President, Dr Diane M. Rasmussen McAdie, a Professor in Social Informatics at Napier University, who will serve as President throughout 2024 and lead this year’s CILIPS conference.

There are three new new trustees to the CILIPS board for 2024, who will serve a three year post on the board. Kristen Nelson, Assistant Librarian at Glasgow Caledonian University, Robbie Lumsden, Research Librarian at the Department of Work and Pensions and Annette Thain, who recently received an honorary CILIPS Membership after retiring from the role of Principal Lead in the new Knowledge Management and Discovery Business Unit at NHS Education for Scotland.

 

First published: 19 March 2024

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