FREEMAN SUE LACEY BRYANT TAKES UP THE ROLE OF PRESIDENT OF CILIP,
28 NOVEMBER 2024
Sue Lacey Bryant, who was admitted to the Freedom of the Stationers' Company in November, takes up the role of President of CILIP, the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals on January 1st 2025.
Sue will be joining a Panel discussion on ‘Libraries and AI: opportunities and threats’ at the British Library on 23 January as one of her first gigs of the year. This in-person event is open to the public free of charge and all Stationers’ are welcome. Sign up at: https://thebritishlibrary.seetickets.com/event/libraries-and-ai-opportunity-or-threat-/british-library/3188447
Appreciating that effective leadership is key to shaping and driving strategic change to support thriving communities, Sue has chosen Leadership in Action as the theme of her Presidential year. Why? Sue comments that “Leadership is a core skill for designing, managing and evaluating knowledge and library services”, adding that “All of us can take a leadership role - connecting, influencing and inspiring positive change.” One of Sue’s ambitions for the year ahead is to highlight the importance of KM, helping CILIP to demonstrate how library, knowledge and information teams in all sectors contribute to helping communities to thrive and to building the economy of the future.
In that spirit, Sue continues to facilitate regular transatlantic round-table discussions as part of her role as Visiting Professor in Knowledge and Information Mobilisation at Manchester Metropolitan University. She brings together experts in knowledge management and clinical informatics from both sides of ‘the pond’ to explore pressing issues in healthcare for which better knowledge management and knowledge mobilisation solutions can make a difference.