Dame Lynne Janie Brindley, DBE (born 2 July 1950) has been the Chief Executive of the British Library, the United Kingdom's national library, since 2000.
Brindley gained a first class degree in music at the University of Reading and began her professional career as a trainee at the Bodleian Library of the University of Oxford. She studied librarianship at University College London, where she was awarded the Sir John MacAlister award as the top st...
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Dame Lynne Janie Brindley, DBE (born 2 July 1950) has been the Chief Executive of the British Library, the United Kingdom's national library, since 2000.
Brindley gained a first class degree in music at the University of Reading and began her professional career as a trainee at the Bodleian Library of the University of Oxford. She studied librarianship at University College London, where she was awarded the Sir John MacAlister award as the top student on her course. She first worked for the British Library in 1979, in the bibliographic services division and the chief executive's office. She moved on to be director of library services at the University of Aston, and spent some time as a consultant for KPMG. She was librarian of the British Library of Political and Economic Science at the London School of Economics (LSE), before moving to the University of Leeds as Librarian and Keeper of the Brotherton Collection, and later as Pro Vice-Chancellor.
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