Jan Wilkinson has wide experience of a variety of academic libraries, and has spent fourteen years as a senior manager in eight different posts.
She is currently University Librarian and Keeper of the Brotherton Collection at the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom, where she was previously Director of Library Services. In this time, she has been responsible for the leadership and development of the University Library, with a particular emphasis on human resource management and the direction of organisational change.
From 9/96 to 8/98, she was Deputy Librarian at the London School of Economics (LSE), where, as a senior manager, she was involved in strategic planning and policy making for this international research library for the social sciences. At this time, she also became a leader in the UK for library fundraising and has published in this area. Her previous senior posts were the following: 1/93 - 7/96 Sub-Librarian, LSE; 11/90 - 12/92 Sub-Librarian, University of Hertfordshire; 11/98 - 10/90 Librarian, Business School, University of Hertfordshire.
Jan is a Board member of the Consortium of University Research Libraries (CURL) and has been involved in library developments at a national level for a number of years. She has undertaken consultancies for the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and the Research Libraries Support programme (RSLP) of the Higher Education Funding Council (HEFCE), as well as for other UK universities.
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