Our Board of Directors furthers the work of Glasgow Women's Library by playing an active part in strategy development and the meeting of the organisation's mission and aims.
The current Board are:
Dr. Dorothy McLelland is a graduate of Glasgow and Strathclyde Universities and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals. Following 20 years experience in educational libraries, she became a lecturer in Library Management at Strathclyde University. Having taken early retirement, she embarked on a career as a researcher, mainly in library evaluation projects. She is also a Past President of BPW Scotland (Business and Professional Women UK Ltd). Now retired again, she is still keenly interested in feminist issues and the role of libraries and information in the betterment of all aspects of women's lives.
Catherine began her career as a university lecturer in French, teaching for four years at the Universities of Glasgow and St Andrews. She is now a chartered accountant, specialising in corporate finance. She has an MA in English and French, a PhD in French Language and Literature and a CA. Catherine is married with one daughter, and in her spare time enjoys reading, writing and cooking.
Susan is a Glasgow native, new to "women's issues", and is looking at Glasgow Women's Library from a social entrepreneurship point of view. She has studied film, worked in media, and is now starting a social change business. She is driven by an interest in sustainable development and celebrating the diversity of perspective found among people the world over. She's eager to see women and men working to their strengths in partnership and collaboration for the good of all.
Val Atkinson is recently retired as Deputy Head of News and Current Affairs in Scotland after 27 years in the BBC. She was closely involved in the BBC's response to devolution, setting up the new Parliamentary Unit and negotiating with the Scottish Executive on TV access and the rules of TV coverage in the new Scottish Parliament. Val has done several radio and TV documentary series on women's issues in Britain and abroad. Val is a Trustee of the National Galleries of Scotland, a Director of Glasgow Repertory Company which produces "Shakespeare in the Park" and is a member of the Ethics Committee on Genetic Screening.
Christine is a graduate of Strathclyde University and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Library & Information Professionals. She is currently Manager of the Business Information Service at the University of Strathclyde Graduate School of Business where she is charged with delivering an information service to students around the world. Christine's research interests focus on the impact, availability and accessibility of information and she has a range of publications in these areas. She is a regular book reviewer and is an active member of the information profession in Scotland, the UK and Europe.
Sue has worked in and around the voluntary sector for 20 plus years in range of different roles. She started out as a community worker in South London, went on to develop and run a day centre for young homeless people at St Martin in the Fields, came to Glasgow to work for Crossroads Youth and Community Association in the Gorbals training social work students, moved to work nationally as Training and Quality Manager for the Richmond Fellowship Scotland. This was followed by a spell as a senior consultant with the Scottish Human Services Trust and she is currently working for GCVS as Head of Policy and Strategy. Along the way she has learned a lot about developing and managing organisations, facilitating change for groups and individuals and trying to make sense of the 'bigger picture'. She is also very interested in how organisations move to more sustainable forms of funding and are able to devote their expertise to building their services rather than chasing money to survive.
Sue has known the Women's Library since she first came to Glasgow in 1990 and is aware of the enormous energy, dedication and commitment that has been invested in where it is today. As a new Board Member Sue feels that she has a lot to learn but hopes that she will also to be able to make a contribution to taking GWL to this next exciting stage of its development.
Sue spends her time between Glasgow and Argyll where her current project is indulging a love of gardening, building a small organic garden from a piece of ground 500 feet up in the hills.