Lynne Brindley

Dame Lynne Brindley
DBE FRSA HonFBA
Brindley in 2008
Born (1950-07-02) 2 July 1950 (age 74)
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Reading
University College London
AwardsDBE (2008)
FRSA
Hon FBA (2015)
Brindley in the 1990s

Dame Lynne Janie Brindley (born 2 July 1950)[1][2] is the former Master of Pembroke College, Oxford, a post she held until June 2020. Prior to this appointment she was a professional librarian, and served as the first female chief executive of the British Library, the United Kingdom's national library, from July 2000 to July 2012 and was founding chair of the Digital Preservation Coalition.[3] She is also a member of the Ofcom board.[4]

  1. ^ "Dame Lynne Brindley, DBE". Debrett's. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  2. ^ "Profile". The Times. London, UK. 2 July 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2010.[dead link]
  3. ^ "An Update on The Digital Preservation Coalition". www.dlib.org. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Dame Lynne Brindley DBE". www.ofcom.org.uk. Archived from the original on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.