Liz Jolly is University Librarian at University College Cork where she leads library teams developing and delivering skills development, support, spaces and resources to enable and enhance the university’s learning, teaching and research, and the Cork University Press.

Liz has a long career in leadership in university and national libraries, most recently as Chief Librarian of the British Library from 2018 to 2025. Immediately prior to this, she served as Director of Library and Information Services and then Director of Student and Library Services at Teesside University. She has experience in a number of other university settings including the University of Salford, the University of East London and London South Bank University and was a Governor of the University of Portsmouth from 2020-2025

Liz is a past chair and trustee of SCONUL (Society of College, National and University Libraries) is a fellow of CILIP, the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (FCLIP). She is a Trustee of CILIP, Chair of the Irish University Association Librarians’ Group and a visiting professor in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences at the University of Strathclyde An honorary professor in Teesside University, Liz is an Advance HE Principal Fellow (PFHEA).

She is also a member of the LIBER Executive Board.