From Lending to Learning

About the author

Rónán O’Beirne is director for learning development at Bradford College, a mixed-economy college of 20,000 students, of whom 4,000 are registered on higher education courses. He is responsible for 70 staff working across four college libraries, the digital media service and the college’s virtual research and learning environments. He also has a remit to lead and develop the college research community of approximately 50 staff active in research.

Born in Dublin, Ireland, he has lived most of his adult life in Britain working in libraries and information services. In the 1980s he worked for Haringey Libraries before moving to Bradford Public Libraries, where during the 1990s he worked on various community and technology projects ...