(English) New Sconul Executive Board member
Congratulations to Alison Harding who has been elected to the Sconul Executive Board. Alison was appointed to the post of Executive Head of Library and Learning Resources at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David in July 2016, having previously held a number of roles within the library service of UWTSD. She is also a staff governor on the UWTSD Council. She has worked previously at UWIC (now CMU), University of Glamorgan and the University of Wales, Newport (now USW).
Alison is the institutional representative on the WHELF (Wales Higher Education Libraries Forum) Group, and also a member of the SCONUL (Society of College, University and National Libraries) Access Steering Group.
Her professional interests are library and learning space design, opening up access to resources and services, and library collaboration and partnerships. Alison is a mentor within the ‘Women in Universities Mentoring’ scheme, and has acted as a Leadership Foundation ‘Aurora’ role model.