Andrew M. Green has been the librarian at the National Library of Wales since 1998. His predecessor was J. Lionel Madden. The role has been influential in Wales, since John Ballinger first took up the position in 1909.
Prior to his appointment in 1998, Green had spent his career in British university libraries including the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth (1973–74), University College Cardiff (1975–89), University of Sheffield (1989–92) and finally as a Director of Library and Information Services at the University of Wales, Swansea (1992–98).[1] He currently lives in Aberystwyth.
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Green has not really been outspoken during his time at the National Library of Wales. In 2005 he criticized the Welsh Tourist Board for the way it advertised Wales, using old-fashioned and stereotypical concepts of the country. He also suggested that Wales could benefit from attracting genealogy tourists to use the materials available at the National Library; much like Ireland successfully attracts ex-patriates from the United States to visit the country and research their origins.[2]
Green is an officer or member of numerous bodies, including the Society of College, National and University Libraries (SCONUL) (Chair 2002–2004), the Legal Deposit Advisory Panel, the Legal Deposit Libraries Committee, the Research Information Network Funders' Group, the CyMAL Advisory Council, the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) Wales (President), the Wales Higher Education Libraries Forum (WHELF) (Chair), and the Welsh Committee of the British Council. He was a member of the steering bodies of the Research Support Libraries Programme (RSLP) and the Research Support Libraries Group (RSLG).[1]
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| Preceded by J. Lionel Madden |
Librarian of the National Library of Wales 1998 onwards |
Succeeded by Incumbent |