Patrick Ryan

Patrick obtained his first professional post in the Ministry of Defence in 1984 where he was cataloguer for the Army library Service. From there, since 1985, he has worked in a number of Government library posts ranging from Librarian in the Property Services Agency to Senior Librarian in the Ministry of Agriculture.  In 1997, Patrick became Chief Librarian in DfES. In May 2002, he returned to the Ministry of Defence as Chief Librarian with particular responsibility for the Main Building library and the Ministry's Internet and Intranet. From July 2007 to July 2008, he acted in an advisory capacity, on secondment, to Land Registry. He then returned to MOD in July 2008.  Throughout this period Patrick has been active professionally. He has been Secretary to the Committee of Departmental Librarians, Editor of State Librarian (he reviewed its production methods and updated its image). He is Guest Editor of the Government Librarian's Information Newsletter for the coming year.  Patrick is currently UK Government Library representative on the IFLA Government Libraries section.

Central government information: question time

This session will provide an opportunity to come and ask questions form a panel of senior government information professionals, focussing on issues on Freedom of Information, Data Protection and ethics.