British Library chief executive quits amid strike action over pay

National library chief Rebecca Lawrence will be replaced by interim head Jeremy Silver with immediate effect

Published on
November 4, 2025
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November 4, 2025
Jack Grove
British Library
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#1 Submitted by ... on November 5, 2025 - 1:03pm
The British Library as an employer and an organisation needs to look very closely at its mgmt structure and the decisions that it makes for the continuation of the organisation as a goun concern and as a bastion for learning. The Library and its management does not learn from the past and.does not learn from basic mistakes.

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