Josh Sendall

Josh promotes open knowledge, freely accessible libraries, talent development and empowerment, and equity, diversity and inclusion as essential elements of healthy, resilient cultures and communities.

As Director of Library Services, he leads three large-scale associate directorates: Student Learning and Experience, Research and Digital Futures, and Content and Discovery. He works collaboratively with the executive team to enable the strategic delivery of Knowledge for All: University of Leeds Libraries Vision for 2030 in alignment with the institutional strategy: Universal Values, Global Change.

Josh holds several national and regional leadership roles with RLUK (Research Libraries UK), SCONUL (Society of College, National and University Libraries), Jisc (UK's HE & FE digital, data and technology agency & consortia) and ALN (Academic Libraries North). He is also a member of the Board of Trustees for UKSG, which connects the knowledge community, spanning the diverse interests and activities of academic librarians, publishers, intermediaries and technology vendors.

His career in academic libraries started at Lancaster University, where he held roles including Library Aide, Learning Zone Student Advisor, Information Assistant, Research Data Manager, and Head of Open Research. He then joined the University of Nottingham as Associate Director for Research, prior to his current appointment at the University of Leeds.