(She/her) 2026
Joanne Fitzpatrick is a qualified and accomplished information scientist and academic librarian. She is the founding co-chair and director of the Neurodivergent Library and Information Staff Network NLISN.org, a community interest company providing peer support. She was named on the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals CILIP125 list of emerging leaders, and NLISN was the recipient of the inaugural CILIP Disability Network Lynne Mackie Accessibility Award.
Joanne cares about how library and information systems shape what is visible and legitimate, and applies technical depth to the infrastructures, standards and workflows that govern how they operate and perform. She strengthens these systems by enabling skilled professionals to thrive, and by cultivating workplaces where unconventional cognition is recognised as an asset.
