LYNN,+Robert+William

LYNN, Robert William (1898-1971) Sunderland 1913; Portsmouth 1920; Cardiff 1922; DL Wallasey 1926; CL Bootle 1929; CL Birkenhead 1934; CL Southampton 1937-1962 His achievement at SOUTHAMPTON was very considerable as he reorganized and modernized the service, his Authority providing a new central library, new branches and facilitating the modernizing of older branches. He was something of a pioneer in consensus management and was responsible for the chapter on North East England and South East Scotland in the LA's 1938 //Survey of libraries//.