Linda Tomos

Linda Tomos CBE (née Williams; born 1 April 1952), is a Welsh librarian. She was the first woman to be appointed Librarian and Chief Executive of the National Library of Wales, a post she held until 2019. She worked for more than forty years in the field of librarianship and information science. In 1974 she married Merfyn Wyn Tomos. and the first Library Strategy for Wales in 2005. She has been Chair of the Library and Information Services Council for Wales (LISC Wales) which advised Ministers prior to 2004, Chair of the BBC Educational Broadcasting Council Wales, Shortly afterwards, she was made an Honorary Fellow of the University of Wales Trinity Saint David. In 2020 she was awarded the CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours.