Mr Gavin McLachlan
Gavin McLachlan is Vice-Principal and Chief Information Officer, and Librarian to the University.
Areas of responsibility
- Head of the Information Services Group, budget holder.
- Responsible for the strategic development and efficient delivery of a wide range of IT, library and collections services, including the University’s IT strategy, IT services, learning & teaching technology services, digital research services, library services, EDINA, Digital Curation Centre, museums, galleries and special collections.
- Strategic oversight and underpinning support for online learning, distance learning and open education across the University.
University level committee membership
- Estates Committee
- Knowledge Strategy Committee
- Staff Experience Committee
- IT Committee (Convenor)
- Library Committee
- Senior Leadership Team
- University Collections Advisory Committee
- University Executive
Contact details
Gavin McLachlan's assistant is Mary Young and can be contacted via email to Mary.Young@ed.ac.uk
Mr Gavin McLachlan
Vice-Principal and Chief Information Officer, and Librarian to the University

- Information Services
- University of Edinburgh
Contact details
- Work: +44(0)131 650 4959
- Email: Gavin.McLachlan@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
Argyle House
3 Lady Lawson Street- City
- Edinburgh
- Post Code
- EH3 9DR