Dr Dorothy Clayton - Dorothy is a professional librarian and historian. She was formerly Head of Scholarly Publications in the University of Manchester Library, and Editor of the Bulletin of the John Rylands Library. She joined The Portico Library in 2012, and became a member of the Book Committee in 2015 and the Main Committee in 2016. She has chaired the Book Committee since late 2017. Although Dorothy is a medieval historian, she is also interested in the history of the North West, and in institutional history – particularly of schools, universities and libraries, including, of course, The Portico Library.