Ymgymerir â’r adolygiad gan banel cyfeiriol bychan dan gadeiryddiaeth Claire Creaser, Cyfaryddwr LISU, Prifysgol Loughborough. Mae Claire yn arbenigo ar fesurau perfformiad llyfrgelloedd ac wedi arwain ar ddatblygu’r Fframwaith diweddaraf ar Safonau Llyfrgelloedd Cyhoeddus Cymru. Aelodau eraill o’r panel yw’r Athro Hywel Roberts, arbenigwr cydnabyddedig ar lyfrgelloedd yng Nghymru; Dr. Steve Davies, Prifysgol Caerdydd sydd â diddordeb arbennig mewn rheolaeth llyfrgelloedd cymunedol; a Peter Gomer, Swyddog Polisi gyda Chymdeithas Llywodraeth Leol Cymru, sydd â phrofiad eang ym maes rheoli gwasanaethau diwylliant a hamdden mewn llywodraeth leol. Gofynnir i’r panel gynhyrchu ei adroddiad erbyn mis Gorffennaf 2014. Rwy’n ddiolchgar i’r Cadeirydd ac aelodau’r panel am gytuno i wneud y gwaith pwysig yma.
The review will be undertaken by a small reference panel chaired by Claire Creaser, Director LISU, Loughborough University. Claire is an authority on library performance measures and led the development of the latest Welsh Public Library Standards Framework. The other panel members are Prof Hywel Roberts, a respected authority on libraries in Wales, Dr Steve Davies, Cardiff University who has a particular interest in the management of community libraries, and Peter Gomer, a Policy Officer at the Welsh Local Government Association, who has extensive experience in managing local authority cultural and leisure services. The panel will be tasked to produce a report by July 2014. I am grateful to the Chair and the members of the review panel for agreeing to complete this important work.