Violeta Ilik is the dean of Adelphi University Libraries in NY, USA, responsible and accountable for directing all activities of the institution’s libraries. Prior to coming to Adelphi she worked at Columbia University Libraries as the Head of Digital Collections and Preservation Systems. In that role she worked on expanding programs in digital collection building, digital archives, and digital preservation. Before relocating to the NY State she worked at the Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Galter Health Sciences Libraries and Learning Center where she was the Head of Digital Systems and Collection Services. In that role she took the lead in planning, organizing, and implementing efforts of the institutional repository and other existing and emerging services within and across the various departments in the library as well as within Northwestern University. Her library career began at Texas A&M University Libraries in 2007. One of her roles was Semantic Technologies Librarian during which time she had an opportunity to build partnerships with various university stakeholders to support library initiatives such as researcher profiling systems and researcher unique identifiers, and work on efforts to help with understanding of scholarly communication and publishing, including open access and copyright. She serves on the Board of Directors of FORCE11 and is currently the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of ConnectNY.
Violeta Ilik is the dean of Adelphi University Libraries in NY, USA, responsible and accountable for directing all activities of the institution’s libraries. Prior to coming to Adelphi she worked at Columbia University Libraries as the Head of Digital Collections and Preservation Systems. In that role she worked on expanding programs in digital collection building, digital archives, and digital preservation. Before relocating to the NY State she worked at the Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Galter Health Sciences Libraries and Learning Center where she was the Head of Digital Systems and Collection Services. In that role she took the lead in planning, organizing, and implementing efforts of the institutional repository and other existing and emerging services within and across the various departments in the library as well as within Northwestern University. Her library career began at Texas A&M University Libraries in 2007. One of her roles was Semantic Technologies Librarian during which time she had an opportunity to build partnerships with various university stakeholders to support library initiatives such as researcher profiling systems and researcher unique identifiers, and work on efforts to help with understanding of scholarly communication and publishing, including open access and copyright. She serves on the Board of Directors of FORCE11 and is currently the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of ConnectNY.
Michelle O’Hara is the College Librarian for Scholarly Research Communications at the University of Glasgow. Michelle has 14 years professional experience working in the library sector, with 8 years specialising in Open Research In her current role she leads the University’s institutional repository (Enlighten) team and has supported Glasgow’s submission to the UK’s national research assessment exercise (REF2021). Michelle’s current focus is the establishment of an institutional electronic only theses policy, underpinned by a new digital preservation infrastructure and supported by revised processes.
Michelle O’Hara is the College Librarian for Scholarly Research Communications at the University of Glasgow. Michelle has 14 years professional experience working in the library sector, with 8 years specialising in Open Research In her current role she leads the University’s institutional repository (Enlighten) team and has supported Glasgow’s submission to the UK’s national research assessment exercise (REF2021). Michelle’s current focus is the establishment of an institutional electronic only theses policy, underpinned by a new digital preservation infrastructure and supported by revised processes.
William A. "Bill" Ingram is Assistant Dean and Director of IT for University Libraries at Virginia Tech. Ingram's research involves devising methods for computational analysis and use of the large digital collections held by libraries and archives. He is principal investigator for a National Digital Infrastructures research grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (LG-37-19-0078-19) to study the application of computational methods and resources to large corpora of electronic theses and dissertations. He is also a member of the Board of Directors for the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Computer Science at Virginia Tech, under the supervision of Professor Edward A. Fox, with a dissertation focused on ETDs, which uses techniques from natural language processing and machine/deep learning to uncover the knowledge and data buried in this rich corpus of graduate research and to facilitate its discovery, use, and reuse.
William A. "Bill" Ingram is Assistant Dean and Director of IT for University Libraries at Virginia Tech. Ingram's research involves devising methods for computational analysis and use of the large digital collections held by libraries and archives. He is principal investigator for a National Digital Infrastructures research grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (LG-37-19-0078-19) to study the application of computational methods and resources to large corpora of electronic theses and dissertations. He is also a member of the Board of Directors for the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Computer Science at Virginia Tech, under the supervision of Professor Edward A. Fox, with a dissertation focused on ETDs, which uses techniques from natural language processing and machine/deep learning to uncover the knowledge and data buried in this rich corpus of graduate research and to facilitate its discovery, use, and reuse.
Dr Sonja Bezjak is a sociologist. Since 2012, she has been working at the Slovenian Social Science Data Archives at Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana. She is a Head of Acquisition and Ingest. Her main responsibilities include training researchers in research data management planning and supporting other stakeholders in the research community in the implementation of open data, e.g. advising on the development of open data policies for the research organisations and the editorial boards of scientific journals. She is a member of “Journals and outreach” and “Training” groups at the Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives (CESSDA).
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7046-8811
Dr Sonja Bezjak is a sociologist. Since 2012, she has been working at the Slovenian Social Science Data Archives at Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana. She is a Head of Acquisition and Ingest. Her main responsibilities include training researchers in research data management planning and supporting other stakeholders in the research community in the implementation of open data, e.g. advising on the development of open data policies for the research organisations and the editorial boards of scientific journals. She is a member of “Journals and outreach” and “Training” groups at the Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives (CESSDA).
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7046-8811
Biljana Kosanović is an information specialist working at the University of Belgrade, interested in and focused on the Open Science policy and implementation. She has been serving as the OpenAIRE national coordinator for Serbia since 2014 and has been coordinating several groups and projects focused on the implementation of the Open Science strategy in Serbia on the national and institutional level. During her career, she established KoBSON (Serbian Library Consortium for Coordinated Acquisition) in 2002 and coordinated and developed it for the following 12 years; she also established the DOISerbia project for assigning DOIs to articles in Serbian journals (2005), as well as the National PhD Thesis Portal (2013). She helped the establishment of SCIndeks (Serbian Citation Index) and has been supporting its activities and management since 1994.
Biljana Kosanović is an information specialist working at the University of Belgrade, interested in and focused on the Open Science policy and implementation. She has been serving as the OpenAIRE national coordinator for Serbia since 2014 and has been coordinating several groups and projects focused on the implementation of the Open Science strategy in Serbia on the national and institutional level. During her career, she established KoBSON (Serbian Library Consortium for Coordinated Acquisition) in 2002 and coordinated and developed it for the following 12 years; she also established the DOISerbia project for assigning DOIs to articles in Serbian journals (2005), as well as the National PhD Thesis Portal (2013). She helped the establishment of SCIndeks (Serbian Citation Index) and has been supporting its activities and management since 1994.
Dr. Joel Azzopardi obtained his Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence in 2012, and has been a full-time resident academic (currently senior lecturer) at the Department of Artificial Intelligence within the University of Malta (Faculty of ICT) since October 2013. His Ph.D. involved the analysis and processing of unstructured news reports text to perform fusion of news reports, summarisation and personalised recommendations. His main research interests include knowledge discovery, data and text mining, information retrieval, and application of AI to environmental and oceanographic data. Joel has substantial experience in the harvesting and processing of open data, including environmental numeric data. Joel has collaborated with a number of other local industries, organisations and departments, especially with the Ocean Malta Research Group with whom he has participated in a number of EU funded projects. Joel is also a member of the University of Malta's University Research Ethics Committee (UREC) where he is responsible for the development and maintenance of the URECA online software platform used across the entire University to handle ethical review for all the research carried out.
Dr. Joel Azzopardi obtained his Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence in 2012, and has been a full-time resident academic (currently senior lecturer) at the Department of Artificial Intelligence within the University of Malta (Faculty of ICT) since October 2013. His Ph.D. involved the analysis and processing of unstructured news reports text to perform fusion of news reports, summarisation and personalised recommendations. His main research interests include knowledge discovery, data and text mining, information retrieval, and application of AI to environmental and oceanographic data. Joel has substantial experience in the harvesting and processing of open data, including environmental numeric data. Joel has collaborated with a number of other local industries, organisations and departments, especially with the Ocean Malta Research Group with whom he has participated in a number of EU funded projects. Joel is also a member of the University of Malta's University Research Ethics Committee (UREC) where he is responsible for the development and maintenance of the URECA online software platform used across the entire University to handle ethical review for all the research carried out.
Mirjana Brković was born in 1961 in Zrenjanin, Serbia. Graduated on Faculty of Philosophy in Novi Sad, Serbia. Postgraduate studies finished at the same Faculty of Philosophy in 1994. She defended master thesis and PhD in Serbian literature of XIX century. Mirjana Brković was employed in primary schools in Subotica and Novi Sad. At the Library of Matica srpska in Novi Sad she worked for 14 years as a librarian for old and rare books. Today she is a head of the University of Novi Sad Central Library.
Mirjana Brković is engaged in writing studies in cultural and literature history, as well as librarianship, personal bibliographies, book reviews, etc. Mirjana Brković participated in several international library conferences A 15-18. századi nyomtatványok feltárásának és digitalizálásának kérdései in Budapest, Hungary, Information Literacy and Lifelong Learning and Ethics in Science and Culture, both held in Belgrade, Serbia, and attended the International Scientific Conferences Basic Values of the Contemporary Librarianship and Electronic Library in Belgrade, Serbia, International Conference on Distributed Library Information Systems in Ohrid, Macedonia, presented a paper at IFLA Satellite pre-conference Open Access to Science Information: Trends, Models and Strategies for Libraries in Chania, Crete, Greece, etc. She is a member of the Serbian Library Association, Society for Popularization of Science in Novi Sad, Serbian Society for the 18th Century Literature. For her work she was twice rewarded by Serbian Library Association (1997, 2009).
Mirjana Brković has published numerous journal articles and several books: catalogues – Srpske knjige i periodika 18. veka u Biblioteci Matice sprske (= Serbian Books and Periodicals from 18th Century in the Library of Matica Srpska), Biblioteka Save Tekelije (= Sava Tekelija Library), short stories and poetry – Povratak istom (= Return to the Same), Paštrovski album (= Album from Pastrovici) and Baršunaste pesme (= Velvet poems), study – Sto godina zadrugarstva u Novom Bečeju (= Hundred Years of Agricultural Cooperative in Novi Bečej), master thesis – Fantastika u delu Jovana Grčića Milenka (= Fantasy in Jovan Grčić Milenko’s Work), PhD thesis – Proza Bogoboja Atanackovića (= Bogoboj Atanackovic Prose), etc.
Mirjana Brković was born in 1961 in Zrenjanin, Serbia. Graduated on Faculty of Philosophy in Novi Sad, Serbia. Postgraduate studies finished at the same Faculty of Philosophy in 1994. She defended master thesis and PhD in Serbian literature of XIX century. Mirjana Brković was employed in primary schools in Subotica and Novi Sad. At the Library of Matica srpska in Novi Sad she worked for 14 years as a librarian for old and rare books. Today she is a head of the University of Novi Sad Central Library.
Mirjana Brković is engaged in writing studies in cultural and literature history, as well as librarianship, personal bibliographies, book reviews, etc. Mirjana Brković participated in several international library conferences A 15-18. századi nyomtatványok feltárásának és digitalizálásának kérdései in Budapest, Hungary, Information Literacy and Lifelong Learning and Ethics in Science and Culture, both held in Belgrade, Serbia, and attended the International Scientific Conferences Basic Values of the Contemporary Librarianship and Electronic Library in Belgrade, Serbia, International Conference on Distributed Library Information Systems in Ohrid, Macedonia, presented a paper at IFLA Satellite pre-conference Open Access to Science Information: Trends, Models and Strategies for Libraries in Chania, Crete, Greece, etc. She is a member of the Serbian Library Association, Society for Popularization of Science in Novi Sad, Serbian Society for the 18th Century Literature. For her work she was twice rewarded by Serbian Library Association (1997, 2009).
Mirjana Brković has published numerous journal articles and several books: catalogues – Srpske knjige i periodika 18. veka u Biblioteci Matice sprske (= Serbian Books and Periodicals from 18th Century in the Library of Matica Srpska), Biblioteka Save Tekelije (= Sava Tekelija Library), short stories and poetry – Povratak istom (= Return to the Same), Paštrovski album (= Album from Pastrovici) and Baršunaste pesme (= Velvet poems), study – Sto godina zadrugarstva u Novom Bečeju (= Hundred Years of Agricultural Cooperative in Novi Bečej), master thesis – Fantastika u delu Jovana Grčića Milenka (= Fantasy in Jovan Grčić Milenko’s Work), PhD thesis – Proza Bogoboja Atanackovića (= Bogoboj Atanackovic Prose), etc.
Dragana Stolić (1969) got her BA, MA and PhD degree at the Faculty of philology of the University of Belgrade. From 1996 she works at the University library "Svetozar Marković", central library of the Belgrade University. Currently, she works as information specialist at the Department of scientific information and education. In 2011/2012 she participated in the Tempus project “New library services at Western Balkan universities”, where she was especially engaged in establishing, testing and presenting of the Digital repository of the University of Belgrade PHAIDRA, mainly used for archiving of digital doctoral dissertations. In 2014 she realized the project of digitalization of old Ph.D. theses. From 2015 she conducts workshops for Ph.D. students "How to format a doctoral dissertation", and several accredited seminars for librarians which cover many topics, in particular very popular seminar "Copyright in librarianship". She has published many professional papers, and participated in international and national conferences.
Dragana Stolić (1969) got her BA, MA and PhD degree at the Faculty of philology of the University of Belgrade. From 1996 she works at the University library "Svetozar Marković", central library of the Belgrade University. Currently, she works as information specialist at the Department of scientific information and education. In 2011/2012 she participated in the Tempus project “New library services at Western Balkan universities”, where she was especially engaged in establishing, testing and presenting of the Digital repository of the University of Belgrade PHAIDRA, mainly used for archiving of digital doctoral dissertations. In 2014 she realized the project of digitalization of old Ph.D. theses. From 2015 she conducts workshops for Ph.D. students "How to format a doctoral dissertation", and several accredited seminars for librarians which cover many topics, in particular very popular seminar "Copyright in librarianship". She has published many professional papers, and participated in international and national conferences.
Joachim Schöpfel is an associate professor in Library and Information Sciences at the University of Lille. He is researcher at the GERiiCO laboratory and independent consultant of the Ourouk consulting office at Paris. His main field of research is scientific information and communication. He is member of the euroCRIS board and of the NDLTD board of directors.
Joachim Schöpfel is an associate professor in Library and Information Sciences at the University of Lille. He is researcher at the GERiiCO laboratory and independent consultant of the Ourouk consulting office at Paris. His main field of research is scientific information and communication. He is member of the euroCRIS board and of the NDLTD board of directors.
Michael Boock has more than 20 years of experience in digital library, scholarly communication, and library technical services operations. Professor Boock formed the Center for Digital Scholarship at Oregon State in 2010 and developed new library services supporting the visibility, publication, management, and preservation of university scholarship. A 2018-2019 U.S. Fulbright Scholar in Bulgaria, Professor Boock received his Masters in Library and Information Science from Kent State University and is the author of numerous peer-reviewed articles on digital libraries, digital preservation, and scholarly communications topics.
Michael Boock has more than 20 years of experience in digital library, scholarly communication, and library technical services operations. Professor Boock formed the Center for Digital Scholarship at Oregon State in 2010 and developed new library services supporting the visibility, publication, management, and preservation of university scholarship. A 2018-2019 U.S. Fulbright Scholar in Bulgaria, Professor Boock received his Masters in Library and Information Science from Kent State University and is the author of numerous peer-reviewed articles on digital libraries, digital preservation, and scholarly communications topics.
Dr. Eseyin, Emmanuel Olorunleke is a Research Fellow with the Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER) which is a Research Institute based in Oyo State, Nigeria. He has worked at the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria as a Research Assistant with the Department of Educational Management. He has attended several conferences and seminars and also published articles in Educational Management in both National and International Journals. His area of interest includes Educational Administration, Economics of Education and Educational Policy Research. He has also served as facilitator and discussant at different fora. His hobbies include travelling, singing, photography and writing.
Dr. Eseyin, Emmanuel Olorunleke is a Research Fellow with the Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER) which is a Research Institute based in Oyo State, Nigeria. He has worked at the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria as a Research Assistant with the Department of Educational Management. He has attended several conferences and seminars and also published articles in Educational Management in both National and International Journals. His area of interest includes Educational Administration, Economics of Education and Educational Policy Research. He has also served as facilitator and discussant at different fora. His hobbies include travelling, singing, photography and writing.
Andrew Mckenna-Foster is a Product Specialist at Figshare with over 12 years of experience working with research and specimen data. For a decade, Andrew oversaw the operations of a small natural history museum and aquarium and directed the related research programs and biological collections. During this time, he published research on spider ecology and endangered species conservation. An interest in open science and data management led Andrew to the field of Information Science and he received a Masters of Library and Information Science from the University of Washington in 2020. In his current role at Figshare, Andrew focuses on advancing the practice of open science and looks for ways to help researchers and librarians think through their data curation and repository needs.
Andrew Mckenna-Foster is a Product Specialist at Figshare with over 12 years of experience working with research and specimen data. For a decade, Andrew oversaw the operations of a small natural history museum and aquarium and directed the related research programs and biological collections. During this time, he published research on spider ecology and endangered species conservation. An interest in open science and data management led Andrew to the field of Information Science and he received a Masters of Library and Information Science from the University of Washington in 2020. In his current role at Figshare, Andrew focuses on advancing the practice of open science and looks for ways to help researchers and librarians think through their data curation and repository needs.
Maria supports open science and responsible research by bringing figshare, the data and institutional repository built to showcase all institutional research outputs in one single place, to universities and research institutes across Eastern and Southern Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
With an academic librarian background in the UK and Spain, prior to joining figshare Maria set up systems and structures to support large multi-disciplinary, cross-departmental research networks at UCL (University College London), and for UKCRIC (the UK Collaboratorium for Research on Infrastructure and Cities), among other exciting things.
Maria supports open science and responsible research by bringing figshare, the data and institutional repository built to showcase all institutional research outputs in one single place, to universities and research institutes across Eastern and Southern Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
With an academic librarian background in the UK and Spain, prior to joining figshare Maria set up systems and structures to support large multi-disciplinary, cross-departmental research networks at UCL (University College London), and for UKCRIC (the UK Collaboratorium for Research on Infrastructure and Cities), among other exciting things.
PARTICIPATING CONFERECE / SEMINAR:
International Conference on “Library Technology Conclave-2018” organized by Goa University
Library, Goa with the collaboration of Informatics India Ltd, Bangalore. India, held on 23rd January
to 25th January 2018.
International Conference on “Library and Information Services in Knowledge Society: Innovative,
Value Added Services and Best Practices” organized by Dept. of Library & Information Science,
Mizoram University, Aizawl, India, held on 1st March to 3rd March 2017.
Name of Conference Paper Title: “Implementation of Automation and Digital Library System in RUCL:
A Case Study”
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING / WORKSHOP ACHIEVED
Digital Library User Training Workshop, Organized by Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project
(HEQEP) with the collaboration of Taylor & Francis Publisher Group held on 9th May 2017.
Operation and Maintenance of RFID Based Library Management System, organized by Electro
Home Limited, Dhaka, Bangladesh. held on 03rd April to 9th April 2017.
Train The Trainee Program on The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library organized by TEEAL &
Sathguru with the collaboration of Central Library, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. held on 24th
April to 25th April 2016.
Central Library Capacity Building Workshop, Organized by Higher Education Quality Enhancement
Project (HEQEP) held on 1st December 2016.
Workshop for System Librarians, Organized by BRAC University, Bangladesh with the collaboration of
INASP, UK. held on 11th May to 14th May 2015.
Monitoring and Evaluation of Electronic Resource Use (MERRU) Organized by INASP, Oxford, UK
with the collaboration of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences & ICDDR, b, Dhaka, Bangladesh, held on
18th March to 20th March 2014.
Free and Open Source (FOSS) software for Building Digital Libraries: Greenstone Digital Library
Software Digital Library Software and D-space. Organized by East West University, Dhaka,
Bangladesh, held on 12th September to 14th September 2013.
Integrated Library System Installation and Maintenance organized by Higher Education Quality
Enhancement Project (HEQEP) with the collaboration of Khulna Engineering & Technology
University (KUET), Bangladesh held on 20th September to 22nd September 2012.
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KOHA, Ubuntu, MARC Edit & Dspace organized by Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project
(HEQEP) with the collaboration of Bangladesh Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Dhaka,
Bangladesh held on 22nd December to 27th December 2011.
Searching Skills and Management of E-Resources organized by Bangladesh Association of Librarians,
Information Scientists and Document lists (BALID), held on 10th December 2010.
RESOURCE PERSON
Electronic and Online Resources: Access and Utilization, organized by Central Library, University of
Rajshahi with the collaboration of Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project (HEQEP) held on
26th August to 31st August 2016.
MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION:
Associate Member of Bangladesh Computer Society.
POST GRADUATE RESEARCH WORK:
Name of Research Work: Automation and Digitization Practices of Rajshahi University Central Library (RUCL)
COUNTRY VISITED / Foreign Library Visit:
Singapore: Singapore National Library, Central Library, National University of Singapore
Malaysia: University of Malaysia Library, Asia e-University Knowledge Center.
Thailand: Thamasat University Library, Mahidul University Library
Saudi Arabia, Nepal, India
PARTICIPATING CONFERECE / SEMINAR:
International Conference on “Library Technology Conclave-2018” organized by Goa University
Library, Goa with the collaboration of Informatics India Ltd, Bangalore. India, held on 23rd January
to 25th January 2018.
International Conference on “Library and Information Services in Knowledge Society: Innovative,
Value Added Services and Best Practices” organized by Dept. of Library & Information Science,
Mizoram University, Aizawl, India, held on 1st March to 3rd March 2017.
Name of Conference Paper Title: “Implementation of Automation and Digital Library System in RUCL:
A Case Study”
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING / WORKSHOP ACHIEVED
Digital Library User Training Workshop, Organized by Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project
(HEQEP) with the collaboration of Taylor & Francis Publisher Group held on 9th May 2017.
Operation and Maintenance of RFID Based Library Management System, organized by Electro
Home Limited, Dhaka, Bangladesh. held on 03rd April to 9th April 2017.
Train The Trainee Program on The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library organized by TEEAL &
Sathguru with the collaboration of Central Library, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. held on 24th
April to 25th April 2016.
Central Library Capacity Building Workshop, Organized by Higher Education Quality Enhancement
Project (HEQEP) held on 1st December 2016.
Workshop for System Librarians, Organized by BRAC University, Bangladesh with the collaboration of
INASP, UK. held on 11th May to 14th May 2015.
Monitoring and Evaluation of Electronic Resource Use (MERRU) Organized by INASP, Oxford, UK
with the collaboration of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences & ICDDR, b, Dhaka, Bangladesh, held on
18th March to 20th March 2014.
Free and Open Source (FOSS) software for Building Digital Libraries: Greenstone Digital Library
Software Digital Library Software and D-space. Organized by East West University, Dhaka,
Bangladesh, held on 12th September to 14th September 2013.
Integrated Library System Installation and Maintenance organized by Higher Education Quality
Enhancement Project (HEQEP) with the collaboration of Khulna Engineering & Technology
University (KUET), Bangladesh held on 20th September to 22nd September 2012.
2
KOHA, Ubuntu, MARC Edit & Dspace organized by Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project
(HEQEP) with the collaboration of Bangladesh Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Dhaka,
Bangladesh held on 22nd December to 27th December 2011.
Searching Skills and Management of E-Resources organized by Bangladesh Association of Librarians,
Information Scientists and Document lists (BALID), held on 10th December 2010.
RESOURCE PERSON
Electronic and Online Resources: Access and Utilization, organized by Central Library, University of
Rajshahi with the collaboration of Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project (HEQEP) held on
26th August to 31st August 2016.
MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION:
Associate Member of Bangladesh Computer Society.
POST GRADUATE RESEARCH WORK:
Name of Research Work: Automation and Digitization Practices of Rajshahi University Central Library (RUCL)
COUNTRY VISITED / Foreign Library Visit:
Singapore: Singapore National Library, Central Library, National University of Singapore
Malaysia: University of Malaysia Library, Asia e-University Knowledge Center.
Thailand: Thamasat University Library, Mahidul University Library
Saudi Arabia, Nepal, India
Kamani Perera has gained 30+ years professional experience as a Librarian and obtained merit pass for master degree in information management (MIM) from University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. She is a visiting lecturer to Sri Lankan universities in the field of information science and research methodology and published over 100 research papers nationally and internationally; travelled extensively in Asia, America and Europe. She was a member of many cultural organizations in the world and contributor of International Advisory Boards, Editorial Boards and Review Committees.
Kamani Perera has gained 30+ years professional experience as a Librarian and obtained merit pass for master degree in information management (MIM) from University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. She is a visiting lecturer to Sri Lankan universities in the field of information science and research methodology and published over 100 research papers nationally and internationally; travelled extensively in Asia, America and Europe. She was a member of many cultural organizations in the world and contributor of International Advisory Boards, Editorial Boards and Review Committees.
Anushka Earskin has 13 years in the education business with the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPM), of which 5 years as the Business School Manager. Acquired a wealth of business acumen in the education space and exceptional problem solving skills from more than a decade of interactions with all stakeholders including Institutional members, Council members, Sub-committees, Students, Parents, Universities, Schools, Other Professional institutes and Business Partners in the supply chain.
Anushka Earskin has 13 years in the education business with the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPM), of which 5 years as the Business School Manager. Acquired a wealth of business acumen in the education space and exceptional problem solving skills from more than a decade of interactions with all stakeholders including Institutional members, Council members, Sub-committees, Students, Parents, Universities, Schools, Other Professional institutes and Business Partners in the supply chain.
Dr. Md. Zillur Rahman is a Librarian, Head, KFR Library, Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh. He also served at Chittagong Independent University for 7 years and Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) for 12 years. He received his PhD and M.Phil in the Faculty of Art from University of Dhaka, Bangladesh and BA (Hons) and MA in Information Science & Library Management (ISLM) from the same university. He also received a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Human Resources Management (HRM) from Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB). A book by Dr. Rahman was published from Germany in 2012 and a good number of articles have been published in national and internationally reputed journals. He is also reviewer of a number of national and international peer review journals. He has travelled to many countries like the USA, Saudi Arabia, and India.
His research interests are Library Modernization, Use of ICT in Libraries, Knowledge Management, Library Human Resources Management, ETD, Open Access, Open Science, Information Literacy, Networking and Resource Sharing, Information Marketing, Library Special Services, Library Advocacy and Library Auditing, etc.
Dr. Md. Zillur Rahman is a Librarian, Head, KFR Library, Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh. He also served at Chittagong Independent University for 7 years and Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) for 12 years. He received his PhD and M.Phil in the Faculty of Art from University of Dhaka, Bangladesh and BA (Hons) and MA in Information Science & Library Management (ISLM) from the same university. He also received a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Human Resources Management (HRM) from Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB). A book by Dr. Rahman was published from Germany in 2012 and a good number of articles have been published in national and internationally reputed journals. He is also reviewer of a number of national and international peer review journals. He has travelled to many countries like the USA, Saudi Arabia, and India.
His research interests are Library Modernization, Use of ICT in Libraries, Knowledge Management, Library Human Resources Management, ETD, Open Access, Open Science, Information Literacy, Networking and Resource Sharing, Information Marketing, Library Special Services, Library Advocacy and Library Auditing, etc.
Rozita Petrinska Labudovikj, MSc., MA. is a head of the Library of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies and the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia. She is also a PhD student at the Industrial Engineering and Management programme of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the same university, focusing on Service Quality Management. She is currently engaged as a researcher in the National Initiatives for Open Science in Europe (Ni4OS - Europe) project, which supports the growth of the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje’s Repository.
Rozita Petrinska Labudovikj, MSc., MA. is a head of the Library of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies and the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia. She is also a PhD student at the Industrial Engineering and Management programme of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the same university, focusing on Service Quality Management. She is currently engaged as a researcher in the National Initiatives for Open Science in Europe (Ni4OS - Europe) project, which supports the growth of the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje’s Repository.
Alcidina Cunha Costa holds a temporary position as research assistant in projects related to digital repositories and open science at the Brazilian Insti-tute of Information in Science and Technology (Ibict). As librarian has served at American School, American Embassy, SARAH Network of Reha-bilitation Hospitals and Ministry of Health, in Brasilia, Brazil; at Coffee and Cocoa International Organisations in London, UK; and at the Brazilian De-velopment Bank, in Rio de Janeiro and Brasília. Educational background includes BA in Librarianship (University of Brasília, 1982); MSc in Infor-mation Science (City University, London, 1991); Specialist Degree in Dis-tance Education (PUC-RS, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2013); MA in Communica-tion (Catholic University of Brasília, 2016).
Alcidina Cunha Costa holds a temporary position as research assistant in projects related to digital repositories and open science at the Brazilian Insti-tute of Information in Science and Technology (Ibict). As librarian has served at American School, American Embassy, SARAH Network of Reha-bilitation Hospitals and Ministry of Health, in Brasilia, Brazil; at Coffee and Cocoa International Organisations in London, UK; and at the Brazilian De-velopment Bank, in Rio de Janeiro and Brasília. Educational background includes BA in Librarianship (University of Brasília, 1982); MSc in Infor-mation Science (City University, London, 1991); Specialist Degree in Dis-tance Education (PUC-RS, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2013); MA in Communica-tion (Catholic University of Brasília, 2016).
Vladimir Otašević is PhD student at Department of Computer Science and Information Technology, School of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade. His area of interest are application of artificial intelligence and Open Science. He is employed at the University of Belgrade Computer Center (RCUB) as electrical and computer engineer (since 2019). As member of RCUB, he is mostly involved with implementation and maintaining of institutional repositories and developing standalone tools that support academic community. He is actively involved with projects and groups focused on implementing and promoting Open Science in Serbia.
Vladimir Otašević is PhD student at Department of Computer Science and Information Technology, School of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade. His area of interest are application of artificial intelligence and Open Science. He is employed at the University of Belgrade Computer Center (RCUB) as electrical and computer engineer (since 2019). As member of RCUB, he is mostly involved with implementation and maintaining of institutional repositories and developing standalone tools that support academic community. He is actively involved with projects and groups focused on implementing and promoting Open Science in Serbia.
Dr. Sukanta Kr Patra is a Librarian of Vidyasagar College for Women, under University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India and previously worked at Jadavpur University as an Asstt. Librarian II. He also teaches at Department of LIS, Rabindra Bharati University, India, as a Guest Faculty. Dr. Patra presented many papers at national and international level such as ETD 2017, Washington, DC and ETD 2018, Taiwan and ETD 2019 Porto, Portugal. He also published many articles in LIS journals.
Dr. Sukanta Kr Patra is a Librarian of Vidyasagar College for Women, under University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India and previously worked at Jadavpur University as an Asstt. Librarian II. He also teaches at Department of LIS, Rabindra Bharati University, India, as a Guest Faculty. Dr. Patra presented many papers at national and international level such as ETD 2017, Washington, DC and ETD 2018, Taiwan and ETD 2019 Porto, Portugal. He also published many articles in LIS journals.
Mousumi Patra is a Librarian of Govt. College of Nursing, ID & BG Hospital, Department of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of west Bengal. She was worked as a University Librarian of Techno India University West Bengal. Mrs. Patra also published many articles in LIS journals.
Mousumi Patra is a Librarian of Govt. College of Nursing, ID & BG Hospital, Department of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of west Bengal. She was worked as a University Librarian of Techno India University West Bengal. Mrs. Patra also published many articles in LIS journals.
Dr.R.Sarangapani is currently working as University Librarian / Head ic, Department of Library and Information Science / Arignar Anna Central Library, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. He obtained his under graduate degree in commerce from University of Madras and Master of Commerce, Master of Library and Information Science and Doctoral Degree in Library and Information Science from Annamalai University. He has published more than seventy National and International Journals, Conference Proceedings. He has also published one book in the name of Information Literacy Expertise. He has guiding seven Ph.D., candidates. He has subject expert for Ph.D. Viva Voce Examiner in Annamalai University, Bharathidasan University, Anna University, Dravidan University, M.S. University, M.K University and Vinayaga Mission University. He has also Board of Studies Chairman and various selection committee members in Bharathiar University and MK University affiliated colleges. He holds life membership from professional national and international bodies like ILA, SALIS, TLA, MALA and ISTE (national). IFLA (International)
Dr.R.Sarangapani is currently working as University Librarian / Head ic, Department of Library and Information Science / Arignar Anna Central Library, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. He obtained his under graduate degree in commerce from University of Madras and Master of Commerce, Master of Library and Information Science and Doctoral Degree in Library and Information Science from Annamalai University. He has published more than seventy National and International Journals, Conference Proceedings. He has also published one book in the name of Information Literacy Expertise. He has guiding seven Ph.D., candidates. He has subject expert for Ph.D. Viva Voce Examiner in Annamalai University, Bharathidasan University, Anna University, Dravidan University, M.S. University, M.K University and Vinayaga Mission University. He has also Board of Studies Chairman and various selection committee members in Bharathiar University and MK University affiliated colleges. He holds life membership from professional national and international bodies like ILA, SALIS, TLA, MALA and ISTE (national). IFLA (International)
Manoj Kumar K is working as Senior Scientist in INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, an IUC of University
Grant Commission (UGC), Min. of Education, Government of India (GoI).
Heading the award winning project Shodhganga of INFLIBNET which received e-INDIA Jury Choice
Award from Mrs. Smriti Irani (former Minster of HRD), now administrating the Ministries of Women
and Child Development (MoWCD) and Ministry of Minority Affairs (MoMM), GoI also received honour
from France and United States. Visited 5 countries for official purpose the US, France, Belgium, Bhutan
and Mauritius.
He also received the coveted NDLTD Leadership Award from Washington DC, USA in 2017.
His project received Edushine Excellence Award 2019 from Hon'ble Minster Suresh Prabhu, Govt. of
India in 2019.
Earlier, he was also holding the charge of Acting Director from June 01, 2006 to 30th Aug 2007 and
Director In-charge whenever Director goes on leave or Tour.
He has delivered experts lectures in 110 Universities, 5 IITs, 4 IIMs, 2 NIFTs, IARI/ICSSR, visited all 29
States in India.
Manoj Kumar K is working as Senior Scientist in INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, an IUC of University
Grant Commission (UGC), Min. of Education, Government of India (GoI).
Heading the award winning project Shodhganga of INFLIBNET which received e-INDIA Jury Choice
Award from Mrs. Smriti Irani (former Minster of HRD), now administrating the Ministries of Women
and Child Development (MoWCD) and Ministry of Minority Affairs (MoMM), GoI also received honour
from France and United States. Visited 5 countries for official purpose the US, France, Belgium, Bhutan
and Mauritius.
He also received the coveted NDLTD Leadership Award from Washington DC, USA in 2017.
His project received Edushine Excellence Award 2019 from Hon'ble Minster Suresh Prabhu, Govt. of
India in 2019.
Earlier, he was also holding the charge of Acting Director from June 01, 2006 to 30th Aug 2007 and
Director In-charge whenever Director goes on leave or Tour.
He has delivered experts lectures in 110 Universities, 5 IITs, 4 IIMs, 2 NIFTs, IARI/ICSSR, visited all 29
States in India.
Sangeeta Narang is a Senior Librarian ( Librarian Selection Grade) working at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. She joined AIIMS in 1994 after completing her Master's in Library and Information Science from the University of Delhi, Delhi. She received her doctoral degree from Indira Gandhi Open University, New Delhi in 2018. Dr. Narang is the recipient of the Commonwealth Professional Fellowship, London, United Kingdom. Prior to taking up the job at AIIMS, she worked at American Centre Library (ACL), New Delhi, Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre (INSDOC) New Delhi, and SBP Consultancy, New Delhi for a short period. She has given presentations at both national and international conventions. Her research areas are institutional repositories, social networking, open access, digital libraries, promotion of health literacy, health information literacy. She has travelled to Australia, Sweden, the USA, and the UK for her professional activities and development. She is a member of the Indian Library Association (ILA), HIFA - Healthcare Information For All and the Medical Library Association of India (MLAI).
Sangeeta Narang is a Senior Librarian ( Librarian Selection Grade) working at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. She joined AIIMS in 1994 after completing her Master's in Library and Information Science from the University of Delhi, Delhi. She received her doctoral degree from Indira Gandhi Open University, New Delhi in 2018. Dr. Narang is the recipient of the Commonwealth Professional Fellowship, London, United Kingdom. Prior to taking up the job at AIIMS, she worked at American Centre Library (ACL), New Delhi, Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre (INSDOC) New Delhi, and SBP Consultancy, New Delhi for a short period. She has given presentations at both national and international conventions. Her research areas are institutional repositories, social networking, open access, digital libraries, promotion of health literacy, health information literacy. She has travelled to Australia, Sweden, the USA, and the UK for her professional activities and development. She is a member of the Indian Library Association (ILA), HIFA - Healthcare Information For All and the Medical Library Association of India (MLAI).
Kolawole Akinjide ARAMIDE CLN is a Senior Lecturer and current Acting Head, Department of School Library and Media Technology (Formerly Centre for Educational Media Resource Studies), University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He had his Bachelor of Library and Information Studies, Master of Information Science and PhD in Education (School Media) degrees from University of Ibadan, Nigeria and a Postgraduate Diploma in Education (with specialization in ICTs in Education) at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. His research interests include Technology Integration and Appropriation in Libraries, Information Centre Cooperation and Networking, Digitisation of Library Collection for Access and School Library Programme and Policy. He has supervised 12 Master degree and 8 PhD students. He is a Member of professional associations such as the Nigerian Library Association, Nigerian School Library Association, International Association of School Librarianship as well as professional groups such as e/Merge Africa, Library 2.0, Teachers 2.0, Education Collaborative, Africa ICT Alliance Forum, AfLIA, WikiLibrarian, Internet Librarian, e-Learning Africa, Learning Design and Design Learning among others. He has several publications, both in Local and International Journals as well as chapters in Books to his credit.
Kolawole Akinjide ARAMIDE CLN is a Senior Lecturer and current Acting Head, Department of School Library and Media Technology (Formerly Centre for Educational Media Resource Studies), University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He had his Bachelor of Library and Information Studies, Master of Information Science and PhD in Education (School Media) degrees from University of Ibadan, Nigeria and a Postgraduate Diploma in Education (with specialization in ICTs in Education) at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. His research interests include Technology Integration and Appropriation in Libraries, Information Centre Cooperation and Networking, Digitisation of Library Collection for Access and School Library Programme and Policy. He has supervised 12 Master degree and 8 PhD students. He is a Member of professional associations such as the Nigerian Library Association, Nigerian School Library Association, International Association of School Librarianship as well as professional groups such as e/Merge Africa, Library 2.0, Teachers 2.0, Education Collaborative, Africa ICT Alliance Forum, AfLIA, WikiLibrarian, Internet Librarian, e-Learning Africa, Learning Design and Design Learning among others. He has several publications, both in Local and International Journals as well as chapters in Books to his credit.
Abiola Bukola Elaturoti (CLN) is a professional librarian at the Lead City University Library, Ibadan, Nigeria. She holds both Bachelor (B.Sc.) and Master’s (M.Sc.) Degrees in Sociology and Master of Library, Archival and Information Studies (MLIS) from the University of Ibadan, and is currently on her Ph.D. Programme in the Department of School Library and Media Technology (DSLMT), Faculty of Education in the same university (the University of Ibadan). Her areas of research interest include knowledge management, Innovativeness and ICTs in librarianship, Information literacy, among others. She is a member of the Nigerian School Library Association (NSLA), Nigerian Library Association (NLA) and belongs to the Cataloging, Classification and Indexing Section of the NLA. She has published both in Local and International Journals as well as contributed chapters in Books.
Abiola Bukola Elaturoti (CLN) is a professional librarian at the Lead City University Library, Ibadan, Nigeria. She holds both Bachelor (B.Sc.) and Master’s (M.Sc.) Degrees in Sociology and Master of Library, Archival and Information Studies (MLIS) from the University of Ibadan, and is currently on her Ph.D. Programme in the Department of School Library and Media Technology (DSLMT), Faculty of Education in the same university (the University of Ibadan). Her areas of research interest include knowledge management, Innovativeness and ICTs in librarianship, Information literacy, among others. She is a member of the Nigerian School Library Association (NSLA), Nigerian Library Association (NLA) and belongs to the Cataloging, Classification and Indexing Section of the NLA. She has published both in Local and International Journals as well as contributed chapters in Books.
Ms. Manmeet Kaur
Assistant Librarian,
Uttarakhand Sanskrit University,
Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India
Ms. Manmeet Kaur
Assistant Librarian,
Uttarakhand Sanskrit University,
Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India
Lighton Phiri is a Lecturer and Researcher in the Department of Library and Information Science at The University of Zambia. He received his PhD in Computer Science in 2018 and a Master of Science in Computer Science in 2013, both from The University of Cape Town. He also holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, from The University of Zambia. Lighton’s research interests are in the fields of Data Mining and Digital Libraries, with a focus on techniques and methods that emphasise the application of effective solutions in resource constrained environments. He also has ongoing research interest in the field of Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) and Technology-Enhanced Learning. His current and ongoing research has focused on devising solutions to make scholarly research output visible online. In addition, he has been working towards building relationships with potential collaborators in the Health and Education sector, in Zambia, in order to explore ways of devising solutions that can potentially result in the effective use of tools and technologies in the sectors. In addition, Lighton currently plays an active role in advancing the fields of Data Science and Machine Learning on the African continent. Lighton was recently appointed a member of the Board of Directors of the Networked Digital Libraries of Theses and Dissertations. He is also a member of the Steering Committee of the Africa School on Machine Learning for Data Mining and Search, overseen by the Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval (SIGIR) and Special Interest Group on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (SIGKDD). He is also part of the Programme Advisory Committee for the Master’s in Data Science programme at the Namibia University of Science and Technology.
Lighton Phiri is a Lecturer and Researcher in the Department of Library and Information Science at The University of Zambia. He received his PhD in Computer Science in 2018 and a Master of Science in Computer Science in 2013, both from The University of Cape Town. He also holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, from The University of Zambia. Lighton’s research interests are in the fields of Data Mining and Digital Libraries, with a focus on techniques and methods that emphasise the application of effective solutions in resource constrained environments. He also has ongoing research interest in the field of Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) and Technology-Enhanced Learning. His current and ongoing research has focused on devising solutions to make scholarly research output visible online. In addition, he has been working towards building relationships with potential collaborators in the Health and Education sector, in Zambia, in order to explore ways of devising solutions that can potentially result in the effective use of tools and technologies in the sectors. In addition, Lighton currently plays an active role in advancing the fields of Data Science and Machine Learning on the African continent. Lighton was recently appointed a member of the Board of Directors of the Networked Digital Libraries of Theses and Dissertations. He is also a member of the Steering Committee of the Africa School on Machine Learning for Data Mining and Search, overseen by the Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval (SIGIR) and Special Interest Group on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (SIGKDD). He is also part of the Programme Advisory Committee for the Master’s in Data Science programme at the Namibia University of Science and Technology.
Manmeet Kaur is presently working as an Assistant Librarian in Uttarakhand Sanskrit University, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India from September 2016, responsible for directing and managing all the activities of the institution’s Central Library. She has Eight Years’ experience as Library Fellow in National Forest Library and Information Center, Dehradun. In that role she was classified and catalogued the documents and helping the users to find out any resource from the Library. She has Three years’ experience as Cataloguing Assistant at the same library and her role was to catalogued the documents in NFLIC.net Software. She did Two months training from ONGC Academy, Dehradun and Three months training from Survey of India Library, Dehradun and One-year experience as Librarian in Harshvardhan Bahuguna Samriti Pustakalay, "Uttaranchal Press Club". She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Library and Information Science at Jiwaji University, Gwalior under the supervision of Professor Neerja Verma and her topic of research is related to Citation Analysis. Her research areas are ETDs, Citation Analysis, Bibliometrics, open access, digital libraries, Library Automation, Library Co-Operation, Library Management Softwares, etc.
Manmeet Kaur is presently working as an Assistant Librarian in Uttarakhand Sanskrit University, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India from September 2016, responsible for directing and managing all the activities of the institution’s Central Library. She has Eight Years’ experience as Library Fellow in National Forest Library and Information Center, Dehradun. In that role she was classified and catalogued the documents and helping the users to find out any resource from the Library. She has Three years’ experience as Cataloguing Assistant at the same library and her role was to catalogued the documents in NFLIC.net Software. She did Two months training from ONGC Academy, Dehradun and Three months training from Survey of India Library, Dehradun and One-year experience as Librarian in Harshvardhan Bahuguna Samriti Pustakalay, "Uttaranchal Press Club". She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Library and Information Science at Jiwaji University, Gwalior under the supervision of Professor Neerja Verma and her topic of research is related to Citation Analysis. Her research areas are ETDs, Citation Analysis, Bibliometrics, open access, digital libraries, Library Automation, Library Co-Operation, Library Management Softwares, etc.
Lazarus G. Matizirofa is a Deputy Director and head of Scholarly Communications, Digital Systems
and Services at the University of Pretoria Libraries, South Africa. He is responsible for the following
functions of the library’s priority research support; Open scholarship, Digital scholarship, Information
technologies, Research data management, Digitisation and Digital Preservation, Makerspace, Web
management, Libby, the first Robot Librarian in Africa, Special Collections & Digital Humanities,
Research Enablement and Open Science focus areas. His leadership in digital scholarship access
and discovery management is to ensure the robustness, stability and sustainability of the UPSpace
repository (launched in 2010), the UP Data Repository (launched in 2020) and the UP Journals
platform (launched in 2021) and as well as the South African SDG Hub, a national resource hosted by
the Albert Luthuli Leadership Institute at the University of Pretoria. He is has keen interest in
furthering technological innovation of research visibility and the impact of University of Pretoria
scholarship research outputs on the Internet. Matizirofa holds a Masters Library and Information
Science, Bachelor (Honours) Library and Information Science degrees (University of Cape Town),
HND/ND Library and Information Science, and a Diploma in Public Relations (Harare Polytechnic,
Zimbabwe). He is currently studying for a PhD Information Science at the University of South Africa,
focusing on developing an institutional Open Science Framework for the University of Pretoria.
Lazarus G. Matizirofa is a Deputy Director and head of Scholarly Communications, Digital Systems
and Services at the University of Pretoria Libraries, South Africa. He is responsible for the following
functions of the library’s priority research support; Open scholarship, Digital scholarship, Information
technologies, Research data management, Digitisation and Digital Preservation, Makerspace, Web
management, Libby, the first Robot Librarian in Africa, Special Collections & Digital Humanities,
Research Enablement and Open Science focus areas. His leadership in digital scholarship access
and discovery management is to ensure the robustness, stability and sustainability of the UPSpace
repository (launched in 2010), the UP Data Repository (launched in 2020) and the UP Journals
platform (launched in 2021) and as well as the South African SDG Hub, a national resource hosted by
the Albert Luthuli Leadership Institute at the University of Pretoria. He is has keen interest in
furthering technological innovation of research visibility and the impact of University of Pretoria
scholarship research outputs on the Internet. Matizirofa holds a Masters Library and Information
Science, Bachelor (Honours) Library and Information Science degrees (University of Cape Town),
HND/ND Library and Information Science, and a Diploma in Public Relations (Harare Polytechnic,
Zimbabwe). He is currently studying for a PhD Information Science at the University of South Africa,
focusing on developing an institutional Open Science Framework for the University of Pretoria.
Daisy Selematsela (PhD) has been appointed as the University Librarian of Wits University from 1 March
2022. She previously served as the Executive Director Library & Information Services at the University of
South Africa (UNISA) and Acting Vice Principal for Research and Innovation. She also served as Executive
Director Knowledge Management Corporate at the NRF. She is a Professor of Practice of Knowledge
Management of the University of Johannesburg.
Her role in academic citizenship involves serving on international Boards of Directors of COAR
(Confederation of Open Access Repositories), CODATA (Committee on Data of the International Science
Council); Research4Life and ORCID. At national level serves on the Board of Directors of ITOCA
(Information Training and Outreach Centre for Africa), SANLiC (South African National Licensing
Consortium) and serves as Chairperson of both CHELSA (Committee for Higher Education Librarians of
South Africa) the South African National Committee of CODATA through the NRF. She previously served
on the Board of the National Library of South Africa, Council for Library and Information Services (NCLIS)
and Council of the National Archives of South Africa.
She served on the Editorial Board of Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) Data
Science Journal (DSJ). Currently on the Editorial Board of both Global Change Research Data Publishing
and Repository and Preservation, Digital Technology & Culture (PDT&C) Journal.
Daisy is the recipient of the 2016 and 2019 Knowledge Management Leadership Award by the Global
Knowledge Management Congress & Awards in association with World Education Congress; and the 1st
International Conference on Knowledge and Innovation Management (ICKIM) Babcock University.
As an alumnus of HERS-SA and HERS- Bryn Mawr College (Philadelphia).
Daisy Selematsela (PhD) has been appointed as the University Librarian of Wits University from 1 March
2022. She previously served as the Executive Director Library & Information Services at the University of
South Africa (UNISA) and Acting Vice Principal for Research and Innovation. She also served as Executive
Director Knowledge Management Corporate at the NRF. She is a Professor of Practice of Knowledge
Management of the University of Johannesburg.
Her role in academic citizenship involves serving on international Boards of Directors of COAR
(Confederation of Open Access Repositories), CODATA (Committee on Data of the International Science
Council); Research4Life and ORCID. At national level serves on the Board of Directors of ITOCA
(Information Training and Outreach Centre for Africa), SANLiC (South African National Licensing
Consortium) and serves as Chairperson of both CHELSA (Committee for Higher Education Librarians of
South Africa) the South African National Committee of CODATA through the NRF. She previously served
on the Board of the National Library of South Africa, Council for Library and Information Services (NCLIS)
and Council of the National Archives of South Africa.
She served on the Editorial Board of Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) Data
Science Journal (DSJ). Currently on the Editorial Board of both Global Change Research Data Publishing
and Repository and Preservation, Digital Technology & Culture (PDT&C) Journal.
Daisy is the recipient of the 2016 and 2019 Knowledge Management Leadership Award by the Global
Knowledge Management Congress & Awards in association with World Education Congress; and the 1st
International Conference on Knowledge and Innovation Management (ICKIM) Babcock University.
As an alumnus of HERS-SA and HERS- Bryn Mawr College (Philadelphia).
Austin McLean is the Director, Academic Relations for ProQuest, Ann Arbor, Michigan. He oversees a team that ensures universities outside of North America have opportunities to maximize the dissemination of their PhD and Master’s Theses through the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global (PQDT Global) database. Austin also works in areas of scholarly communication and digital preservation at ProQuest. He serves at Treasurer of the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD), a non-profit group dedicated to sharing knowledge and best practices for Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs). Austin is a frequent speaker at library conferences, having presented at ALA, ETD 2019 and USETDA 2019.
Austin McLean is the Director, Academic Relations for ProQuest, Ann Arbor, Michigan. He oversees a team that ensures universities outside of North America have opportunities to maximize the dissemination of their PhD and Master’s Theses through the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global (PQDT Global) database. Austin also works in areas of scholarly communication and digital preservation at ProQuest. He serves at Treasurer of the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD), a non-profit group dedicated to sharing knowledge and best practices for Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs). Austin is a frequent speaker at library conferences, having presented at ALA, ETD 2019 and USETDA 2019.
Meinhard Kettler works for ProQuest, now part of Clarivate, since 2015 as an Academic Relations Manager on content partnerships with universities in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Previously, he held sales and product management positions in the scholarly information and library services industry, after having graduated in Slavic languages from the University of Muenster, Germany.
Meinhard Kettler works for ProQuest, now part of Clarivate, since 2015 as an Academic Relations Manager on content partnerships with universities in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Previously, he held sales and product management positions in the scholarly information and library services industry, after having graduated in Slavic languages from the University of Muenster, Germany.
Pavel Milasevic cares about research and researchers building on theirs strengths. Working in Elsevier's Research Intelligence solutions team with a focus on Pure and RDM, it provides innovative solutions that improve an companies's and individual's ability to establish, execute and evaluate research strategy and performance. Turning data into information through process improvements and the implementation of world class systems to identify potential research opportunities and continue to build capabilities to solve real world problems.
Pavel Milasevic cares about research and researchers building on theirs strengths. Working in Elsevier's Research Intelligence solutions team with a focus on Pure and RDM, it provides innovative solutions that improve an companies's and individual's ability to establish, execute and evaluate research strategy and performance. Turning data into information through process improvements and the implementation of world class systems to identify potential research opportunities and continue to build capabilities to solve real world problems.
Roman Piontek is currently Director of SaaS (Software as a Service) Innovation at EBSCO Information Services. His responsibilities include the presentation and optimisation of Software-as-a-Service products (including library-management services, discovery services, authentication solutions etc.) in large parts of Europe. He has been active in the field of library SaaS for more than a decade and the work in, with and for libraries has always accompanied his professional activities.
Roman Piontek is currently Director of SaaS (Software as a Service) Innovation at EBSCO Information Services. His responsibilities include the presentation and optimisation of Software-as-a-Service products (including library-management services, discovery services, authentication solutions etc.) in large parts of Europe. He has been active in the field of library SaaS for more than a decade and the work in, with and for libraries has always accompanied his professional activities.
