The Digital Library and e-Publishing for Science, Technology, and Medicine 2004 : Participants' Biographies and Pictures

Participants' biographies and pictures

The following is a list of participants.

Karin Assmann:

Since April 2004 I have been working as the manager of the Collection Development department at the ETH-Bibliothek in Switzerland. The ETH-Bibliothek is the largest library in Switzerland and the main library of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Before this job, I worked at the University library of Innsbruck. In Innsbruck I graduated in Economics and obtained my education in library and information science.

Tullio Basaglia

Josiane Bonetti:

After my graduation in Naturals Sciences, I worked at the Botany Institute of the Lausanne University. One of my tasks was to manage this little library. In 1995, all the biology institute libraries merged in a larger Biology Library, of which I am the head librarian. At the same time, I followed the two-year course CESID (Certificat de formation continue en information documentaire) at the University of Swiss Academic Libraries. I have a teenager daughter and both we share a passion for horses and reading.

Jean-Blaise Claivaz:
After a degree in History I started studies in librarianship in a public library. I've worked at the University of Geneva as a librarian for three years during which I followed a post-graduate course on documentary information. I'm holding a post of Coordinator for Electronic Documents since 2003 that puts me in charge of an ambitious Electronic Theses and Dissertations progam as we try to convert all of our text theses into XML files before putting them online. I also coordinate the consortial licensing of academic databases and full text periodicals either on a national or on a campus wide basis.

Nuria Comellas:

I have a degree in Librarianship and another one in Spanish Literature, both at the University of Barcelona. I've been working in university libraries since 1993. I joined the Consortium of Academic Libraries of Catalonia (http://www.cbuc.es/angles/) in late 1999. My responsabilities in the consortium as project manager are mainly related to e-resources negotiation and licensing for all the members in the consortium. I've also been involved in the design of our e-dissertations database TDX (a member of NDLTD). We are members of the ICOLC-International Coalition of Library Consortia (in fact we're now organizing the next ICOLC Fall'04 meeting in Barcelona). I've published (in collaboration with my colleagues) a couple of papers on e-journals pricing and management: -Serials (Vol. 16, n. 3, November 2003, p. 299-306) -Library Management (Vol. 23, n. 4/5, 2002, p. 227.233)

Dan D´Agostino:
I have a Bachelor of Arts and a Masters of Library Science degree, both from the University of Toronto. I have worked at the University of Toronto Library since 1989, almost exclusively in the sciences. Since 1998 I have been the collection development librarian for the health and life sciences at the University. Besides working in the selection of all types of resources, including electronic, I have participated in numerous projects related to digital resources. These have included cancellation of existing subscriptions to fund electronic resources; working with publishers to resolve contract or content related issues; sitting on a committee examining electronic resources for the whole university; creating and writing an email newsletter to promote and instruct faculty on electronic resources; and formal instruction on STM electronic resources to faculty, graduate students and undergraduates. Personal interests include music, film and literature.

Rochelle Gore:
University of Pennsylvania- BA Economics 1996-present-In-house Sales Manager-Responsible for the management of sales team for small accounts in North and Latin American territories . Development and implementation of an annual strategic business plan incorporating , In-house Sales,internet promotion and direct mail . Management of domestic and international call centers handling new sales, renewals and market research campaigns for Elsevier Science offices worldwide. Creation and implementation of special offers to new markets. Participation in major library association meetings, trade shows, and client meetings.

Armand Gribling:

Having finished my studies in Dutch language and history at a teacher training college in the Netherlands, I moved to Rome, where in 1983 I started to work at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). In 1989 I obtained a diploma in library science from the Scuola Vaticana di Biblioteconomia and since then I work as a library clerk at FAO's Fisheries Branch Library.

Perla Innocenti:

I am a documentalist of the Library Information System of Politecnico di Milano, involved in the design of a digital library for architecture, engineering and industrial design. I hold a degree in History of Modern Art from the University of Rome La Sapienza, a Master in Communication and Management of Cultural Heritage from Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa and a research grant at Politecnico di Milano for designing and implementing a information and knowledge-based systems for industrial design. I.ve worked with private and public organizations for digitizing projects and 2D-3D imaging researches, and published some articles and conference papers on knowledgebases, digital cataloguing and indexing and multimedia information retrieval. Personal interests include reading, trekking, music.

Pablo Iriarte:
I studied Physics at the Universities of Madrid (Spain) and Lausanne (Switzerland). I was trained at the Medical Library of the University of Lausanne as information specialist where I am still working as database manager and webmaster. I have set up and improved web based interfaces for our online databases, for example to manage the access of electronic journals or to search information resources in the field of public health.

Joyceleyne Jerdelet

Naoki Kawahara:
I Graduated from California State University, Stanislaus in 1996. Majored in Economics. I Engaged in international semiconductor business over 8 years as sales account manager and I joined Elsevier in this February as an account manager. Self interest: Fishing, cooking and playing tenis.

Ann MacGregor:

I am a New Zealand citizen that has lived most of her married life overseas in various countries. My present position, which I have held since January 2004, is Acquisitions Coordinator in the Distributed eLibrary of Weill Cornell Medical College - Qatar. I started with Weill Cornell Medical College - Qatar in January 2003 as Administrative Secretary to the Library Director and handled acquisitions, serials and routine admin jobs. Prior to joining Weill Cornell Medical College - Qatar, I was PA to the General Manager of a Qatari company with 15 divisions in the group. Among other things, I negotiated the purchase of goods and services and handled related invoicing and financial controls. Before this I helped to run a business in New Zealand with my husband. I began my professional work life as a certified psychiatric nurse and spent 15 years in the medical profession in New Zealand before moving to the Middle East. My hobbies are reading, handcrafts and traveling.

Cheryle Marriner:

Education:
Master of Business (Information Management) RMIT, Melbourne. Victoria. Australia. (2000) ALIA.
Work experience relating to course:
Assistant Director Australian Defence Library Service (DLS)- Service Development. Relevant work experience/projects include:
Development and management of DLS Portal projects including user interface design and development, electronic content management and CMS implementation.
Project Manager for Defence News Online . Electronic customised news service delivered via the Defence Intranet.
Joint Project Manager for Legal Resources Online, delivering electronic legal resources to the Australian DoD Legal Community.
Advisor to DoD Electronic Documents and Publishing Scoping Project.
Personal Interests:
Any activities involving my 11 year old daughter. (Varies from day to day!) Walking to keep as fit as possible. Member of Jan Juc Life Saving Club. South West Coast. Victoria.

Arlette Piguet:

Education: university degree ETH Zuerich (biology); graduation as "Information Specialist" Fachhochschule Potsdam (Germany)
Since 1987 scientific employee at ETH-Bibliothek (main library of ETH Zuerich). The aim of my different jobs was always to provide information in electronic format to the scientists and the students. Since 2000 head of the central office of the Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries. Since 2003 also responsible for a project concerning. E-Archiving of digital objects at Swiss Universities (E-journals, grey literature, digitized documents).

Anne Pittet:

I graduated in Law from the University of Lausanne in 1978. I spent several years taking care of my children and collaborating with my husband (office of notary). After 16 years of voluntary work in the community library in my village, I started the CESID (Certificat de Formation Continue en Information Documentaire) two-year course in Geneve in 1997. I then worked in Geneva (Documentation Center in Professional Orientation) and in Neuchâtel (University Law Library). Since February 2003, I am Head Librarian at the University Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine in Lausanne.

Doris Reinitzer:

I graduated in veterinary medicine at the Vienna University of Veterinary Medicine and have a postgraduate diploma in academic librarianship of the National Library. For several years I worked in a laboratory and as lecturer and changed 1993 to the University Library at the Vienna University of Veterinary Medicine as information specialist. With the database search service 'IVetS' I provide information to scientists and veterinarians. Moving 1995 to a new campus and a new library building gives us the chance to develop a digital library. We participate in several Austrian library consortia and the national catalogue. My hobbies are biology, nature and sports.

Carol Setchell:
I am Science Subject Librarian at the University of Sussex in the south of England, liaising with the science academics, researchers and students. I have been in post for 18 months. Before that I was a health librarian for five years at the Kingston University in south London. I have also worked in the libraries of Goldsmiths College and St George.s Hospital Medical School in the University of London. My professional interests include library collection development, user education, developments in electronic provision especially archiving.

Christina Sironi-Windahl:

I work at the Physics Library at the University of Geneva since 1987. I was born in Sweden but I live in Switzerland since 1982. In the beginning of my career I was very involved with children's literature and my diploma work in Library Science was devoted to this field. Fundamental changes in the librarian profession these last years and working in a scientific environment has inspired me to follow another direction. I princepally work with electronic periodicals and databases in the field of Physics. I'm generally interested in new technologies in Library and Information Science and particularly in bibliographic description of electronic resources (metadata etc.).

Arild Skalmeraas:
I am working as a librarian at Telemark University College in Bx, Norway. I have a degree in librarianship from the Royal School of Library and Information Science in Copenhagen. I am involved in various projects concerning electronic resources, web publishing, e-learning, electronic library services and digitalisation in our organization. My hobbies include travelling, music, radio, sports, mountainhiking and film.

Maria Letizia Sora:

Maria Letizia Sora was born in Forll, Italy in 1962. She graduated Italian literature at Bologna University. In 1991 she started her career as librarian at Trento University central library, where she attended to serials collection cataloguing until 1994. Since the end of 1994 she has been working as head librarian at the Faculty of Pharmacy library of Parma University. She is involved in different projects; one of them regards end-user education. Since 2002 she has been coordinating a course for undergraduates of the Faculty of Pharmacy; the course is about searching, selecting and evaluating the biomedical information resources. Her personal interests include reading, going to the cinema and hiking.

Elin Sputnesset:

I graduated from the Library and Documentation Academy of Amsterdam in 1989. After 4 years of working in different public libraries I switched to a special library of a well known physics institute, where I worked for 11 years. At this moment I work as the information specialist of Sanquin Research. This is the leading institute of blood research in the Netherlands. My nationality is Norwegian.

Michel Wesseling:
After my training as a professional librarian, I have held several positions in the area of Library Automation and Information Technology, such as Manager IC in the Koninklijke Bibliotheek in Den Haag, general manager Europe for Geac and Business Unit Manager OCLC PICA. Today I operate as an independent consultant to libraries and other information institutions. Current assignments are with ISSN-International Center in Paris and Free University Amsterdam. With Utrecht University Library I initiated the PANEL service to empower professionals in the area of electronic scholarly communication.

Alice Wong:

My current job title is Subject Librarian for Science & Engineering at the Collection Development Department of the Hong Kong Univeristy Libraries. I have worked in HKUL since 1995 and have been charged with a variety of roles including Interlibrary Loans Librarian and Serials Librarian. Liaison with library users (and non-users) and collection development has always been a key element throughout these years of my time in the library. I graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a degree in Mathematics and achieved my Master degree in Librarianship from the University of New South Wales.

Saskia Woutersen-Windhouwer:

After graduating at the Library & Documentation Academy of Amsterdam in 1988, I started working as a librarian at the FOM Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics (AMOLF). In 1991 I became head of the library, and in 1998 I was appointed head of a new department of AMOLF, the Central Information Agency. This department was responsible for the whole of the information services at the institute: library, internet, intranet and database management. In the same year, I started following AMBI courses on Information Technology. I first analysed the problems of the information services at AMOLF, then I designed, built and maintained the intranet and internet, and finally I designed databases (for an Oracle database). Since 2002 I work as a Central Information Specialist at the Netherlands Institute for Ecology (NIOO-KNAW). NIOO-KNAW has three centres in the Netherlands. My main job is to reorganise the obsolete libraries to modern (electronic), uniform libraries and assist the employees with finding and managing their information.

Ian Young:

I have performed in a wide range of roles during my time at Leeds University Library. I am now Team Leader of the team responsible for liaison with our Science and Engineering Faculties. Key responsibilities for the team are selection and promotion of print and electronic resources and staff and student training in library resources. I am also the Chair of our Space and Collections Strategy Group which leads on space and collection management.

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	Participants' biographies and pictures

	The following is a list of participants.

	Karin Assmann: Since April 2004 I have been working as the manager of the Collection Development department at the ETH-Bibliothek in Switzerland. The ETH-Bibliothek is the largest library in Switzerland and the main library of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Before this job, I worked at the University library of Innsbruck. In Innsbruck I graduated in Economics and obtained my education in library and information science.
	Tullio Basaglia
	Josiane Bonetti: After my graduation in Naturals Sciences, I worked at the Botany Institute of the Lausanne University. One of my tasks was to manage this little library. In 1995, all the biology institute libraries merged in a larger Biology Library, of which I am the head librarian. At the same time, I followed the two-year course CESID (Certificat de formation continue en information documentaire) at the University of Swiss Academic Libraries. I have a teenager daughter and both we share a passion for horses and reading.
	Jean-Blaise Claivaz: After a degree in History I started studies in librarianship in a public library. I've worked at the University of Geneva as a librarian for three years during which I followed a post-graduate course on documentary information. I'm holding a post of Coordinator for Electronic Documents since 2003 that puts me in charge of an ambitious Electronic Theses and Dissertations progam as we try to convert all of our text theses into XML files before putting them online. I also coordinate the consortial licensing of academic databases and full text periodicals either on a national or on a campus wide basis.
	Nuria Comellas: I have a degree in Librarianship and another one in Spanish Literature, both at the University of Barcelona. I've been working in university libraries since 1993. I joined the Consortium of Academic Libraries of Catalonia (http://www.cbuc.es/angles/) in late 1999. My responsabilities in the consortium as project manager are mainly related to e-resources negotiation and licensing for all the members in the consortium. I've also been involved in the design of our e-dissertations database TDX (a member of NDLTD). We are members of the ICOLC-International Coalition of Library Consortia (in fact we're now organizing the next ICOLC Fall'04 meeting in Barcelona). I've published (in collaboration with my colleagues) a couple of papers on e-journals pricing and management: -Serials (Vol. 16, n. 3, November 2003, p. 299-306) -Library Management (Vol. 23, n. 4/5, 2002, p. 227.233)
	Dan D´Agostino: I have a Bachelor of Arts and a Masters of Library Science degree, both from the University of Toronto. I have worked at the University of Toronto Library since 1989, almost exclusively in the sciences. Since 1998 I have been the collection development librarian for the health and life sciences at the University. Besides working in the selection of all types of resources, including electronic, I have participated in numerous projects related to digital resources. These have included cancellation of existing subscriptions to fund electronic resources; working with publishers to resolve contract or content related issues; sitting on a committee examining electronic resources for the whole university; creating and writing an email newsletter to promote and instruct faculty on electronic resources; and formal instruction on STM electronic resources to faculty, graduate students and undergraduates. Personal interests include music, film and literature.
	Rochelle Gore: University of Pennsylvania- BA Economics 1996-present-In-house Sales Manager-Responsible for the management of sales team for small accounts in North and Latin American territories . Development and implementation of an annual strategic business plan incorporating , In-house Sales,internet promotion and direct mail . Management of domestic and international call centers handling new sales, renewals and market research campaigns for Elsevier Science offices worldwide. Creation and implementation of special offers to new markets. Participation in major library association meetings, trade shows, and client meetings.
	Armand Gribling: Having finished my studies in Dutch language and history at a teacher training college in the Netherlands, I moved to Rome, where in 1983 I started to work at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). In 1989 I obtained a diploma in library science from the Scuola Vaticana di Biblioteconomia and since then I work as a library clerk at FAO's Fisheries Branch Library.
	Perla Innocenti: I am a documentalist of the Library Information System of Politecnico di Milano, involved in the design of a digital library for architecture, engineering and industrial design. I hold a degree in History of Modern Art from the University of Rome La Sapienza, a Master in Communication and Management of Cultural Heritage from Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa and a research grant at Politecnico di Milano for designing and implementing a information and knowledge-based systems for industrial design. I.ve worked with private and public organizations for digitizing projects and 2D-3D imaging researches, and published some articles and conference papers on knowledgebases, digital cataloguing and indexing and multimedia information retrieval. Personal interests include reading, trekking, music.
	Pablo Iriarte: I studied Physics at the Universities of Madrid (Spain) and Lausanne (Switzerland). I was trained at the Medical Library of the University of Lausanne as information specialist where I am still working as database manager and webmaster. I have set up and improved web based interfaces for our online databases, for example to manage the access of electronic journals or to search information resources in the field of public health.
	Joyceleyne Jerdelet
	Naoki Kawahara: I Graduated from California State University, Stanislaus in 1996. Majored in Economics. I Engaged in international semiconductor business over 8 years as sales account manager and I joined Elsevier in this February as an account manager. Self interest: Fishing, cooking and playing tenis.
	Ann MacGregor: I am a New Zealand citizen that has lived most of her married life overseas in various countries. My present position, which I have held since January 2004, is Acquisitions Coordinator in the Distributed eLibrary of Weill Cornell Medical College - Qatar. I started with Weill Cornell Medical College - Qatar in January 2003 as Administrative Secretary to the Library Director and handled acquisitions, serials and routine admin jobs. Prior to joining Weill Cornell Medical College - Qatar, I was PA to the General Manager of a Qatari company with 15 divisions in the group. Among other things, I negotiated the purchase of goods and services and handled related invoicing and financial controls. Before this I helped to run a business in New Zealand with my husband. I began my professional work life as a certified psychiatric nurse and spent 15 years in the medical profession in New Zealand before moving to the Middle East. My hobbies are reading, handcrafts and traveling.
	Cheryle Marriner: Education: Master of Business (Information Management) RMIT, Melbourne. Victoria. Australia. (2000) ALIA. Work experience relating to course: Assistant Director Australian Defence Library Service (DLS)- Service Development. Relevant work experience/projects include: Development and management of DLS Portal projects including user interface design and development, electronic content management and CMS implementation. Project Manager for Defence News Online . Electronic customised news service delivered via the Defence Intranet. Joint Project Manager for Legal Resources Online, delivering electronic legal resources to the Australian DoD Legal Community. Advisor to DoD Electronic Documents and Publishing Scoping Project. Personal Interests: Any activities involving my 11 year old daughter. (Varies from day to day!) Walking to keep as fit as possible. Member of Jan Juc Life Saving Club. South West Coast. Victoria.
	Arlette Piguet: Education: university degree ETH Zuerich (biology); graduation as "Information Specialist" Fachhochschule Potsdam (Germany) Since 1987 scientific employee at ETH-Bibliothek (main library of ETH Zuerich). The aim of my different jobs was always to provide information in electronic format to the scientists and the students. Since 2000 head of the central office of the Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries. Since 2003 also responsible for a project concerning. E-Archiving of digital objects at Swiss Universities (E-journals, grey literature, digitized documents).
	Anne Pittet: I graduated in Law from the University of Lausanne in 1978. I spent several years taking care of my children and collaborating with my husband (office of notary). After 16 years of voluntary work in the community library in my village, I started the CESID (Certificat de Formation Continue en Information Documentaire) two-year course in Geneve in 1997. I then worked in Geneva (Documentation Center in Professional Orientation) and in Neuchâtel (University Law Library). Since February 2003, I am Head Librarian at the University Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine in Lausanne.
	Doris Reinitzer: I graduated in veterinary medicine at the Vienna University of Veterinary Medicine and have a postgraduate diploma in academic librarianship of the National Library. For several years I worked in a laboratory and as lecturer and changed 1993 to the University Library at the Vienna University of Veterinary Medicine as information specialist. With the database search service 'IVetS' I provide information to scientists and veterinarians. Moving 1995 to a new campus and a new library building gives us the chance to develop a digital library. We participate in several Austrian library consortia and the national catalogue. My hobbies are biology, nature and sports.
	Carol Setchell: I am Science Subject Librarian at the University of Sussex in the south of England, liaising with the science academics, researchers and students. I have been in post for 18 months. Before that I was a health librarian for five years at the Kingston University in south London. I have also worked in the libraries of Goldsmiths College and St George.s Hospital Medical School in the University of London. My professional interests include library collection development, user education, developments in electronic provision especially archiving.
	Christina Sironi-Windahl: I work at the Physics Library at the University of Geneva since 1987. I was born in Sweden but I live in Switzerland since 1982. In the beginning of my career I was very involved with children's literature and my diploma work in Library Science was devoted to this field. Fundamental changes in the librarian profession these last years and working in a scientific environment has inspired me to follow another direction. I princepally work with electronic periodicals and databases in the field of Physics. I'm generally interested in new technologies in Library and Information Science and particularly in bibliographic description of electronic resources (metadata etc.).
	Arild Skalmeraas: I am working as a librarian at Telemark University College in Bx, Norway. I have a degree in librarianship from the Royal School of Library and Information Science in Copenhagen. I am involved in various projects concerning electronic resources, web publishing, e-learning, electronic library services and digitalisation in our organization. My hobbies include travelling, music, radio, sports, mountainhiking and film.
	Maria Letizia Sora: Maria Letizia Sora was born in Forll, Italy in 1962. She graduated Italian literature at Bologna University. In 1991 she started her career as librarian at Trento University central library, where she attended to serials collection cataloguing until 1994. Since the end of 1994 she has been working as head librarian at the Faculty of Pharmacy library of Parma University. She is involved in different projects; one of them regards end-user education. Since 2002 she has been coordinating a course for undergraduates of the Faculty of Pharmacy; the course is about searching, selecting and evaluating the biomedical information resources. Her personal interests include reading, going to the cinema and hiking.
	Elin Sputnesset: I graduated from the Library and Documentation Academy of Amsterdam in 1989. After 4 years of working in different public libraries I switched to a special library of a well known physics institute, where I worked for 11 years. At this moment I work as the information specialist of Sanquin Research. This is the leading institute of blood research in the Netherlands. My nationality is Norwegian.
	Michel Wesseling: After my training as a professional librarian, I have held several positions in the area of Library Automation and Information Technology, such as Manager IC in the Koninklijke Bibliotheek in Den Haag, general manager Europe for Geac and Business Unit Manager OCLC PICA. Today I operate as an independent consultant to libraries and other information institutions. Current assignments are with ISSN-International Center in Paris and Free University Amsterdam. With Utrecht University Library I initiated the PANEL service to empower professionals in the area of electronic scholarly communication.
	Alice Wong: My current job title is Subject Librarian for Science & Engineering at the Collection Development Department of the Hong Kong Univeristy Libraries. I have worked in HKUL since 1995 and have been charged with a variety of roles including Interlibrary Loans Librarian and Serials Librarian. Liaison with library users (and non-users) and collection development has always been a key element throughout these years of my time in the library. I graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a degree in Mathematics and achieved my Master degree in Librarianship from the University of New South Wales.
	Saskia Woutersen-Windhouwer: After graduating at the Library & Documentation Academy of Amsterdam in 1988, I started working as a librarian at the FOM Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics (AMOLF). In 1991 I became head of the library, and in 1998 I was appointed head of a new department of AMOLF, the Central Information Agency. This department was responsible for the whole of the information services at the institute: library, internet, intranet and database management. In the same year, I started following AMBI courses on Information Technology. I first analysed the problems of the information services at AMOLF, then I designed, built and maintained the intranet and internet, and finally I designed databases (for an Oracle database). Since 2002 I work as a Central Information Specialist at the Netherlands Institute for Ecology (NIOO-KNAW). NIOO-KNAW has three centres in the Netherlands. My main job is to reorganise the obsolete libraries to modern (electronic), uniform libraries and assist the employees with finding and managing their information.
	Ian Young: I have performed in a wide range of roles during my time at Leeds University Library. I am now Team Leader of the team responsible for liaison with our Science and Engineering Faculties. Key responsibilities for the team are selection and promotion of print and electronic resources and staff and student training in library resources. I am also the Chair of our Space and Collections Strategy Group which leads on space and collection management.