International Summer School on the Digital Library 2002 : Lecturers' biographies course 1a

International Summer School on the Digital Library 2002, The Management of Change (Tilburg)

Lecturers' biographies

The following lecturers will contribute:

Graham Bulpitt:

Graham Bulpitt was appointed University Librarian at Sheffield Hallam University in 1990, and since September 1996 he has been Director of the Learning Centre. Hans Roes This new department integrates library, computing and media production provision as well as the University Learning and Teaching Institute. The city campus operation is housed in the Ł14m Adsetts Centre, an ambitious new building which was completed in 1996. He has been Chair of the Library Association University College and Research Group and is Secretary of the SCONUL (Standing Committee of National and University Libraries) Advisory Committee on Buildings. He is a specialist advisor to the Open University's Validation Services (previously CNAA) and the European Commission and carries out consultancy work, particularly on the development of academic services, personnel and training matters. He is a member of the Advisory Council on Libraries, which advises the Secretary of State, Department of Culture, Media and Sport, on public library provision. He is a member of the editorial boards of the New review of libraries and lifelong learning and the New review of academic librarianship. Graham holds degrees from the Open University and the University of London; he is a chartered librarian and qualified teacher. He lives in Sheffield with his wife, Mary, and Alexander, who is 13. They have two older children: Richard (28) works for a software house in London, and Katy (25) is employed by a film production company in New York. His interests include work for TOFS: a national charity for children born unable to swallow. Graham is now a director of the charity. He is also a governor of Mount St Mary's College in Derbyshire.

Michael Cant:

Michael Cant is one of the founding directors of Larch Consulting. He is responsible for the consulting activities of the company, his specialist field being strategic change/transformation management. Holding non-executive directorships and advisorships on a number of management boards, Michael is one of the country's leading experts on infrastructure support services, speaking regularly for the British Institute of Facilities Management, Civil Service College and IFMA and is an external examiner for the University of Reading (College of Estate Management). Born in Harare, Zimbabwe, Michael gained his degree in architecture from the University of Cape Town and practiced as an architect for the prestigious South African practice of Mallows Louw Hoffe and Partners. He moved to the United Kingdom in 1982, following receiving a MBA and then qualified as a (General Practice) chartered surveyor. Over the past ten years, Michael's work has ranged from managing the development and trading of over 200 restaurants and hotels (including the refurbishment of the Royal Albert Hall) to evolving corporate and FM strategies for national and global organisations and managing business process re-engineering/change projects in a diversity of business sectors. Larch Consulting clients include Mars Confectionery, The University of Leeds, KPMG, Imperial College, PriceWaterhouse Coopers, ABN Amro, Littlewoods Retail and British Nuclear Fuel (BNFL), as well as a number of public sector organisations including Ordnance Survey, Home Office, Serious Fraud Office, Defence Evaluation and Research Agency and Land Registry.

John Dockerill:

John Dockerill is currently the Vice President for Planning and Information Services at the City University of Hong Kong. His responsibilities include Campus Planning, overseeing the development of Information Technology and Library services. He also serves as Secretary to the Council of the University. Mr Dockerill graduated from the University of Manchester with a degree in Physics and has some 35 years of experience in Higher Education. Initially a teacher, he moved into administration and pioneered developments in the use of Management Information Systems in Higher Education. He was involved in the initial planning work for the City University and took overall responsibility for the planning and development of the University Campus; organizing the architectural competition and subsequently overseeing the construction programme. More recently he has additionally assumed the position of Acting Librarian on the retirement of the former Librarian. Over the past year he has introduced a series of major changes in the management and organization of the Library. In particular, he has sought to integrate the information services of the Library into the overall IT strategy of the University. Mr Dockerill has been engaged as a consultant by a number of institutions for a variety of projects including campus planning, the development of information technology services, school space utilization studies and resources planning.

Lucy Jeynes:

Lucy is a founder director of Larch Consulting, an independent consultancy practice specialising in change management. She has worked with a wide variety of client organisations in the education, public and commercial sectors including BBC, Greater London Authority, Defence Evaluation & Research Agency and Mars Confectionery. Lucy studied Modern Languages at Pembroke College, Cambridge and began her career in marketing. She moved on to work in the City and trained as an investment manager before entering consultancy. She set up Larch Consulting with Michael Cant in 1995, and her success in growing the business was marked by achieving the Midlands Businesswoman of the Year Award in 2000. She chairs her local Woman in Business network and sits on a number of steering groups and committees.

Derek Law:

Derek Law is Head of the Information Resources Directorate, University of Strathclyde, a Professor in the Department of Computing and Head of the Centre for Digital Library Research, University of Strathclyde. He has worked in several British universities since 1970 and has published over 150 book chapters, articles and conference papers since then, some of them republished in seven other languages. Most of his work has been to do with the development of networked resources in higher education and with the creation of national information policy. Recently he has worked on the use of wireless technology in developing new methods of teaching and learning. He was awarded the Barnard prize for contributions to Medical Informatics in 1993, Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1999 and was awarded an honorary degree by the Sorbonne in 2000.

Eugenie Prime:

Eugenie Prime is Manager of Corporate Libraries at Hewlett-Packard Company, headquartered in Palo Alto, California. Before joining HP in 1987, Eugenie was President of CINAHL Corporation, a publisher and database producer of the Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature. Eugenie speaks extensively in the areas of Information Management, Digital Libraries, Strategic Planning and Knowledge Management, and has been an invited speaker at ASIS, ASIDIC, Online, MLA and SLA Regional Chapters and Annual Convention meetings. She was a keynote speaker at the SLA Annual Convention in Seattle in 1997. She has also given presentations and has lectured across Noth America, Canada, Europe, Japan and South Africa. An interview with Eugenie appeared in the inaugural issue of "Information Outlook" (January 1997) in which she discussed the importance of a vision for libraries and the process for developing that vision, and another interview by Barbara Quint "Retooling the Information Professional: The Librarian as a Winner - Eugenie Prime of Hewlett-Packard" was published in "SEARCHER: The Magazine for Database Professional" (October 1997). Eugenie received a Bachelor's degree in History and Sociology from the University of the West Indies, and a postgraduate research scholarship in History from the University of London. Ms. Prime also holds a M.A. in History from Andrew's University, and M.S. from Drexel University and an M.B.A. from University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA).

Linda Stoddart:

Linda Stoddart, was appointed the Director of the Bureau of Library and Information Services of the International Labour Office (ILO), a U.N specialized agency in Geneva, in January 2001. She was previously Professor of information management, specializing in knowledge management at Theseus International Management Institute, Sophia Antipolis, France, where she was responsible for an executive education programme for senior managers. As Director of Information Systems at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, based in Geneva and later in Harare, she lead the implementation of a global knowledge management strategy in field delegations and Red Cross national societies worldwide. She also worked at IMD, (International Institute for Management Development) in Lausanne, as Director of Information Services. Linda also served as an adviser to government agencies on information management issues for the International Trade Centre in Portugal, and for the ILO in Asia (China, Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand), and in Africa (Cameroon, South Africa, Zimbabwe). Recently she has worked with a number of start-ups in Sophia Antipolis, France on knowledge management issues. She has a PhD from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth; a MLS, State University of New York; a BA, Denver University, and is the author of a number of articles and other publications on information and knowledge management issues.

Tore Torngren:

I am currently working as Assistant Director of Libraries at Lund University Libraries, Head Office. Jan Wilkinson We have a new library organisation with 20 libraries cooperating in a network. The Head Office is responsible for coordination and steering, and provides also for electronic library services. My task group works with organisational development, strategic planning, human resources management, quality assurance and internal information. I have a degree from the library school in Boras, Sweden. For many years I worked in a small special library for geology and geography, but, for the last 13 years, I have been involved in organisational change of the academic library services.

Jan Wilkinson:

Jan Wilkinson has wide experience of a variety of academic libraries, and thirteen years as a senior manager in seven different posts. She currently is University Librarian and Keeper of the Brotherton Collection at Leeds University Library, UK where she was Director of Library Services from 8/98. In her time at Leeds she has led a major programme of cultural change for the University Library. From 9/96 to 8/98, she was Deputy Librarian at the British Library of Political and Economic Science (London School of Economics) where, as a senior manager, she was involved in strategic planning and policy making for this international research library for the social sciences. She also became a leader in the UK at this time for library fundraising and has published in this area. Jan's previous senior posts were held at BLPES (LSE) and the University of Hertfordshire. Jan is a Board member of the Consortium of University Research Libraries (CURL), the JISC Communication and Information Strategies Advisory Panel and the Lamda Board. She has undertaken consultancies for the the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) of the Higher Education Funding Council (HEFCE) and for other UK universities.

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	Lecturers' biographies

	The following lecturers will contribute:

	Graham Bulpitt: Graham Bulpitt was appointed University Librarian at Sheffield Hallam University in 1990, and since September 1996 he has been Director of the Learning Centre. This new department integrates library, computing and media production provision as well as the University Learning and Teaching Institute. The city campus operation is housed in the Ł14m Adsetts Centre, an ambitious new building which was completed in 1996. He has been Chair of the Library Association University College and Research Group and is Secretary of the SCONUL (Standing Committee of National and University Libraries) Advisory Committee on Buildings. He is a specialist advisor to the Open University's Validation Services (previously CNAA) and the European Commission and carries out consultancy work, particularly on the development of academic services, personnel and training matters. He is a member of the Advisory Council on Libraries, which advises the Secretary of State, Department of Culture, Media and Sport, on public library provision. He is a member of the editorial boards of the New review of libraries and lifelong learning and the New review of academic librarianship. Graham holds degrees from the Open University and the University of London; he is a chartered librarian and qualified teacher. He lives in Sheffield with his wife, Mary, and Alexander, who is 13. They have two older children: Richard (28) works for a software house in London, and Katy (25) is employed by a film production company in New York. His interests include work for TOFS: a national charity for children born unable to swallow. Graham is now a director of the charity. He is also a governor of Mount St Mary's College in Derbyshire.
	Michael Cant: Michael Cant is one of the founding directors of Larch Consulting. He is responsible for the consulting activities of the company, his specialist field being strategic change/transformation management. Holding non-executive directorships and advisorships on a number of management boards, Michael is one of the country's leading experts on infrastructure support services, speaking regularly for the British Institute of Facilities Management, Civil Service College and IFMA and is an external examiner for the University of Reading (College of Estate Management). Born in Harare, Zimbabwe, Michael gained his degree in architecture from the University of Cape Town and practiced as an architect for the prestigious South African practice of Mallows Louw Hoffe and Partners. He moved to the United Kingdom in 1982, following receiving a MBA and then qualified as a (General Practice) chartered surveyor. Over the past ten years, Michael's work has ranged from managing the development and trading of over 200 restaurants and hotels (including the refurbishment of the Royal Albert Hall) to evolving corporate and FM strategies for national and global organisations and managing business process re-engineering/change projects in a diversity of business sectors. Larch Consulting clients include Mars Confectionery, The University of Leeds, KPMG, Imperial College, PriceWaterhouse Coopers, ABN Amro, Littlewoods Retail and British Nuclear Fuel (BNFL), as well as a number of public sector organisations including Ordnance Survey, Home Office, Serious Fraud Office, Defence Evaluation and Research Agency and Land Registry.
	John Dockerill: John Dockerill is currently the Vice President for Planning and Information Services at the City University of Hong Kong. His responsibilities include Campus Planning, overseeing the development of Information Technology and Library services. He also serves as Secretary to the Council of the University. Mr Dockerill graduated from the University of Manchester with a degree in Physics and has some 35 years of experience in Higher Education. Initially a teacher, he moved into administration and pioneered developments in the use of Management Information Systems in Higher Education. He was involved in the initial planning work for the City University and took overall responsibility for the planning and development of the University Campus; organizing the architectural competition and subsequently overseeing the construction programme. More recently he has additionally assumed the position of Acting Librarian on the retirement of the former Librarian. Over the past year he has introduced a series of major changes in the management and organization of the Library. In particular, he has sought to integrate the information services of the Library into the overall IT strategy of the University. Mr Dockerill has been engaged as a consultant by a number of institutions for a variety of projects including campus planning, the development of information technology services, school space utilization studies and resources planning.
	Lucy Jeynes: Lucy is a founder director of Larch Consulting, an independent consultancy practice specialising in change management. She has worked with a wide variety of client organisations in the education, public and commercial sectors including BBC, Greater London Authority, Defence Evaluation & Research Agency and Mars Confectionery. Lucy studied Modern Languages at Pembroke College, Cambridge and began her career in marketing. She moved on to work in the City and trained as an investment manager before entering consultancy. She set up Larch Consulting with Michael Cant in 1995, and her success in growing the business was marked by achieving the Midlands Businesswoman of the Year Award in 2000. She chairs her local Woman in Business network and sits on a number of steering groups and committees.
	Derek Law: Derek Law is Head of the Information Resources Directorate, University of Strathclyde, a Professor in the Department of Computing and Head of the Centre for Digital Library Research, University of Strathclyde. He has worked in several British universities since 1970 and has published over 150 book chapters, articles and conference papers since then, some of them republished in seven other languages. Most of his work has been to do with the development of networked resources in higher education and with the creation of national information policy. Recently he has worked on the use of wireless technology in developing new methods of teaching and learning. He was awarded the Barnard prize for contributions to Medical Informatics in 1993, Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1999 and was awarded an honorary degree by the Sorbonne in 2000.
	Eugenie Prime: Eugenie Prime is Manager of Corporate Libraries at Hewlett-Packard Company, headquartered in Palo Alto, California. Before joining HP in 1987, Eugenie was President of CINAHL Corporation, a publisher and database producer of the Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature. Eugenie speaks extensively in the areas of Information Management, Digital Libraries, Strategic Planning and Knowledge Management, and has been an invited speaker at ASIS, ASIDIC, Online, MLA and SLA Regional Chapters and Annual Convention meetings. She was a keynote speaker at the SLA Annual Convention in Seattle in 1997. She has also given presentations and has lectured across Noth America, Canada, Europe, Japan and South Africa. An interview with Eugenie appeared in the inaugural issue of "Information Outlook" (January 1997) in which she discussed the importance of a vision for libraries and the process for developing that vision, and another interview by Barbara Quint "Retooling the Information Professional: The Librarian as a Winner - Eugenie Prime of Hewlett-Packard" was published in "SEARCHER: The Magazine for Database Professional" (October 1997). Eugenie received a Bachelor's degree in History and Sociology from the University of the West Indies, and a postgraduate research scholarship in History from the University of London. Ms. Prime also holds a M.A. in History from Andrew's University, and M.S. from Drexel University and an M.B.A. from University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA).
	Linda Stoddart: Linda Stoddart, was appointed the Director of the Bureau of Library and Information Services of the International Labour Office (ILO), a U.N specialized agency in Geneva, in January 2001. She was previously Professor of information management, specializing in knowledge management at Theseus International Management Institute, Sophia Antipolis, France, where she was responsible for an executive education programme for senior managers. As Director of Information Systems at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, based in Geneva and later in Harare, she lead the implementation of a global knowledge management strategy in field delegations and Red Cross national societies worldwide. She also worked at IMD, (International Institute for Management Development) in Lausanne, as Director of Information Services. Linda also served as an adviser to government agencies on information management issues for the International Trade Centre in Portugal, and for the ILO in Asia (China, Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand), and in Africa (Cameroon, South Africa, Zimbabwe). Recently she has worked with a number of start-ups in Sophia Antipolis, France on knowledge management issues. She has a PhD from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth; a MLS, State University of New York; a BA, Denver University, and is the author of a number of articles and other publications on information and knowledge management issues.
	Tore Torngren: I am currently working as Assistant Director of Libraries at Lund University Libraries, Head Office. We have a new library organisation with 20 libraries cooperating in a network. The Head Office is responsible for coordination and steering, and provides also for electronic library services. My task group works with organisational development, strategic planning, human resources management, quality assurance and internal information. I have a degree from the library school in Boras, Sweden. For many years I worked in a small special library for geology and geography, but, for the last 13 years, I have been involved in organisational change of the academic library services.
	Jan Wilkinson: Jan Wilkinson has wide experience of a variety of academic libraries, and thirteen years as a senior manager in seven different posts. She currently is University Librarian and Keeper of the Brotherton Collection at Leeds University Library, UK where she was Director of Library Services from 8/98. In her time at Leeds she has led a major programme of cultural change for the University Library. From 9/96 to 8/98, she was Deputy Librarian at the British Library of Political and Economic Science (London School of Economics) where, as a senior manager, she was involved in strategic planning and policy making for this international research library for the social sciences. She also became a leader in the UK at this time for library fundraising and has published in this area. Jan's previous senior posts were held at BLPES (LSE) and the University of Hertfordshire. Jan is a Board member of the Consortium of University Research Libraries (CURL), the JISC Communication and Information Strategies Advisory Panel and the Lamda Board. She has undertaken consultancies for the the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) of the Higher Education Funding Council (HEFCE) and for other UK universities.