Fahad Al-Frih:
I work as the director of the main library at Institute of Public Administration in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Before this job, I worked as the director of the Information Services Department and Technical Department. I got my master degree in Information Services and Library Sciences from the University of Arizona in 1998.
Saad Al-Mufleh:
I am a lecturer, working for the Institute of Public Administration in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. I have more than 15 years of experience in training and consultations for libraries and information centres. I have worked as an IT department manager for 3 years. I have master degree in Library and Information Science with a specialisation in Information Systems and Records Management from Indiana University, Bloomington in 1987.
Inge Angevaare:
My lifelong passion for language and books resulted in a varied career in publishing, typesetting, and even literature. In 1996, I joined the National Library of the Netherlands (KB). My latest assignment there is helping to manage major changes in our Acquisitions and processing division. The KB is the first national library with an operational archiving system for digital publications. The incorporation of this system into our work flow is a major challenge for my division. As a policy staff member, my responsibilities include policy development and implementation as well as communication in the change process.
David Aymonin:
Appointed Director of Scientific information of the Ecole polytechnique
Fédérale de Lausanne (Swiss federal institute of technology - Lausanne)
in april 2003, I am also head of the central and main library, managing a
team of 22 information specialists. After graduating in chemistry and in library sciences in 1990, I have
experienced several head positions either in private or academic and
public libraries, in France and abroad (Chad, India). My main duties at EPFL are:
a) coordination of the construction of a new library building, with
enhanced IT services, docused on students needs, and b) development of a union catalogue for the whole institute, which is the first step towards a collection development policy.
I am married and have two children of 30 and 4 months.
Mary Auckland:
I'm currently Director of Library and
Learning Resources at The London Institute, which is a federated structure
of five prestigious Colleges for arts, design and communication. The
service, previously five separate services, was unified five years ago and
has experienced considerable change during that period, and more is on the
horizon. I have been active at a national level in developments in
electronic content and the information environment through the work of the
JISC. I'm a Chartered Librarian, and have degrees in anthropology, and
industrial relations and personnel management.
Christine Bailey:
Currently Director of Library Services at Glasgow University Library appointed in May 2002 following eight months as Acting Director. Prior to that I was Executive Secretary to CURL 1999-2001. I have held senior management posts at Glasgow University Library, with a focus on the input of liaison activity and the development of services to support STM. I am also a member of JISC, chair JCCS. I am a Members Council delegate to OCLC, a member of the SCONUL Board and Vice Chair of SCURL.
Alia Benharrat:
After graduating in Economics and in Library sciences, I have worked since 1989 in different kinds of libraries (administrative, national and university) in France (Paris, Strasbourg and Guadeloupe). I have dealt with many aspects of library work: acquisition, coordination of research libraries, reference librarian... I am currently in charge of the development of the electronic documentation at the University library of Antilles Guyane (French West Indies).
Yolande Brockotter:
I have more than 25 years of experience in scientific and academic libraries in different positions and during that time I studied for my libray degree. Since january 2000, I have worked at the University of Amsterdam, also in different positions and libraries. In July 2002, I started my current position in the Bushuis library at the University of Amsterdam as Head Customer Support, which so far has been for me a most interesting en enriching experience.
Birte Christensen-Dalsgaard:
I started my career in Theoretical Atomic Physics, where I got my Ph.D. in 1984. I left physics in '91 to focus on the development of multimedia learning application at UNI-C, the computing centre for research and education. My work gradually changed towards developing applications running over high-speed network and towards digital libraries, and I got involved in management. The last five years at UNI-C I was head of R&D. In 2000 I took the consequence of my interest in information and generally library issues and moved to my present position at the Library. My role is in participating in the strategic planning and its implementation.
Pat Christie:
I have worked in various management positions within academic libraries since 1982.
Currently I am the Central Saint Martins Head of Learning Resources at The
London Institute. In this capacity I am part of the senior management team of the Libraries
& Learning Resources Department. This department is undergoing substantial change at present and hence this course is highly relevant. Professionally and academically I have always had a particular interest in art librarianship. Hence I have been actively involved in ARLIS/UK & Eire for many years. I
have sat on various committees and ARLIS Council, acted as Honorary Treasurer and have contributed to ARLIS publications. My hobbies include visiting art exhibitions, the theatre and cinema.
I am a keen swimmer and enjoy various outdoor sports.
Marieke van Delft:
Marieke van Delft works at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (National Library of the Netherlands), as Head of the Department of Reference Services. Previously, she worked as an Assistent head of the Department of Special Collections, and as a Book
historian. Her major effort is Bibliopolis (http://www.kb.nl/bibliopolis). Marieke studied Dutch history and book history at the University of Leiden and took library courses at the Foundation GO in The Hague.
Aad van Duijn:
My profession is librarian, cataloguer to be more precise. Since 11 years I have been the coordinator of the retroconversion project of the University of Amsterdam Library. This projcet will be finished in 2004. The changes this will bring about: my staff will have to find other employment, the start of similar projects, to "catalogue" other collections partly with other means than cataloguing rules as ISBD and bibliographic formats as PICA (metadata, EAD etc.). The library and information world is changing all the time: from collection to access, from printed to digital. I am a student of library and information science at the University of Amsterdam.
Helen Durndell:
My current job title is Associate Director of Library Services at Glasgow University Library and my role includes responsibility for library services and staffing, as well as acting as deputy to the Director. I have worked in Glasgow since 1979 and have had a variety of roles ranging from Subject Librarian for Engineering to Sub-Librarian (Learning & Teaching). Liaison with library users (and non-users!) has always been a key element throughout my time in the library. The University of Glasgow celebrated its 550th Anniversary in 2001 and currently has 6,000 staff and 20,000 students. There have been no lack of interesting challenges during my time working for the University and I expect that to continue.
Sheona Farquhar:
I have been in my current post as Technical Services Manager within the Library Services division of the Directorate of Information Systems and Services, University of Aberdeen since February 2003 and have responsibility for the management and supervision of acquisitions, serials, document delivery and collection development. I have worked at the University of Aberdeen since 1980 and my previous posts include Help Desk Services Manager, Site Services Manager for Science and Engineering and Circulation Supervisor. I graduated from the University of Aberdeen with a degree in geography and studied at the College of Librarianship Wales, Aberystwyth for a post-graduate diploma in librarianship.
Marianne Foss:
I received my M.Sc. in 1981, and my Ph.D. in 2001, both in physics, from the University of Tromsø. Since 1993, I have worked as Head of the Library of Sciences, Medicine and Health Care at the University Library of Tromsø. Before that, I worked as a Ph.D. student, research fellow, and assistant professor at the University of Tromsø, as an Executive Officer at the State Educational Loan Fund in Tromsø, and as a research assistant at the University of Tromsø. My professional interest is to make "my" library being considered as a vital and dynamic resource by scientists and students at the University, with a competent and enthusiastic staff. I am very concerned with the welfare of my staff and the resource they represent. I am married and have an 18-year-old son and a 15-year-old daughter. I enjoy being out in the nature, hiking in the mountains, but also to travel and visit historical and cultural sites and museums. I am fond of reading novels, especially crime, and enjoy theatre and film.
Martin Hayden:
Began as producer of films and TV for universities in the University of London Audio-Visual Centre in the seventies. Continued that theme through the eighties in the then newly-created Learning Resources Department of Brighton Polytechnic, following a strong belief that different types of learning required different media, and that variety in learning materials is key to an effective learning environment. Now, in the University of Brighton, as deputy head of a department of 200 people offering integrated library, computing and media services, I am concerned to combine the different professionalisms into an effective blend for learners.
Annu Jauhiainen:
I have been working at the National Library of Finland since 1997. My main job has been to coordinate the selection of the new integrated library system for the national library network, which consists of 20 universities and some special libraries. I also coordinated the implementation of the system, which took place in 2001. One of my main duties at present is to coordinate the Linnea2 Consortium, which was formed to handle the library system cooperation in the country. At the national library I'm also in charge of the national and union catalogue databases. My job also includes a lot of personnel administration. My previous job was at a university library where I was responsible for the circulation department and participated also in systems management and all kinds of customer services.
Philippa Jones:
I am Head of Customer Services at Leeds University Library, a post I have held for 4 years. In that time I have reorganised the section, which has approximately 100 staaf, and developed services to meet the needs of a rapidly diversifying student population. My focus has been on staff development and training to facilitate change. Iam particularly interested in using IT to develop new customer focussed services and in the delivery of electronic resources to our expanding user population.
Steve Knight:
Steve Knight is the Digital Library Transition Co-ordinator, Electronic Services at National Library of New Zealand. The Digital Library Transition Team was established to ensure the long term storage, preservation, and provision of access to New Zealand's digitial cultural heritage and to enhance access to New Zealand cultural heritage online through an increased digitisation programme. In conjunction with other business units, the team researches and facilitates the implementation of the technical and operational infrastructure for the integration of digital materials into the collections of the National Library. From a library background Steve has had experience in a range of information management disciplines, including records management and document management. Much of this work has been in the design and implementation of electronic services.
Peter Lindgren:
I have been working as Library director at the Swedish National Institute for Working Life (Arbetslivsinstitutet) since 1996. After graduating from library school twenty years ago I have worked with many aspects of information, computers and people in libraries. At present I am involved in different projects concerning digitalisation, e-learning and library services on the Internet. I am a member of the Board of the Swedish Association for Information Specialists and chair its Information and
Conference Committee.
Elizabeth Malone:
I have recently been appointed to the post of Head of E-Strategy & Collection Management at Kingston University library. This post brings a new focus to both the development of the digital library and the support of our existing collections. It is one of two senior posts reporting to the Director. As the current senior team we have been tasked with implementing a new structure prior to the arrival of our new director. I have worked at Kingston for 11 years, most recently as Acting Senior Faculty Librarian responsible for liaison with the Faculty of Science and managing the largest LRC. Prior to Kingston I worked in an HE college library for 8 years, and briefly for ASLIB and the Information Services of a firm of city accountants.
Jasper Muvezwa:
Mr. Jasper Muvezwa is the Head, Library
Sub-Unit, overall in charge in the provision of ACBF library and
information services. He holds a Masters Degree in Library & Information
Science from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland. Mr.
Muvezwa is a Zimbabwean and joined ACBF in August 1998. My age is 44. My
duties include Coordinate the development and application of Information
Center technology. This includes selecting, designing, implementing,
evaluating, and monitoring online library equipment and software.
coordinate the development and application of Information Center
technology. This includes selecting, designing, implementing, evaluating,
and monitoring online library equipment and software.
Matthijs van Otegem:
My name is Matthijs van Otegem (1975) and I have worked as a policy officer at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague (Netherlands), since 2002. I studied Dutch literature and Book and Information Studies at the University of Amsterdam and I took my Ph.D. at the Philosophy department of Utrecht University. As a policy officer, I am concerned with the planning and control (strategic plan, annual report, key performance indicators) and I guide projects involving changes like the restructuring of the readings rooms and the making of a new corporate website.
Barbara Paton:
I am the Deputy University Librarian at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. In this role I am responsible for coordinating the planning and development of information technology applications in the Library, and for the coordination of library services offered at the main campus of the University. I also assist the University Librarian in all aspects of the management of the wider Library system across seven campuses. Prior to this position I held senior management roles in reference and information services at La Trobe University Library and at the University of Queensland Library. I hold a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Queensland and a Graduate Diploma in Librarianship from the RMIT University.
Marianne Pothoven:
Marianne works at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, the national library of the Netherlands. She is staff member at the KB-policy development department. Regular activities are: strategic planning, policy development for co-operative collection development (Humanities), secretary of the Netherlands Bibliographic Centre, editor of "Informatie Professional" (journal for information professionals, edited by Otto Cramwinckel, the Netherlands), member of Netherlands Association of Librarians etc. (NVB), board member of division Academic Libraries (NVB-WB).
Margaret Robb:
I am currently the Social Studies Librarian for Oxford University, in charge of 8 social science libraries, ranging in size from few thousand to a few hundred thousand volumes. I am a member of the Oxford University Library Services Senior Strategy Team. In both these roles I have been heavily involved in introducing, implementing and monitoring managerial change. In my previous post with the Libraries Automation Service, I was involved in training up to 780 staff in 120 different libraries in the use of online library systems. This was all about managing change at the most fundamental level, e.g. ordering, lending, registering serials, helping readers with online reference works. I am a keen cyclist (commuter and touring) and cook (always looking for new recipes).
Jane Savidge:
Currently Head of Learning and Research Support at Kingston University (since March 2003) I am one of two senior managers steering a restructuring of the service while awaiting the arrival of the new Director. I have been a senior manager at Kingston since 2000 with particular responsibility for Art, Design and Music. Other posts have included: Head of Learning Resources at Central Saint Martins (London Institute) and posts in the research libraries of two national museums: Tate (1985-1990) and as Chief Cataloguer, National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum (1990-1999). My experience across a wide range of institutions has provided plenty of practical examples of managing organisational change. I am also Hon. Secretary of ARLIS (2002-) and have published on aspects of collection management and art and design documentation.
Chris Senior:
I have been an Academic Librarian since 1988 with experience in various administrative, research and liaison posts in several UK Universities. I currently manage a team of "subject librarians" at the University of Leeds where I have worked since 2000.
Paul van de Ven:
I was born on 18 June 1966 in a village in the south of the Netherlands. From 1984 to 1990 I studied Econometrics at Tilburg University in the Netherlands and Economics at the Universitat Autonoma in Barcelona (1989). In 1994 I started working at the Ministry of Finance in The Hague as a policy advisor Multilateral Development Banks. In 1993 I became a senior-policy advisor and tax forecaster at the Ministry of Finance. In 1994 I joined the Economic Research Department (ERD) of Rabobank to become an economic analyst. In 1997 I became the head of one of the sub-departments within the ERD responsible for domestic economic research. Also in 1997 I graduated for a master's degree in Financial Economics at TIAS Business School. In 2001-2002 I joined the Corporate Strategy Department of the Rabobank Group and was involved in the preparation of a new strategic framework for the Rabobank Group. As from 1 January 2003 I was appointed as chief-economist and head of the Economic Research Department of Rabobank Nederland and also responsible for the Knowledge and Information Centre of the Rabobank (KIRA). I am 37 years old, married and have two beautiful little children (4 and 3 years old). Hobbies are soccer and gardening and, of course, general family life.
Gabrielle von Roten:
I got my diploma as librarian in 1970 and started to work in several libraries in Zurich and Geneva, among those, as main-librarian of the Translators' and Interpretors' School for 11 years. During this time, I follow a two-years course for the "Certificat de formation continue en information documentaire (CESID)". Since 1989, I have been working at the University of Geneva with a team that I manage, as coordinator for the information services, the maintenance, the training and the support of the library system (VIRTUA) for the fifty libraries in Geneva who belong to the Swiss network RERO for the French speaking part of the country. Moreover, our library service called SEBIB manages the local modules for loan, periodicals and in the close future, for acquisitions for the same libraries, the statistics, and the web-site. I am the secretary of the University Library Board and President of the Swiss University Library Conference. I have participated in many cooperative projects, the latest ones being the Swiss Consortium for electronic publications, electronic doctorate theses and Bibliopass. I'm involved in library-projects at the local and regional scale and still very interested to learn more about the changing roles of the library, the new opportunities with IT developments, and the demands of students, professors and researchers. My hobbies are skiing, art and movies.
Ans ter Woerds:
In 1979 I graduated from the Library and Documentation Academy in Sittard and since then have been working in the information world. Only briefly as school librarian at my former highschool, then for almost 19 years at Nyenrode University, the Netherlands Business School (first as information specialist and later as head of the library), and 4 years ago I transferred to a corporate library and became head of KIRA the Knowledge and Information Centre of the Rabobank. In 1992/93 I did a part-time course in library management, and in 1996 I graduated for a master's degree in Social and Cultural Sciences at the Free University in Amsterdam. I have always been and still am involved in professional activities. At present I am member of the Board of the Dutch Library Association, member of the Program Council of Stichting GO (training centre for information specialists), member of the editorial board of Informatie Professional (the Dutch library journal) and co-organizer of study tours for librarians. My biggest hobby is travelling.
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