Electronic Resources and Electronic Publishing

Course director: Hans Geleijnse

Hans Geleijnse is CIO, Director of IT Services and University Librarian at Tilburg University, the Netherlands. Hans GeleijnseHe is responsible for strategic policy development and coordination in the field of the university's information and computerization policy.

Before June 2003, Hans was Director of Information Service and Systems at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, for three years and before that, university librarian at Tilburg University for 11 years. In Italy, Hans was engaged in the development of national initiatives by the various existing library consortia. In Tilburg, he was involved in the development and implementation of the Tilburg Digital Library Concept and in various local, national, and international initiatives in the field of electronic publishing, including the first electronic site license agreement (between Tilburg University and Elsevier Science in 1994), the development of the Dutch/German licensing principles, consortia negotiations with publishers, and university initiatives on self-publishing.

Hans is Vice-President of LIBER, the league of research libraries in Europe. He is also a member of the board of Ticer. He was involved in various European digital library projects (Telephassa, Elise I, Elise II, Decomate I, Decomate II, T-ECUP). He is an invited speaker at international conferences on the development of the digital library, strategic planning, change management, and electronic publishing.

Hans Geleijnse developed the course programme together with Hans Roes and chaired the course.

Course director: Hans Roes

After studying monetary economics at Tilburg University, Hans Roes worked as a teacher and student counsellor at Tilburg University.Hans Roes In 1990 he moved to the university library, first as librarian for economics and computer science, from 1993 as deputy librarian responsible for collection development and information services. Since January 2003, he advises the Board of Tilburg University in matters relating to student IT facilities. Hans Roes was involved in projects concerning the innovation of library services, electronic publishing and e-learning, and has published and lectured extensively on these subjects . He also works as a senior consultant for Ticer, advising academic and special libraries on strategic and organisational matters. More information can be found at: http://www.hroes.de/.

Hans Roes developed the course programme together with Hans Geleijnse.

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Tilburg Innovation Centre for Electronic Resources
Ticer, PO Box 4191, 5004 JD Tilburg, The Netherlands,
telephone +31-13-466 83 10, telefax +31-13-466 83 83, e-mail Ticer@uvt.nl,
last updated 1 November 2006