Participants' biographies and pictures
	The following is a list of participants of all four modules.
	Michèle Alkilic-Girard (module 1, 2, 3, 4) Since 1980, I have been the Librarian of the OECD Development Centre in Paris, http://www.oecd.org/department/0,2688,en_2649_33731_1_1_1_1_1,00.html. I got my diploma in Information from University of Nancy (1970). Since then I have been working in the library world in social sciences. I am involved in the development and use of electronic library resources and services, particularly how to make digital library resources more accessible and visible. I am still very interested to learn more about the changing roles of the library, the new opportunities with Information Technology developments, and the demands of international economic relations researchers. My hobbies are art and literature.
	Howard Amos (module 1, 3, 4) Although a qualified Librarian, Howard Amos has spent most of his career in the IT community working for library software vendors and in the telecommunications sector. Prior to joining the University of NSW Library Howard held a number of positions with a global telecommunications company and worked at the State Library of NSW between 1992 and 1999. While at the State Library Howard was responsible for the ILANET network that introduced the first Internet based network for libraries outside of the academic sector in Australia and the establishment of NSW.net. Howard has 20 years experience in library automation, telecommunications and digital library services. Prior to joining The University of NSW he was Asia Pacific Regional Manager for Outsourcing with MCI. Howard interests are in Service Delivery, Change management and the development of digital library services in the 21st century. As Director of Library IT at UNSW, Howard is leading the challenge to align resources with the needs of the digital library environment. Howard holds a BA (University of Canterbury) and a DipIM (UNSW). He is an associate member of the Australian Computer Society.
	Trix Bakker (module 4) My education is Clinical Psychology, Modern Philosophy and a Post- doctorate degree in Library & Information Science. I'm director of the department Information Management at the University Library of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Part of my work is developing Information Literacy courses in collaboration with the Onderwijscentrum VU and some faculties. My personal interests: new developments in LIS, theatre, music and literature.
	Marc van den Berg (module 1) Graduated in 1983 in Environmental Sciences at the Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands. I am working in I(C)T since 1984. Started as programmer, became all-round IT-developer, researcher and network specialist. Went on to project management, departemental head. Have worked in the area of innovation and development most of the time, but headed a systems management department as well. Was head of the development department and member of the management team at the Computing Centre of the Universiteit van Amsterdam until recently. Work as head of the department of Electronic Services at the university library of the Universiteit van Amsterdam since June 1, 2005. See http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/m.j.vandenberg/ for a biography in Dutch.
	Seija Bergman (module 3) A librarian at Orion Corporation, a Finnish pharmaceutical company. Studied humanities and information studies at Tampere University (1984-1989). Current work includes e-journal licensing and management, intranet services, document delivery issues and library systems administration. Personal interests are, e.g., horse riding and snow boarding.
	Irmgard Bomers (module 3) I work for the KB, national library of the Netherlands since March 2005. As Head of User Services I'm a.o. responsible for the fysical as well as the digital library services of the KB. In this position I'm member of the Management Board of the KB. I have more than 20 years experience in marketing and service management in commercial as well as non commercial organizations. The librarian world is new for me. I studied tourism at the NHTV (Breda University of Professional Education) and various additional trainings/studies on marketing and management.
	Renze Brandsma (module 1, 3) I am currently Head of the Digital Production Centre at the University Library of the Universiteit van Amsterdam. I graduated from the University of Leiden with a masters degree in Chemistry and a post-graduate diploma in librarianship. The Digital Production Centre (DPC) offers scientists and knowledge organisations support to create, make available and archive electronic publications and databases. The Centre also offers consultancy and can assist authors in the formulation of projects and the writing of grant proposals. The Centre endeavours to support the development of alternative publication models that will benefit research and education. Products and publications of the Digital Production Centre are: Digital academic repositories; Electronic journals; Image databases; Text databases; Electronic dictionaries; Multimedia editions, Research databases; Finding Aids. See: http://www.uba.uva.nl/digital_production_centre/.
	Guus van den Brekel (module 1, 2) Working as Coordinator Electronic Services in the Central Medical Library of the University Medical Center Groningen gives me the opportunity to focus on technological developments in relation with improving library services. My special interest lies in working on new library services and the integrating into the users environment. See also http://digicmb.blogspot.com.
	Esther Breuker (module 4) My Name is Esther Breuker and I am currently employed at Tilburg University as a member of the 'Academic Support' team. I give support to lecturers in the usage of ICT within the learning process. My specific task is to lead ICT & education projects or participate in these projects as an ICT expert.
	Richard Broekman (module 2, 3) I have been employed as an information specialist in the Digital Services department of Tilburg University since November 2004. Before that I worked as an information specialist in computer science, and also held a position at the help desk. My main job is functional management of the digital library and research support. Communication regarding database access and new functionality and services is an important element of the job. Personal interests include human interaction in communication and collaboration, and human-computer interaction.
	Marit Bugten (module 4) Educated from School of Library and Information Science, Norway. Since 1983 head of the library at Trondheim Business School. Picture and more info on: http://www.toh.hist.no/idomtoh.php?a=marit.bugten.php.
	Helen Clough (module 1, 2, 3, 4) I have a postgraduate diploma in Librarianship from the University of Sheffield. I am currently a Learning and Teaching Librarian at the Open University (OU). The OU is the UK's largest university and the only university dedicated to distance learning. My main role is to liaise with academic staff to enable integration of online library resources into OU courses. In my spare time I love reading, walking, playing the piano and going to the cinema and the theatre.
	Janet Copsey (module 1, 2, 3, 4) I have been University Librarian at the University of Auckland, New Zealand's largest research university, since 1998. I joined the University as Deputy University Librarian in charge of client services in 1994. My previous background was as a special librarian with experience in a wide range of sectors. I have a strong interest in the electronic/digital environment, information literacy and quality client service. I have been successful in gaining considerable additional investment in both the library's collection and in the building infrastructure. We have one of the largest collection budgets of any of the Australasian university libraries and a very significant electronic collection. In 2003 we opened a large Information Commons with over 1200 seats, 500 PCs, etc. I have a staff of 250 Full Time Equivalents, with 110 of those being fully qualified librarians. We have 13 specialist libraries and 3 Information Commons in the University, plus a large off-campus storage facility and a bindery. Our web page link is www.library.auckland.ac.nz and the link straight to the Information Commons is www.information-commons.auckland.ac.nz. I am also responsible for the University's e-learning software development team; over 70% courses use the software. In 2004/2005 I was Programme Convenor for Australasia's Educause Conference which was held in NZ for the first time. The Conference was highly rated by both speakers and participants. At the end of this year I will become the Chair of the Council of New Zealand University Librarians for a two year period. There are strong links between Australian and NZ University Librarians with the Chairs attending meetings on both sides of the Tasman. I am also a member of the Council of the University of Auckland, the governing body of the University.
	Harry-Jan Courtens (module 1) I was born in 1958. Graduated at Nijmegen University in 1987 (Contemporary American Literature). After a short career as a teacher, I've been working at the Nijmegen University Library since 1986, a.o. as a reference librarian. Since 1998 I am the Social Sciences librarian in Nijmegen. Further education: Bachelor of Information Sciences. Personal interests are computer (library) systems, photography and tracking.
	Birgit Hvoslef Dahl (module 1, 2, 4) My name is Birgit Hvoslef Dahl, and I am a research librarian at the National Library of Norway, in the Reference Section. I have been working here for nearly a year. My main tasks beside the reference work, is teaching the library users and participating in projects concerning the development of the library. My previous job was at the Library of Lillehammer, and before that I lived one year in Bretagne, France where I worked as a researcher and activity leader in a small cultural-heritage organisation. My interests are music, singing, dancing, computer science, technology and cinema.
	Jeanette Dazkiw (module 1, 2, 3, 4) I was appointed to position of Campus Librarian in 2005 at the Bendigo Campus of La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia. My role is to co-ordinate and manage the regional campus library at Bendigo which has 30 library staff and provides services to approxiamately 4,500 undergraduate and postgraduate students. Some of the key activities within my role are managing collection development for the campus library, managing the move to increased electronic resources and services, providing direction for the campus library teams within the strategic plan of the University Library, managing the local budget and administrative areas. My role also includes participating as a senior member of the University Library staff involved in developing library policy, strategic direction and undertaking projects that are applied across all of the 5 campus libraries. Prior to my appointment as Campus Librarian I was the User Services Librarian at the Bendigo Campus managing the Reference and Information Services, Interlending and document delivery, and Lending Services. I was also the Subject Librarian for the Business School. I hold a BA(Librarianship) and Graduate Diploma of Further Education and Training.
	Jef De Pooter (module 1, 2) In 1999 I graduated from Ghent University as a Master in Eastern European Languages and Cultures. After this I studied International Relations at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. I worked as a translator, took a course in Network Administration and worked as an Analyst-Developer. Currently I am taking part in the project DoKS at the library of the Katholieke Hogeschool Kempen. This project's goal is to make the student's theses available on the Internet and we are looking at the economic importance of the theses. We developed our own software to collect, publish and manage the theses. In the mean time I am studying Information & Library Sciences. My particular interest lies in the electronic part of the library.
	Cas Egelie (module 1, 4) Currently ICTO-coordinator (ICT in Education) at the Tilburg University and team manager Academic Support within the department IT Services, also at Tilburg University. Both positions are focused on the development of usage of ICT within the learning process, the first position based on the development of policies and the second one based on support of faculty members. Prior to that, I was senior manager of the Learning Solutions group of KPMG Consulting in the Netherlands. I have developed learning and training strategies and implemented these strategies within both business and educational market. These strategies where always based on blended learning solutions.
	Elvire Eijkman (module 1, 3) Education: History (University of Amsterdam), post-graduate course in Library & Information Science (GO, The Hague). Work: Library African Studies Centre, Leiden. As an information specialist, my work focuses on facilitating access to African Studies resources. I am co-responsible for collection development, including the development of the digital library (e-journals, web resources, full-text publications).
	Lorraine Estelle (module 4) Lorraine Estelle joined JISC in 2002, after many years in the publishing industry. Lorraine leads the JISC Collections Team with responsibility for identifying digital content and negotiating licence agreements of behalf of the Higher and Further education sectors. During her time at the JISC Lorraine has developed effective financial models for JISC Collections and in consultation with the community she developed the JISC Collections Strategy. She has negotiated agreements for a wide range of online materials from digital archives to films. Lorraine is responsible for NESLi2 the UK’s national initiative for the licensing of electronic journals on behalf of the JISC community. Current activity in this area includes the piloting of new business models for on-line journals.
	Hans Froon (module 3) My current job is: medical information specialist. I was trained at the Bibliotheek Academie Groningen as a Librarian for Scientific Libraries and aquired more relevant knowledge and skills by following courses in the field of medical informatics; search strategies and didactic skills.
	Maarten Goldberg (module 2) Library Academy Groningen (BDI) in 1981. From 1982 on working in the Law Library of the University of Groningen. From 1989 deputy Law Librarian and information specialist concerning (digital) law resources. Editor of the Libraries website of the University of Groningen: http://www.rug.nl/bibliotheek. Personal interests: home-repairs and maintainance, try to do it all by myself...
	Andréa Gonçalves (module 1) My name is Andréa Gonçalves, I am Brazilian for origin and since September 2005, I work as Associate Librarian at the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, United Nations Headquarters in New York, where I am responsible for the management of the UN System consortium for acquisition of electronic resources. Before joining the UN, I worked as a consultant on Information Technology at the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, in Toluca, Mexico. Prior to this, I have hold a position of Coordinator of Electronic Publishing at the Latin-American and Caribbean Center for Information in Health Sciences, a specialized office of the Pan-American Health Organization, in São Paulo, Brazil. I graduated in Library and Information Sciences, from the University of São Paulo, in 2001.
	Monique van Gorp (module 2) For almost 25 years, I have been working at the Tilburg University Library. Nowadays at the Main Information Desk. My primary role is providing all kinds of information to our users. My specialist area is International Interlibrary Loan.
	Annuska Graver (module 3) Since January 1st I work as the head of the library of the NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences. I am interested in new educational changes which are of major importance for the library. In combination with new technology in our profession I try to make a library which is well organised for our university.
	Marianne Grützmeier (module 1, 2, 3, 4) Finished The Danish Royal Library School in 1978 and worked for many years as a librarian, mainly at The National Library for Science and Medicine (cataloguing and serving users). Spent two years in Zambia with my husband who worked for the Danish International Development Agency. Later I was employed as a library consultant at a company selling library systems. Started in 1995 at Technical Knowledge Center at the Technical University of Denmark. Moved my focus from the library and got engaged in teaching and learning and ended up in LearningLab DTU. In 2002 I took a master degree in ICT and Learning. But things happened and I am now back in business as head of the section for information and library services. Privately I spend my time taking photographs of flowers and bees and enjoying nature around my summer cottage. Alternatively I stay in town with friends and family, going to cinemas and good restaurants. I like very much to travel to exotic places all over the world.
	Henrietta Hazen (module 2) In 1981 I graduated from the Library and Documentation Academy in Sittard as a school librarian. Since then I have been working at the Maastricht University Library. At first at the loan department, but later on as an information officer in the field of Medicine, Health Sciences and Psychology. At this moment I am team leader of a group of information officers. The prevailing education system of the Maastricht University is Program Based Learning (PBL). The activities of the University Library are based upon this education system. In relation to this I have been involved in several projects and working groups such as the development of the University Library website, hands-on instructions and web-based (self-instructional) tutorials , virtual reference desk, etc.
	Arlene Healy (module 1, 2, 3, 4) In 2002 I was appointed to the post of Sub-librarian within the Reader Services division of Trinity College Library Dublin. The responsibilities of this post are wide-ranging and include management of operations and staff in the Science and Medical Libraries, as well as management of all electronic resources in the Library and the development of the Library’s e-strategy. I am responsible for the maintenance and development of the Library’s web site and for implementation of our link resolver, and am a member of the steering group responsible for co-coordinating the Irish Research electronic Library (IReL) consortial initiative. I hold a BA in History and German and obtained my Masters in Library and Information Studies in 1997.
	Harry Heemskerk (module 1) Head of Information Services and Products at department for Information and Library Services, Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), Amsterdam. Responsible for the development of information portals on the internet related to development issues.
	Driek Heesakkers (module 1) My name is Driek Heesakkers, project manager at the university library of the Universiteit van Amsterdam. I studied history, then worked various ICT jobs, before joining the Digital Production Centre (dpc.uba.uva.nl) as a developer in 1999. Since moving to project management in 2005, I've been involved in a mix of production-oriented and more innovative projects. I am passionate about everything that "Library 2.0" stands for, except the silly name. More details on home.medewerker.uva.nl/h.j.heesakkers.
	Emmeken van der Heijden (module 1, 3, 4) Since sept. 2005 I have been working as a manager Faculty Support at the library of Tilburg University. Managing the subject librarians I support researchers and graduate students in information strategies. In 1999 I got my PhD in linguistics. Since 1990 I have been working in different research and teaching positions at national and foreign universities.
	Paul de Heus (module 1, 3) My name is Paul de Heus and I'm head of the the team applications and services of the new Library and IT Services (LIS) group at Tilburg University. In this job I have to deal with many library application and developments, so that's my drive to enjoy the courses. I'm 50 years old and have a masters degree in econmetrics. My personal interest are soccer and reading about the second worldwar.
	Ilkay Holt (module 1, 2, 3, 4) Education: Master of Library Science: 2003, Istanbul University on “An Assessment of Turkish State Policy towards Libraries According to European Union Frameworks” Work: I am currently Reference and Outreach Librarian at the Koc University in Istanbul, responsible for the organizing and conducting library education programs; taking care of general reference and reserve collections. Professional Interests: I am editor of E-LIS: E-prints in Library and Information Science, which is an international open archive since September 2004. I voluntarily promote this initiative throughout Turkey and edit e- prints deposited by Turkish people. I am also the member of ANKOS (Anatolian University Libraries Consortium) Open Access and Institutional Repositories Working Group (OAIRWG).
	Anja van Hoof-Goverde (module 4) Information specialist at the NHTV for Leisure management, Media and entertainment management and the (start in September) Gaming Academy.
	Trijnie Horlings (module 3, 4) Trijnie Horlings finished library school in 1971. From 1971 until 1975 she worked four years in a public library. From 1975 until 1982 she studied psychology at State University Groningen. After graduation she started working as an information specialist Social Sciences at the Tilburg University Library. She attended also a postgraduate course for literature researcher. Now she is responsible for collection building and cataloguing. She maintains contacts with the Department of Social Sciences about library matters and takes care of library instructions for students and staff members.
	Alice Keller (module 1, 2, 3, 4) Alice Keller works as Head of Collection Management at Oxford University Library Services (OULS). In this role she is responsible for collections of over thirty university libraries, including the Bodleian Library. Prior to this post she worked as Head of Collection Development at the ETH Library Zurich, Switzerland. The main interests of Alice Keller lie in the field of electronic publishing. Her studies on the future development of electronic journals were part of her PhD thesis in Library and Information Science at the Humboldt University Berlin. Alice Keller holds a life sciences degree from the ETH Zurich.
	Hans Kermit (module 1, 2, 4) Masters Degree in biology from Copenhagen University 1973. University librarian in medicine at University Libray of TromsØ 1975. Head of biomedical library at university Library of TromsØ 1977 - 1989. Faculty Librarian Medicine and Odontology at University Libray of Bergen 1989 - 1995. University librarian medicine, University Library of TromsØ 1995 - 2002. Senior Academic librarian in medicine 2002. 2006 - head of the RMH library in TromsØ.
	Marijke van Kester (module 3) Studied cultural anthropology. PhD research on Manggarai ritual, Flores, Indonesia. Work as collection and information specialist: Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (1995-1997), Vena Library, University Leiden (1997-2003), University library, Leiden (2000- ), Infodoc, Faculty of Social Sciences, Erasmus University, Rotterdam (2005- ). Current responsibilities at Erasmus University include: electronic publishing, research registration and quality measurement (Metis), personal websites of researchers (PROMAS).
	Harrie Knippenberg (module 4) My name is Harrie Knippenberg. My age is 55. I have a university degree in Psychology. I work in the library of the Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands as a coordinator of user services. I am involved in getting the services and the databases we offer to the customer. I have a long experience in information literacy training, especially in the Faculty of Social Sciences where I worked during a long period as head of the faculty library. Most of the trainings I give, are integrated in the ELO BlackBoard.
	Dorine Korsten (module 3) After 15 years working in the public library sector I have been head of the library department of the faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology the university of applied sciences Hogeschool Utrecht since 1996. As chairman of the institutional library management board I represent the Hogeschool Utrecht in several national groups. The focus of our library policy is on the role we can play in knowledge circulation and contribution of the library to a competent, self-reliant graduate.
	Hubert Krekels (module 1, 2, 3) Education: Language and Literature at Tilburg University. Experience/Work: 10 years in the Publishing Industry (electronic publishing); 3 years in the Internet Industry (project manager); 3 years at Wageningen UR Library (Animal Science Librarian, Documentation Databases, E-Publishing). Personal Interests: Information management and Information Control.
	Pia van Kroonenburgh (module 1) Since september 2003 I have worked as deputy Librarian at Tilburg University. My function from 1994 until 2003 was librarian of the faculty of social and behavourial sciences at the University of Amsterdam. From 1989 - 1994 I was head of the department of cataloging and acquisitions at Tilburg University. I graduated in the Historical Sciences at the university of Nijmegen and followed courses in Library Science and Management.
	Annelies Kuyten (module 4) Since 1983 I have worked at the library of the Tilburg University. My current position is information specialist for the faculty of economics. Recently I have joined the team Academic Support where I am responsible for the digital learning environment (BlackBoard and BSCW).
	Coen van Laer (module 4) My current position is Law Librarian and Trend Watcher (strategic policy developer) at the University Library in Maastricht, the Netherlands. I am responsible for the translation of the customers wishes into an adequate collection and right format of books, and journals and optimal services as well. So communication with the users is an important part of my job. Behaving as a Trend Watcher, I'm specially concerned with the impact of educational developments on (future) library facilities. This assignment includes advising faculties and library colleagues. I have about 25 years working experience. I graduated Law and Philosophy at the Nijmegen University. My doctoral dissertation is about comparative concepts in law.
	Torstein Låg (module 1, 2, 3, 4) Born 1972. Educated as a psychologist and just now finishing my PhD. Recently (Jan 2006) started in a new job as a subject librarian for psychology at the University Library of Tromsø. I teach our users about information search and library use. Also currently engaged in a project to develop a scheme for measuring user satisfaction on a yearly basis.
	Hye Kyung Lee (module 1, 3, 4) Information Management Plan Department, Librarian, Inha University, South Korea.
	Lina Leufvén (module 1, 2, 3) I've been working since november 2005 at Stockholm Insitutute of Education at the department of Learning Resource centre. Currently I'm a projectleader in our E-publishing initiatives as well as working with external/internal communication.
	Marc Loman (module 1, 2) I was trained as an agricultural economist at Wageningen University. I worked as a computer programmer in economic research. I worked for several years as an applications developer in the computer department of Wageningen UR Library, developing interfaces to (bibliographic) databases for example. My current position is information specialist (subject librarian) for social sciences at this library. This involves working with library content and with users. I also work on implementing electronic services like MetaLib, SFX, portal pages, and on other projects.
	Francisca Loostermans (module 3, 4) I'm library coördinator of the Karel de Grote-Hogeschool (Antwerp, Belgium). I have a university degree in biology, education and documentation- and library science. I'm interested in digital repositories, electronic databases and information literacy.
	Martin van Luijt (module 1, 3, 4) I recently started as manager of the software development team at Utrecht University Library. IT research and development has been my stomping ground for twenty-odd years, most of which were spent developing hospital information systems. I started out as a programmer and later moved on to projectmanagement, consultancy and managing a software development department.
	Heleen van Manen (module 1, 2) My name is Heleen van Manen. Recently I moved from ICT, desk research to a post as head medical library of the Slotervaart Hospital. Main task for this year is to further develop the digital library and to find new ways of communication with our clients. Main interests: end-user behaviour, search strategies and new developments on electronic services. My education: Cultural history (library science & history), University of Amsterdam. Information service and management, Hogeschool Amsterdam.
	Jenny Mateboer (module 1, 2, 3) Jenny Mateboer (* Amsterdam, 1952) is a policy officer in the national library of the Netherlands (Koninklijke Bibliotheek) since 2000. Previously she worked as a researcher (1987-1999). Her professional interests are in digital preservation and in applications for the Arts and Humanities. She was educated at the Universiteit Utrecht (Dutch medieval literature) and the Universiteit van Amsterdam (Library Sciences).
	Jan Meeuwis (module 4) My name is Jan Meeuwis, I am 23 years old. I work for the library at NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences. In 2004 I finished my study Information Studies and Information Management. The most important task in my work is to help students and teachers with finding the right information.
	Marieke Mensch-Mathijsen (module 1, 2, 3, 4) My name is Marieke Mensch-Mathijsen. After my graduation at the Tilburg University I started working at the Library of the Technische Universiteit Eindhoven. Since 1996 I am Information Specialist for Industrial Engineering and Management Science. Furthermore I am working in ICT. Current projects: Course Library (software integrating the Library with the Digital Learning Environment), Electronic Resources Management, Portals for Researchers. Education: In 1993 I graduated in Management and Organization Studies at the University Tilburg. Prior to this study I graduated at the Library & Documentation Academy in Tilburg.
	Fiona Mill (module 1, 3) I have worked at the University of Wolverhampton since 1990 in a variety of roles including lecturer, librarian and Learning Centre Manager. I have been in my current role as Assistant Director of Learning Centres (Resources) since 1998. Prior to this I worked in public libraries in the UK, then the National Library of Singapore, then 6 years for an international school in Italy. My current work portfolio covers resources and finance; collection development and academic liaison; technological innovation and development including e-resources, TSL, 24/7 services; legislation; QAA, quality and standards; planning etc. I very much welcome the opportunity to meet colleagues and participate in the course.
	Caren Milloy (module 3, 4) Caren Milloy joined JISC in 2002 and moved into the Collections Team in 2003. Caren’s degree was in English Literature and Philosophy and she is now in her first year of a three year distance learning masters in Electronic Publishing with Robert Gordon University. Caren has successfully negotiated for and developed innovative resources for example, Hairdressing Training which has attracted supporting funds from the DfES. Caren is responsible for managing and supporting the Collections Working Groups in the development and implementation of their Vision documents. Caren is currently working on a number of licences including heritage agreements for the Institute of Civil Engineers Virtual Library and Internet Archaeology as well as creation of the JISC Images Vision Book.
	Tilly Minnée (module 1) Biography not yet available.
	Kari Mitchell (module 3, 4) I am Learning Centre Director at Oslo University College (http://www.hio.no/welcome_to_ouc/faculties_and_centres/learning_centre. With more than 25 years of library experience I have met with extensive challenges and seen radical developments. In addition to my working experience I have had the opportunity to travel extensively to different countries, as a library professional as well as in the capacity of Vice President of the Norwegian Library Association and head of its International Committee. This includes participation in six IFLA Congresses, the last one in Oslo where I was member of the National Organising Committee. In 2003-2004 I was Visiting Scholar at the University of Regina in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.
	Miguel Moreira (module 1, 2) I work at RERO, the Library Network of Western Switzerland. It includes 200+ libraries serving 4 universities (Fribourg, Geneva, Lausanne, Neuchâtel) and a university of applied sciences (HES-SO). RERO holds a union catalog with 3.4m bibliographic records, a digital library (RERO DOC) and an ILL system. I have a Computer Science background, a PhD in the field of Machine Learning, and my professional activities to-date have focused mostly in software engineering, project management, scientific research and teaching. I have been working in the library domain at RERO for the last two years and am currently in charge of the RERO DOC digital library / multi-institutional repository http://doc.rero.ch/.
	Peter Niesten (module 3) P.T.M. Niesten, library employee at the Maastricht UNiversity. After completing an academic study in Psychology, I started to work in educational research at the Technical University in Delft, two years later I practised for four years in the field of vocational psychology, followed by (uptill now) a period of 25 years of working at an academic library, in a series of positions, this time as a trendwatcher to find out what will be the future relationship between libraries and scientific research
	Jonas Nyberg (module 1, 2) I work as a system developer at BTJ in Lund in Sweden. BTJ is a company that provides different kind of services to the swedish public libraries, involving information retrieval and large bibliographic databases.
	Oliver Obst (module 1, 2) Oliver Obst started his career as a researcher in cardiovascular medicine before being attracted by library science. Currently he is the head of the Central Medical Library of the University and Regional Library Munster, Germany. In this function he serves 3.000 students, 500 clinicians and 800 scientists. He founded the Scholarly Journal "Medicine, Library, Information" as well as homepages, mailing lists, weblogs, and workshops related to medical librarianship.
	Rehab Ouf (module 1, 2, 3, 4) I Studied Library and Information Science, at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure en Sciences de l'Information et des Bibliothèques (ENSSIB) in France. My studies focused on electronic resources, information retrieval, and digital libraries. Shortly after my return, I was charged with the responsibility to launch and lead the Electronic Resources Unit at the library which was formally inaugurated in October 2002. Starting from March 2005, I also work as a Technical Assistant to the Chief Librarian. My responsibilities include assisting and advising the Chief Librarian in the overall library management, planning, and implementation of any information technology project. I participated in a number of local and international conferences including IFLA Boston in 2001, ECDL in 2003. I am also an alumna of Ticer Summer School since 2003.
	Marian Papavoine (module 3) I studied theology at the Tilburg Faculty of Theology and majored in women's studies theology. In 1996 I began working in the IIMO-library, a small theological library at the University of Utrecht. I attended several courses in the field of librarianship. Currently I am the subject librarian for theology in the library of Tilburg University. I also am the secretary of the department of Research Libraries (WB) of The Netherlands Association for Library, Information and Knowledge Professionals (NVB).
	Mi-suk Park (module 1, 3, 4) I have been working for the Gyeongsang National University Library in South Korea. I specialized in library and information science and I hold a M.A in pedagogy. Needless to say a career in librarianship is exciting for me and l'm proud of my job. I have a long experience in medical library. Particularly I was responsible for the development and use of medical electronic resources and services. It was a great experience and really rewarding for me. I'm well aware of digital library will play a major role in an information-based society. My strong interest is electronic journals in terms of their subscription model and customer service.
	Jo Parker (module 2, 4) I work as manager of the Open University Library's Information Literacy Unit. Our remit is to support skills development, whether virtual or face to face, which is quite challenging given that our students and tutors all study and work at a distance. I am interested in the use of new technologies for skills development, and issues around e-learning and VLEs. In my spare time I'd like to be doing lots of things but I have a one year old daughter, so there isn't very much of it!
	Ria Paulides (module 2) My name is Ria Paulides. I am vice-director of the university library of Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands. My objects are the library processes and the human resourses. Our policy is to change to a digital library and to devellop new services for that environment.
	Lioudmila Petcherina (module 3) I am a trained librarian. I have been working at the Library of the International Labour Office in Geneva for more than twenty years. My responsibilities include supervising the reference service, training and coaching ILO staff in the use of electronic resources, indexing publications for the library's database, and selection of new material for the collection.
	Petra Ploeg (module 3, 4) I am currently working as a subject specialist Arts in Tilburg University Library. The main focus of my job is supporting graduate students and academic staff in 'their quest for knowledge'. I take great interest in finding ways to do this with help of new information and communication technology. After finishing library education, I studied language and cultural studies at Tilburg University.
	Katrien Polman (module 1) Education: Cultural Anthropology, University of Leiden (Drs.), postgraduate course in Library and Information Science. Work: Library African Studies Centre Leiden. As an information specialist, my work focuses on facilitating access to African Studies resources. My responsibilities include subject indexing, the evaluation of Internet resources, and diverse library projects, currently the building of an African Studies thesaurus. I am also the editor of the ASC library's Web Dossiers and co-editor of the abstracts journal African Studies Abstracts Online.
	Leonne Portz (module 3, 4) After finishing library education (BDI Maastricht) in 1991, I obtained my degree in Language and Literature (1993 Tilburg University). Since then I have been working in university libraries: 1993-2003 Tilburg University as an information specialist for economics; since 2004 Maastricht Univerity as a head of the information desk. Besides coordination of the daily work and being an information officer, my personal professional interests are related to library instruction and user studies.
	Torill Redse (module 1, 2, 3, 4) Educated Librarian with degrees in history and educational science. Educated in 1972. Library practice in all sorts of libraries: public libraries, school libraies, special libraries and academic libraries. Engaged in 1994 as Adviser, later Senior Adviser and Acting Deputy Director at the National Office for Research Documentation, Academic and Special Libraries which in 2003 merged into Norwegian Archive, Library and Museum Authority, where i am a Senior Adviser with special focus on academic libraries. At present time main tasks are "Report on Norwegian Libraries" (to be delivered this summer), Norwegian Digital Library, Statistics/LPI/LPM.
	Hans Roes (module 1, 2, 3, 4) After studying monetary economics at Tilburg University, Hans Roes worked as a teacher and student counsellor at Tilburg University, before joining the university library. In several capacities he was involved in and managed projects in library innovation, electronic publishing and e-learning. Hans works also a senior consultant for Ticer. Since November 2005, Hans is Director of Information Resources and Multimedia at the International University Bremen.
	Omnia Sadek (module 1, 2, 3, 4) Dr.Omnia Sadek (Female). B.A.in Philosophie 1977 (Egypt), M.A in Library science 1984 (UK), PhD. in Library science 1990 (Egypt). Working in teaching at Universities since 1988, Consultant for library automation since 1992 for several International organizations, Manager of over 260 projects for Library development, now Prof. of Library science in Sultan Qaboos University Oman since Aug 2005.
	Leena Salminen (module 1, 2, 3, 4) A librarian and IT specialist, graduated from Tampere University. Currently working for FinElib, the Finnish National Electronic Library (http://www.lib.helsinki.fi/finelib/english/index.html). Has been working in various positions related with library IT in different library sectors, mostly in public libraries in Finland.
	Jacqueline Schaap (module 4) Education: Rijkshogeschool Groningen, School of Library and Information Services, graduated in 1992. Current work: Information Specialist, Stadsarchief en Athenaeumbibliotheek - Saxion Bibliotheek in Deventer since 1997. My work includes: information literacy training, collection development and account management. Personal interests: library buildings and space for learning, professionalization of information specialists, Web 2.0.
	Hilde Sels (module 3, 4) I'm a historian graduated in 1982 I have quite some experience as well in teaching as in libraries. Since 1989 I'm part of the library staf of the campus Geel from the KHK (then still Hoger Instituut de Kempen; now Katholieke Hogeschool Kempen). Since 1998 I have been head of this library.
	Karin Sijtsma (module 4) I am a medical information specialist at the Central Medical Library of the University Medical Center Groningen. My work includes giving courses/workshops in searching medical literature. Education: BDI (Library School).
	Christina Sironi (module 1, 2, 3, 4) I work as a librarian at the IT Department of the University of Geneva as responsible for the Digital library development. Before that I was a librarian-coordinator at the Faculty of Science where I started my career at the Physics library in 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 and working in a scientific environment inspired me to follow another direction and stay in the academic area. The Digital Library is a big challenge and very inspiring to work with and I'm particularly interested in end-users needs and behaviours in the information environment. All new technologies in Library and Information Science are of course of great interest to me and I like very much to share ideas and visions with other professionals within the field.
	Marian Smit (module 2) Bc Journalism at the Hogeschool Utrecht and Bc. Library Science at the Hogeschool Amsterdam. I worked for WEMOS-Library (a small NGO), the Library of Humanitas and the library of Greenpeace, before, almost 11 years ago, I started my present job as library assistant at the Library of the African Studies Centre in Leiden. This middle-sized scientific library, has developed in the last 11 years from an relatively old-fashioned card-based library to a modern information centre in which the internet and digital information are becoming more and more important. Recent library projects in which I take part: Newspaper project: what to do with our old micro-films? Shall we keep our paper subscriptions? Digitalization? Research on the standardization of the production of literature list. Creating access to e-journals trough our catalogue and website Finding tools for harvesting internet for full-text, abstracts and tocs; and finding tools to make this information available. Creating a library portal. Special interest in harvesting the internet.
	Elin Sputnesset (module 1, 3) After working in different public libraries, I made a switch in 1991 to a special library of a 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.
	Hans Stol (module 1, 2, 3, 4) No biography available.
	Corry Stuyts (module 1) After working as an accountant and a social worker, Corry Stuyts (1948) attended the School for Librarianship in Tilburg. She started working at the Tilburg University Library as a library assistant in 1985. After working for six years as a documentalist she became the information specialist of the economic sciences collection in 1993. Corry followed the propaedeutic course in economic sciences. She managed the Grey Files project, which made the research papers of Tilburg academics electronically available via the WWW. She also was project leader of the DEGREE project (Dissemination of Electronic GREy files on Economics). In this project, seven Dutch universities cooperated in organizing the electronic dissemination of their research papers on economics. As such the DEGREE archive is one of the RePEc archives.
	Tarja Takaranta (module 1, 2, 3, 4) By education I am Master of Arts (humanities) and Information Specialist. I have studied at Åbo Akademi and at Helsinki University of Technology for Further Education. At the present I am working as a designer/planner for electronic services, a new appointment I have attended to six months. Main tasks of the job are to plan virtual reference services and local electronic services as well as taking part on planning interfaces and digital projects. Previously I have been working in two largest libraries at City of Vantaa as Information Specialist and as District Library Director. The work has been both very practical duties in information service as well taking care of administrative responsibilities. Personal interests are reading and working out at the gym.
	Julie Tims (module 1, 4) Although I was educated as a librarian in public libraries I have been working as a law librarian since 1987. Since 1994 I have been working the Tilburg University library as an information specialist on law and international organisations. In the last years my focus has been more and more in training information skills and in e-learning. I participated in several projects concerning library instruction, e-learning and information literacy. At this moment, I participate in a project of the Digitale Universiteit (Digital University) which focuses on the development of online information skills tutorial for legal research skills, aiming to integrate existing tutorials in learning objects.
	Richelle Van Snellenberg (module 1, 2, 3, 4) I completed a Masters of Library and Information Studies from the University of British Columbia, Canada in 1996. In 1997 I started at the library at the International Labour Office in Geneva Switzerland where I have worked as a reference librarian, and doing content analysis. In my current position as Training and Technical Cooperation Librarian, I am responsible for coordinating training activities with our colleagues in ILO information centres around the world. I am particularly interested in building collaborative work teams, promoting libraries within my organization and in exploring new technologies to bring information to our customers efficiently and enjoyably.
	Kaat Van Wonterghem (module 3) Born (1969) and educated in Belgium, graduated as a Master in the History of Art at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, currently spending most of my time in the area of the consortia licensing for the Flemish Research Libraries Council as co-ordinator for the Elektron consortium. In addition I'm in charge for the overall communication between the partners of our non-profit organization (universities, polytechnics and scientific institutes) on matters as Open Access, Copyright, Repositories, Streaming. Main interest goes to what is called the 'e-brary' of the future (we're right in the middle of its evolution and that's why it's challenging), and research and information related to it.
	Mirella van der Velde (module 3) Mirella is a project manager in charge or the project where all publications from DARE (Digital Academic Repositories) will be loaded into the e-depot of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, the National Library of the Netherlands.
	Marjolein Verheijen (module 2) I am an information specialist at the library of the NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences. I specialize in urban planning, logistics and mobility. I'm also very interested in electronic journals and resources.
	Corno Vromans (module 1) I have been working at Tilburg University for 15 years now. First as a IT-Engineer at IT Services but since 8 years in a management position. My first responsibility is the IT back office which consists of 4 specialized teams. Since I started working at the university, IT Services has had a strong relationship with the Library. From January next year onwards, IT Services and the Library will formally join together as one department called Library & IT Services (LIS).
	Paul van Waelsden (module 3) I have been working at Tilburg University Library since 1981, currently as information and collection specialist for the law collection.
	Anja van de Wiel (module 3) My name is Anja van de Wiel. I am graduated from the Library and Documentation Acadamy in Tilburg, The Netherlands. For the last 25 years I have been living and working in Trondheim, Norway. I am head of the technical library at the Soer-Troendelag University College in Trondheim.
	Petri de Willigen (module 1, 3) Since January 2005 I work as information specialist in the subjects Applied Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Twente. After finishing my masters in Mathematics I worked for a few years as a researcher in the field of Applied Mathematics. In my current job I participated on a project on developing a web portal for the university staff and on an Eprints repository for all scientific output of our faculty.
	Saskia Woutersen-Windhouwer (module 1, 3) 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. 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. Besides assisting the employees with finding and managing their information, I have reorganised the obsolete libraries to modern (electronic), uniform libraries, and now I am setting up a system to archive scientific data for the researchers. As of August 1, 2006 I will be working at the University of Amsterdam as specialist Electronic Publishing/Repository Manager.
	Lucien van Wouw (module 2) Degree: MA Non-Western Sociology, 1998. Position: software developer for the African Studies Centre in Leiden. Current project: harvesting of OAI repositories followed by filtering out relevant African related articles / digital objects. It is then put on connecting-africa.net for people to use.
	Dick van Zaane (module 1, 3, 4) Dick van Zaane was educated as a biochemist (University of Utrecht), acquired his PhD (Radboud University of Nijmegen), held several positions in management of research and was advisor to the Executive Board, before he was appointed in 2004 as librarian of Wageningen UR. Personal interests: library management, strategy, adaptation to customers needs and behavior.

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