International Summer School on the Digital Library 2003 : Lecturers' biographies course 3

International Summer School on the Digital Library 2003, Libraries, Electronic Resources, and Electronic Publishing

Lecturers' biographies

The following lecturers will contribute:

Jonathan Clark:

Jonathan Clark studied Chemical Engineering at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the U.K. He moved to Shell Research in the Netherlands after completing his PhD in 1987. In 1990 he joined Elsevier in Amsterdam and has held various positions in publishing and marketing in the areas of chemical engineering, life sciences, physics and astronomy. Until May 2000 Jonathan was Publishing Director for the Mathematics and Computer Science portfolio of journals. Since then he has taken up a position as one of the Directors of ScienceDirect, Elsevier's web-based initiative for the electronic distribution of scientific information. Following the acquisition of Harcourt Inc., Jonathan became Technology Director for Elsevier. Jonathan is a naturalised Dutchman and the proud father of two wonderful children.

Hans Geleijnse:

In June 2003, Hans Geleijnse was appointed as Director IT Services and Chief Information Officer at Tilburg University, the Netherlands. He will be mainly involved in strategic IT issues. Before that and since November 2000, Hans was Director of Information Service and Systems at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. Hans was University Librarian at Tilburg University for 11 years before November 2000. He was involved in the development and implementation of the Tilburg Digital Library Concept and in various local, national, and international initiatives with respect to electronic publishing, including the first electronic site license agreement (between Tilburg University and Elsevier Science in 1994), consortia negotiations with publishers, and university initiatives on self-publishing. In Italy, he was engaged in the development of national initiatives by the various existing library consortia. Hans is Vice-President of LIBER, the League of research libraries in Europe. He is also a member of the Bibliotheksausschuss der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft and of the board of Ticer. He was involved in various European digital library projects. He is an invited speaker at international conferences on the development of the digital library, strategic planning, change management, and electronic publishing.

Emanuella Giavarra:

Emanuella Giavarra studied Dutch law at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam and English law at the University of Cambridge. She is a specialist in EC and copyright lawyer. From December 1990, she has dedicated herself to the protection of the copyright interests of the library world at the European institutions. From June 1992 until January 1996, she was appointed Director of the European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations (EBLIDA). From January 1996 until January 1999, she was Project Director of the European Copyright User Platform (ECUP+ Concerted Action). At present, she is a partner in the law firm Chambers of Mark Watson-Gandy in Amsterdam and London and a member of the Legal Advisory Board of the European Commission (DG-XIII). On 14 July 2000, Emanuella won the very prestigious European Woman of Achievement award. The award is in recognition of her licensing efforts on behalf of the European library community.

Arnold Hirshon:

Arnold Hirshon is the Executive Director of NELINET, Inc. (http://www.nelinet.net/), a library consortium that promotes library technology development and resource sharing among 700 academic, public, and corporate libraries throughout New England. As Executive Director, Hirshon launched a number of new programs and services, including the NELINET Consulting Solutions, Digitization Services (including the New England Collections Online program), and the New England Regional Depository. Prior to coming to NELINET, Hirshon served as Vice Provost for Information Resources (Chief Information Officer) at Lehigh University, where he was responsible for the University libraries, computing, telecommunications, and media services. Hirshon was also University Librarian at Wright State University, and served in other library administrative posts at Virginia Commonwealth University, Duke University, and Wayne State University. Professionally, Hirshon served as President of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS). His substantial publication record includes monographs, book chapters and articles, including recent articles about library consortia, management, and technology. Hirshon is a frequent lecturer nationally and internationally, including presentations in Australia, Canada, Germany, Italy, Hong Kong, Hungary, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Russia, Sweden, and South Africa. Many of his publications and presentations can be found at http://www.nelinet.net/ahirshon/. Hirshon holds an M.L.S. from Indiana University, and an M.P.A. (public administration) from Wayne State University.

Donald W. King:

Donald King is a Research Professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences. He was formerly at King Research, Inc. and Westat, Inc., where his 40-year career focused on research and description of communication systems and services. He has co-authored or edited 17 books and hundreds of formal publications in this area. He was named Pioneer in Science Information by Chemical Heritage Foundation; Research Award and Award of Merit, American Society for Information Science & Technology; Fellow, American Statistical Association; Miles Conrad Award and Honorary Fellow, National Federation of Abstracting and Information Services; among other formal awards and honors. See also his personal homepage at http://www2.sis.pitt.edu/%7Edwking/.

Teun Nijssen:

Teun Nijssen (1952) holds a degree in Informatics from the Institute for Higher Professional Education, Eindhoven, the Netherlands. He has been employed at the Tilburg University Computer Centre since 1978, first as a (Systems) Programmer and a Pioneer Datacommunications, and later, for ten years, as Head of the Configurations Management Department. Since 1992 he has been working as a Senior Project Manager at the Tilburg University Computer Centre. Recent project experiences include the EC Project Elise (1993-1995); EC Project Decomate (1995-1997); Prototype Electronic Helpdesk Tilburg University (1995-1996); the computer and network facilities of the city library of Maastricht. Also, he participates in several network and library projects in Africa and South America. He is a kernel member of SURFnet CERT-NL and participates in several SURFnet projects on encryption, chipcards and electronic trust. In 2002 Teun Nijssen became Managing Director of Ticer.

Hans Roosendaal:

At present, Prof. dr. Hans E. Roosendaal is Professor of scientific information at the Faculty of Philosophy and Social Science and the Faculty of Computer Science at the University of Twente in the Netherlands. Before, he has been member of the Executive Board and Director of Scientific Information at the University of Twente. Educated as physicist, Hans joined the University of Bielefeld (Germany) as faculty staff in 1974. Between 1983 and 1998 he served Elsevier Science in various management positions as a publisher and in corporate strategy and acquisitions. Since 1998 he is at the University of Twente. Hans authored about 50 articles and co-authored a book in surface physics and he authored a number of articles on scientific information, in particular on strategic aspects of the transformation from a paper to a digital environment.

Johan F. Steenbakkers:

Johan Steenbakkers is Director of Information Technology and Facility Management at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB), the national library of the Netherlands. For over twenty years he has been working in the field of library and documentation and has been involved in the organisation and automation of libraries. During this period he has carried out a wide range of management activities. Johan Steenbakkers graduated in 1969 in Biology and Biochemistry from the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands. After four years of bio-molecular research, he in 1973 accepted the position of librarian of the Faculties of Biology and Chemistry in Utrecht. In 1987, Johan F. Steenbakkers joined the board of directors of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek. As the Director of Information Technology and Facility Management he is responsible for the ICT- policy and -management and for the innovative projects in this area. He is chairman of the Taskgroup of CoBRA+ concerned with examining issues in the area of electronic publications and digital resources. The Taskgroup recommends actions to the Conference of European National Librarians (CENL). During 1998-2001 he has been the project co-ordinator of NEDLIB, an EC-financed international project with focus on the functional and technical aspects of the handling and the preservation of electronic publications. From 2000-2002, Johan has been responsible for the creation of the electronic deposit (e-Deposit) of the KB. He initiated and managed the joint KB-IBM project for the development of a deposit system and the research of several long-term preservation issues.

Herbert Van de Sompel:

Herbert Van de Sompel graduated in mathematics and computer science at Ghent University, and in 2000, obtained a Ph.D. there for his research on dynamic and context-sensitive reference linking, now commonly known as the OpenURL framework. From 1982 to 1998 he worked as Head of Library Automation at Ghent University. In 1999, Herbert spent six months at the Research Library of the Los Alamos National Laboratory working on reference linking problems and preprint related matters. While at Los Alamos, Herbert started the Open Archives Initiative with Paul Ginsparg and Rick Luce. During the academic year 2000/2001, Herbert was Visiting Professor in Computer Science at Cornell University, working in the Digital Library Research Group, and teaching Computing Methods for Digital Libraries. Afterwards, he was Director of e-Strategy and Programmes at the British Library. Now he is back at the Research Library of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, doing Digital Library Research and Protoyping. With Carl Lagoze, Herbert forms the Executive of the Open Archives Initiative, responsible for the publication of the Santa Fe Convention (2000) and the Open Archives Protocol for Metadata Harvesting Protocol (2001 & 2002). The OpenURL is the subject of a NISO standardization process, and Herbert serves on the NISO AX Committee charged with taking on that effort. See also Herbert's personal homepage at http://lib-www.lanl.gov/~herbertv/.

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	Lecturers' biographies

	The following lecturers will contribute:

	Jonathan Clark: Jonathan Clark studied Chemical Engineering at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the U.K. He moved to Shell Research in the Netherlands after completing his PhD in 1987. In 1990 he joined Elsevier in Amsterdam and has held various positions in publishing and marketing in the areas of chemical engineering, life sciences, physics and astronomy. Until May 2000 Jonathan was Publishing Director for the Mathematics and Computer Science portfolio of journals. Since then he has taken up a position as one of the Directors of ScienceDirect, Elsevier's web-based initiative for the electronic distribution of scientific information. Following the acquisition of Harcourt Inc., Jonathan became Technology Director for Elsevier. Jonathan is a naturalised Dutchman and the proud father of two wonderful children.
	Hans Geleijnse: In June 2003, Hans Geleijnse was appointed as Director IT Services and Chief Information Officer at Tilburg University, the Netherlands. He will be mainly involved in strategic IT issues. Before that and since November 2000, Hans was Director of Information Service and Systems at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. Hans was University Librarian at Tilburg University for 11 years before November 2000. He was involved in the development and implementation of the Tilburg Digital Library Concept and in various local, national, and international initiatives with respect to electronic publishing, including the first electronic site license agreement (between Tilburg University and Elsevier Science in 1994), consortia negotiations with publishers, and university initiatives on self-publishing. In Italy, he was engaged in the development of national initiatives by the various existing library consortia. Hans is Vice-President of LIBER, the League of research libraries in Europe. He is also a member of the Bibliotheksausschuss der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft and of the board of Ticer. He was involved in various European digital library projects. He is an invited speaker at international conferences on the development of the digital library, strategic planning, change management, and electronic publishing.
	Emanuella Giavarra: Emanuella Giavarra studied Dutch law at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam and English law at the University of Cambridge. She is a specialist in EC and copyright lawyer. From December 1990, she has dedicated herself to the protection of the copyright interests of the library world at the European institutions. From June 1992 until January 1996, she was appointed Director of the European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations (EBLIDA). From January 1996 until January 1999, she was Project Director of the European Copyright User Platform (ECUP+ Concerted Action). At present, she is a partner in the law firm Chambers of Mark Watson-Gandy in Amsterdam and London and a member of the Legal Advisory Board of the European Commission (DG-XIII). On 14 July 2000, Emanuella won the very prestigious European Woman of Achievement award. The award is in recognition of her licensing efforts on behalf of the European library community.
	Arnold Hirshon: Arnold Hirshon is the Executive Director of NELINET, Inc. (http://www.nelinet.net/), a library consortium that promotes library technology development and resource sharing among 700 academic, public, and corporate libraries throughout New England. As Executive Director, Hirshon launched a number of new programs and services, including the NELINET Consulting Solutions, Digitization Services (including the New England Collections Online program), and the New England Regional Depository. Prior to coming to NELINET, Hirshon served as Vice Provost for Information Resources (Chief Information Officer) at Lehigh University, where he was responsible for the University libraries, computing, telecommunications, and media services. Hirshon was also University Librarian at Wright State University, and served in other library administrative posts at Virginia Commonwealth University, Duke University, and Wayne State University. Professionally, Hirshon served as President of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS). His substantial publication record includes monographs, book chapters and articles, including recent articles about library consortia, management, and technology. Hirshon is a frequent lecturer nationally and internationally, including presentations in Australia, Canada, Germany, Italy, Hong Kong, Hungary, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Russia, Sweden, and South Africa. Many of his publications and presentations can be found at http://www.nelinet.net/ahirshon/. Hirshon holds an M.L.S. from Indiana University, and an M.P.A. (public administration) from Wayne State University.
	Donald W. King: Donald King is a Research Professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences. He was formerly at King Research, Inc. and Westat, Inc., where his 40-year career focused on research and description of communication systems and services. He has co-authored or edited 17 books and hundreds of formal publications in this area. He was named Pioneer in Science Information by Chemical Heritage Foundation; Research Award and Award of Merit, American Society for Information Science & Technology; Fellow, American Statistical Association; Miles Conrad Award and Honorary Fellow, National Federation of Abstracting and Information Services; among other formal awards and honors. See also his personal homepage at http://www2.sis.pitt.edu/%7Edwking/.
	Teun Nijssen: Teun Nijssen (1952) holds a degree in Informatics from the Institute for Higher Professional Education, Eindhoven, the Netherlands. He has been employed at the Tilburg University Computer Centre since 1978, first as a (Systems) Programmer and a Pioneer Datacommunications, and later, for ten years, as Head of the Configurations Management Department. Since 1992 he has been working as a Senior Project Manager at the Tilburg University Computer Centre. Recent project experiences include the EC Project Elise (1993-1995); EC Project Decomate (1995-1997); Prototype Electronic Helpdesk Tilburg University (1995-1996); the computer and network facilities of the city library of Maastricht. Also, he participates in several network and library projects in Africa and South America. He is a kernel member of SURFnet CERT-NL and participates in several SURFnet projects on encryption, chipcards and electronic trust. In 2002 Teun Nijssen became Managing Director of Ticer.
	Hans Roosendaal: At present, Prof. dr. Hans E. Roosendaal is Professor of scientific information at the Faculty of Philosophy and Social Science and the Faculty of Computer Science at the University of Twente in the Netherlands. Before, he has been member of the Executive Board and Director of Scientific Information at the University of Twente. Educated as physicist, Hans joined the University of Bielefeld (Germany) as faculty staff in 1974. Between 1983 and 1998 he served Elsevier Science in various management positions as a publisher and in corporate strategy and acquisitions. Since 1998 he is at the University of Twente. Hans authored about 50 articles and co-authored a book in surface physics and he authored a number of articles on scientific information, in particular on strategic aspects of the transformation from a paper to a digital environment.
	Johan F. Steenbakkers: Johan Steenbakkers is Director of Information Technology and Facility Management at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB), the national library of the Netherlands. For over twenty years he has been working in the field of library and documentation and has been involved in the organisation and automation of libraries. During this period he has carried out a wide range of management activities. Johan Steenbakkers graduated in 1969 in Biology and Biochemistry from the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands. After four years of bio-molecular research, he in 1973 accepted the position of librarian of the Faculties of Biology and Chemistry in Utrecht. In 1987, Johan F. Steenbakkers joined the board of directors of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek. As the Director of Information Technology and Facility Management he is responsible for the ICT- policy and -management and for the innovative projects in this area. He is chairman of the Taskgroup of CoBRA+ concerned with examining issues in the area of electronic publications and digital resources. The Taskgroup recommends actions to the Conference of European National Librarians (CENL). During 1998-2001 he has been the project co-ordinator of NEDLIB, an EC-financed international project with focus on the functional and technical aspects of the handling and the preservation of electronic publications. From 2000-2002, Johan has been responsible for the creation of the electronic deposit (e-Deposit) of the KB. He initiated and managed the joint KB-IBM project for the development of a deposit system and the research of several long-term preservation issues.
	Herbert Van de Sompel: Herbert Van de Sompel graduated in mathematics and computer science at Ghent University, and in 2000, obtained a Ph.D. there for his research on dynamic and context-sensitive reference linking, now commonly known as the OpenURL framework. From 1982 to 1998 he worked as Head of Library Automation at Ghent University. In 1999, Herbert spent six months at the Research Library of the Los Alamos National Laboratory working on reference linking problems and preprint related matters. While at Los Alamos, Herbert started the Open Archives Initiative with Paul Ginsparg and Rick Luce. During the academic year 2000/2001, Herbert was Visiting Professor in Computer Science at Cornell University, working in the Digital Library Research Group, and teaching Computing Methods for Digital Libraries. Afterwards, he was Director of e-Strategy and Programmes at the British Library. Now he is back at the Research Library of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, doing Digital Library Research and Protoyping. With Carl Lagoze, Herbert forms the Executive of the Open Archives Initiative, responsible for the publication of the Santa Fe Convention (2000) and the Open Archives Protocol for Metadata Harvesting Protocol (2001 & 2002). The OpenURL is the subject of a NISO standardization process, and Herbert serves on the NISO AX Committee charged with taking on that effort. See also Herbert's personal homepage at http://lib-www.lanl.gov/~herbertv/.