Armin Talke has worked in libraries for more than a decade as a lawyer and research librarian. At Berlin State Library — one of the largest research libraries in Germany — he is the advisor for copyright, data protection and all other library-typical legal issues. In addition to his role within LIBER’s Copyright & Legal…
Helene Brinken holds a master’s degree in International Information Management. Access to knowledge and creating learning materials has been her focus throughout her studies. Her master’s thesis about Intergenerational Knowledge Sharing was awarded with the Gerhard Lustig Award 2017. With a background in Information Science, Helene currently works at the Leibniz Information Center for Science…
Tiberius Ignat is the Director of Scientific Knowledge Services, a company which specializes in helping the European libraries to embrace new technologies and ways of working. In partnership with UCL Press and LIBER Europe, he runs a successful series of workshops – Focus On Open Science, which started in 2015. He is a LIBER Associate,…
Sylvia Koukounidou, is a University Officer and holds the position of the Coordinator of the Digitization and Archives Office of the University of Cyprus Library. She has a BSc in Archival and Library Science and an MBA with concentration in MIS – Management Information Systems. Since 2004, Sylvia is participating in many projects of the…
As LIBER’s Community Engagement and Communications Officer, Martina is responsible for stakeholder engagement activities related to European projects including the SSHOC project and supports the communications and outreach activities of LIBER. Before joining LIBER, Martina worked as Marketing and Communications Coordinator at AMEA in the Netherlands and as Communications Consultant for the Food and Agriculture Organization…
Grischa Fraumann participates in LIBER’s Innovative Metrics Working Group. He is a Research Assistant at Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology and a Visiting Researcher at CWTS, Leiden University. He completed his undergraduate degree in Hispanic Studies, Sociology and History at the University of Mannheim and the University of Deusto in Bilbao. Afterwards, he…
Céline joined the National Library of France in 2014. As information and communication officer within the Services and Networks Directorate, she’s in charge of collecting and updating the Directorate’s KPI and metrics. She writes papers, articles, reports and presentations about the Library’s digital strategy and open data policy.
After being educated in Physical Chemistry I worked for several software companies as a technical support engineer In 2001 I made the transition to the digital library profession. I worked at Library TU Delft as information specialist Physics and as project leader of numerous innovative projects (among which the creation of 3TU.Datacentrum) for 8 years.…
Heli Kautonen, PhD, is Director at the Finnish Literature Society (Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura) since February 2019. Previously she worked in the field of digital cultural heritage in different positions for over 15 years. She was one of the managers in the team at the National Library of Finland, which built the Finna service that joins…
Mariëlle is working as Open knowledge librarian at Maastricht University Library since February 2019, and is part of LIBER’s Digital Skills for Library Staff & Researchers Working Group. At Maastricht University Library, Mariëlle is part of the Research Support & Development team at this university library, and is responsible for supporting open science initiatives, developing…
Leonidas Papachristopoulos holds a BA in Librarianship, a MSc in Library Management and a PhD in Information Science from the Department of Archives, Library Science and Museology, Ionian University, Greece. Currently he works in the Hellenic Open University Distance Library and Information Center (Patras, Greece), planning information literacy training programs. He is also part of…
Colleen Campbell leads outreach and engagement in the Open Access 2020 Initiative which is coordinated by the Max Planck Digital Library on behalf of the global research community. She is also part of LIBER’s Open Access Working Group. OA2020 unites national research councils, university rectors’ conferences, libraries and consortia across five continents in strategies to…