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…
Lars Burman is Director of Uppsala University Library in Sweden and, since 2018, a member of LIBER’s Executive Board. Prior to this he was a Professor of Comparative Literature at Uppsala University and head of the Department of Literature at Uppsala University. He has spent longer periods of research and teaching abroad in locations including…
Agnès Ponsati has a degree in Hispanic Philology (University of Barcelona, 1986), a Diploma in Librarianship and Documentation from the same university (1987) and is head of the CSIC Unit of Information Resources for Research. Previously she worked as Digital Library and Information Systems Director at the Spanish National Library, at the Technical Department of…
Cécile Swiatek is involved with pedagogy, HE digital innovation, skill issues. Actively involved in LIBER since 2011 with the Skills and Education Working Group, she currently co-chairs the Digital Skills Working Group, strongly contributes to the Leadership Journées and participates in the Conference Programme Committee. She is Deputy Director at the Université Paris II academic…
Andreas Brandtner took on his present role as Director of University Library of Freie Universität Berlin in 2018. Prior to this he was Director, Mainz University Library, Associate Director, Vienna University Library, Deputy Head, Department of Manuscripts and Rare Books of the Vienna City Library, and Project Manager, Austrian National Library. Andreas has several national…
Birgit is Head of Knowledge Commons at Göttingen State and University Library, with a focus on policies, e-infrastructures and training. In addition, she contributes to several international committees as a co-chair or group member (e.g. in the context of LIBER, the Research Data Alliance, Knowledge Exchange and formerly the Belmont Forum). Previously, she was Scientific…
Bertil is the twice elected President of the Danish Research Library Association, Library Director at the University Library of Southern Denmark and Associate Professor of the Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy at the University of Southern Denmark. Within LIBER, he serves on the Executive Board and as head of the Steering Committee for Digital…
Giannis holds a BA in Librarianship from the Department of Archives and Library Sciences, Ionian University, Greece and a PhD in Information Science from the same Department. Currently he works as Director in the Library & Information Center, University of Patras, Greece. He also serves on LIBER’s Executive Board as head of the Innovative Scholarly…