Previously John spent nearly 40 years in libraries, including as Director of Academic Services at Royal Holloway University of London, where he was responsible for the embedding of a new Directorate reflecting a streamlined Professional Services structure for academic-related and student-facing services. Prior to that, having studied French at Manchester University, he spent another 20 years there in various roles within the John Rylands University Library of Manchester.
Outside work he plays cricket and watches football. I am passionate about libraries and Europe, hence my dedication and commitment to the Leadership and Workforce Development Working Group.
Her career began as a researcher at the Institute for Dutch History and as a product manager at Sdu Publiskers. From onwards, Astrid worked at the National Library of the Netherlands. She was involved in projects and programs concerning mass digitisation, digital preservation and digital libraries. Until May she was head of the Innovative Projects Department. A highlight of her career was the implementation of mass digitization at the KB: million pages of books, newspapers and magazines digitized between She has extensive experience in the information and library sector and is driven by complex policy issues.
She is always eager to make programs and projects successful in a constantly changing environment. After years of working on innovation and development within a library it is a challenge to broaden my view and work with a community from all over Europe.
I fully support the strategic objectives of LIBER and am really looking forward to contribute to these. She is particularly involved with opening up knowledge, pedagogy, HE digital innovation, Skill issues.
