UKSG One-Day Conference: London

Wilhelm Widmark is the Library Director of Stockholm University since 2012. He has a Master of Arts in literature and a Master of Arts in library and information science from Uppsala University. Wilhelm is active in the Open Science movement in Sweden and Europe. He is the Vice Chairman of the Swedish Bibsam consortia and the Vice Chairman of The National Library’s council on Open Access to Scientific Publication. Member of EUAs Expert Group on Open Science.

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Since joining Ex Libris (part of Clarivate) in 2001 I worked on strategic data projects, library discovery and user centered services for many years. In my current role I focus on leveraging generative AI for discovering library content. Community work is very important to me. I’m involved in various NISO initiatives incl. KBART as well as serving on the CrossRef board. I’m fascinated by the changes in technology, the scale of material that is available today, and the opportunities they offer. I have degrees in library science, information systems, and history and a passion for lifelong learning.

For the last eight years Manisha was the Senior Sales Manager for the non-profit aggregator BioOne and has extensive international experience working with academic libraries across EMEA and Australasia. Manisha also spent two years consulting with publishers as the Business Development Manager for Publishers Communications Group (PCG). This year Manisha joined Yewno Inc, a Silicon Valley AI technology company, to introduce the technology and manage the library and publisher relationships in Europe. For the last year Manisha has been part of the UKSG Sub-Committee for Education and was previously part of the SSP Marketing and Communications team.

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Timon Oefelein is Springer Nature’s Senior Manager for Strategic Partnerships and Outreach activities in Europe. Since joining the publisher in 2000, Timon has had a number of roles in Marketing, Sales, and Product Data Management. In his current role, he works together with academic libraries across Europe on collaborative projects ranging from large-scale impact evaluations and to advanced usage analytics. In 2011, he launched the publisher’s Author Publishing Workshops for Early Career Researches, then in 2016 the online webinar series “Meet the Expert” – a series of live, educational online talks for librarians. Prior to entering academic publishing, Timon worked as a print journalist in the UK specializing in arts and culture. He graduated from Bath University (BSc Hons Economics & Politics) and Strathclyde University (MLitt in Journalism).

Hardy Maritz is the Group Finance Director at the University of Cape Town and has a 17-year track record in higher education leadership in all spheres of finance. He is a founder member of the Finance Executive Forum (now falls under USaF, formerly HESA) and currently serves as a Director on the Board of TENET (Tertiary Education and Research Network of South Africa) and is a member of both their Remuneration and Audit and Risk Committees. Hardy came to higher education after completing successful international contracts with Shell International/Exxon Mobil and Ralston Energy Systems (Energizer/Eveready), having served articles with KPMG prior to going abroad

Mac-Anthony Cobblah is an advocate for Open Science and Digital Scholarly Publishing in Africa. He has a strong background in Information Science, Electronic Information Management and Digital Scholarly Publishing. He is currently the University Librarian for the University of Cape Coast. He is also the Chair of the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Ghana (CARLIGH) and the Chairperson, Academic Libraries and Library Consortia Section of Africa Libraries and Institutions Association (AfLIA) as well as the Licensing Coordinator of EIFL for Ghana.

Dr Cheryl Reynolds is a Teacher Educator and Senior Lecturer at the University of Huddersfield. Her research interests centre around the use of technology in teaching and learning and in the use of games-based approaches to the teaching of sociological and learning theory

Jennifer has been working as the Academic Support Manager (Research) at the University of Salford for the past four years, where she has also had roles with the BAME staff network and University Council. Previously, she worked at Leeds Beckett University in the Library’s research team. In her spare time she enjoys stand up comedy and poetry, crochet, and hanging out with Mavis the cat.

Rosie Jones

Rosie Jones is Director of Library Services and OpenLearn at the Open University.  She has worked in academic libraries since 2001 taking a particular interest in games and learning, information literacy and learning space development.   She is particularly involved in the UK academic library Information Literacy community, currently co-chairs the Librarians’ Information Literacy Annual Conference (LILAC) and is the Deputy Chair for CILIP Information Literacy Group.  She is also an active member of the Association for Learning Technology special interest group on Playful Learning and co-chair of the Playful Learning Conference. https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosiejhjones 

Rosie Jones

Jo helps organisations get best value from CILIP services and works with employers to ensure CILIP’s offer meets their current and workforce development needs. She builds partnerships across the information profession at a strategic level to strengthen the networks and inform CILIP’s services.  A chartered library and information professional, she has a background in public libraries and has held development, managerial and operational posts. She is passionate about broadening entry into the profession and supporting information professionals at all stages of their careers.