UKSG Financial Planning for Librarians

Elizabeth is the Open Science Services Group Leader at the Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) where she leads the strategic development of library services to meet the changing requirements of researchers with regard to open access of publications and data.  Elizabeth has an MSc in Information Studies and has worked  in information roles for over 20 years specialising in scientific, medical and technical information. Her time in libraries includes 11 years at the British Library where she led the STM content and collections team and the development of the British Library’s UK DataCite service. She is a member of the UKSG Education and Events sub-committee.

As Head of Collections and Archives at Edge Hill University, Anna França leads the team dedicated to managing and developing the library collections and University Archive. Prior to joining Edge Hill, she held roles at King’s College London and has almost 17 years’ experience in the academic library sector. Anna is interested in the role that libraries can play in supporting a sustainable transition towards a more open research landscape. She is active in a range of professional networks and groups and chairs the USKG Education and Events sub-committee.

Alison Brock is an eContent Advisor at The Open University Library and has worked in that role since 2007. Her role includes evaluating and assessing use of electronic resources and she is a member of the Community Advisory Group for the Jisc Usage Statistics Portal (JUSP).

Debbie’s career in one of the 8 UK Research Councils has provided her with a range of responsibilities at different levels across a wide scope of professional duties in Library Management. Debbie’s particular interests are:

• Embedding the Library into the workplace community
• Marketing the LIS
• Customer interface and liaison in the online world
• Quality assurance and service level agreements

Continuous development within the information profession to meet the new demands of a virtual user community and managing new formats of information provision

Debbie chartered with CILIP way back in 1990 soon after graduating from Loughborough University with a joint honours degree in Library Studies and Mathematics (so she could count books as well as stamp them, according to her family). Debbie has revalidated her Chartership annually since 2014.

Debbie completed a Masters in Science and Society with the Open University in 2010 and is active on various committees and groups in the information profession.

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/debbie-f-08732b116

Sharon Johnson is Head of Content Development Implementation and Acquisitions at the British Library with responsibility for managing and co-ordinating the implementation of the Library’s Collection Development Strategy . Her role includes responsibility for managing the Library’s acquisitions budget and delivering value for money through purchasing activities, including tendering and subscription negotiation. She also has operational responsibility for all mainstream acquisitions processing (print and digital) and for co-ordinating publisher liaison activities in relation to Legal Deposit.

Sharon is co-author of two IFLA professional reports, Gifts for the Collections: Guidelines for Libraries and Key Issues for e-Resource Collection Development: A Guide for Libraries.

Caren leads Jisc's licensing and negotiation service, providing UK education and research with access to digital content and software solutions that support the digital transformation of research, learning, teaching and assessment and the digital estate of universities and colleges.

‘Jeremey is the Repository & Research Information Team Leader at Queen Mary University where he manages the Universities team dedicated to the promotion and management of open access publishing. Jeremey started his career some 30 years ago in the Guy’s & St Thomas’ School of Nursing before moving into subscriptions management at King’s College London and Queen Mary University. In 2013 he was dragged away from managing subscription budgets and into the dynamic world of open access funds, repositories and the research excellence framework. Jeremey is a member of the RLUK’s Open Access Publisher Processes Group (OAPP) working towards improving open access publishing workflows.’