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In her role as physics librarian of TIB Esther Tobschall is concerned with providing physicists with the information resources they need for their research.Thus, Esther is involved in Open Access activities of TIB . During the first years she has coordinated the arXiv-DH project (funded by the German Research Foundation), and is now representing TIB as national arXiv contact point within network arXiv-DH. Prior to entering librarianship she studied chemistry and gained her doctorate at University of Hannover with research in solid state physics.
Jisc, UK , Tracey Clarke, Associate Director for Academic and Digital Strategies, University of Sheffield Library Clarke (4- or 6-year institutional term - based on the number of High-Contributing Organizations )
Tracey Clarke is currently Associate Director for Academic and Digital Strategies at has worked in UK research libraries since 1990 and has been active both in regional collaborations and on an international scale for a number of years. In 2018 she left the University of Sheffield Library and has responsibility for academic faculty engagement across the subject spectrum. Her portfolio includes support for researchers and research outputs, open access publishing, repositories infrastructure and library technology. Tracey is responsible for the University Library's content procurement and collection development and analysis encompassing both the digital library and print collection. She had been actively involved with the White Rose Libraries consortium for a number of years contributing to a number of strategic issues including repository development, collaborative collection management and most recently the founding of the White Rose University Pressin order to become a specialist library consultant and continues to focus on scholarly communications, open access developments, library technology, digital preservation and collaborative collections. In her most recent role as Associate Director (Academic and Digital Strategies), Tracey has been responsible at Executive level for research support including open access, open access publishing, research data management, library collections, faculty engagement, systems and digital services, digital preservation, licensing and copyright. She has extensive experience in strategic and operational planning and a strong interest in developing inclusive leadership throughout organizations. Additionally, Tracey has been a key member of the award winning White Rose Libraries Consortium based in the UK, leading the collaborative collections strategy and helping to establish the open access White Rose University Press. Tracey is a member of the IGeLU Steering Committee and she has also been a member of the Digital Preservation Coalition Executive Board.
Society Members, represented byScott Delman, Director of Publications for the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), US (1-year pilot implementation)
arXiv is collaborating with a group of societies to add a new tier to the membership model. Scott Delman represents the group of societies in the MAB. He has been working in the scholarly publishing industry for over 25 years and currently serves as the Director of Publications for the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), where he has overall responsibility for editorial, content development, publications policy, rights & permissions, production, Digital Library sales & marketing, and publications strategy, including ACM’s long-term transition to Open Access. Prior to joining ACM, Scott served in a number of senior and executive level management positions at Springer and Kluwer. In addition to his current role at ACM, Scott is actively involved in the governance of a number of initiatives including Crossref, CHORUS, and is member of the Portico Advisory Committee. The societies that participate in the pilot include American Astronomical Society, American Institute of Physics Publishing, American Mathematical Society, American Physical Society, Association for Computing Machinery, Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft, and Institute of Physics Publishing. Please see: Society Tier Pilot
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