Speakers

Charlotte Wien, Elsevier  

Dr. Charlotte Wien is Vice President of European Library Relations at Elsevier and full professor of Scholarly Communication at Arctic University in Tromso, Norway. She holds a PhD in Information Retrieval. In her previous positions she has worked both as library leader and as professor both within library and information science and communication studies.  

Alison Hope, Karger Publishers  

Alison Hope is the Regional Manager for Northern Europe at Karger. With considerable experience of driving commercial growth for content providers and publishers, her focus during the past 20 years has been academic publishing and the European library market. She has a consistent track record of building sustainable commercial relationships and of successfully negotiating national licenses and consortia agreements. Based in London, she regularly travels throughout Europe.  

John Lenahan, Ithaka  

As vice president of published content, John collaborates with publishers and libraries to develop products and programs that support their organizational needs and missions. He also works closely with libraries to develop growth strategies for the journals and books programs to ensure we meet their research, teaching, and preservation needs. Prior to this role, John led our global Outreach team working with libraries and consortia in 170 countries. He also played a pivotal role in launching and growing both library and publisher participation in the Books at JSTOR program. John has over 20 years of experience in the library community. He worked with SoftLine Information to bring ethnic newspapers online and spent ten years at ProQuest in a variety of roles collaborating with publishers and the library communities. 

Moderator: Sara Kjellberg  

Sara Kjellberg holds a PhD in Information Studies and is the Library Director at Malmö University, where she leads the development of the library as a dynamic meeting place for learning and exploration. Her research interests include information practices, scholarly communication, digital communication and the role of research libraries in supporting scholarly practices.