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Professional career
1969 - 1971 Assistant Librarian, Readers' Services, University Library
Leeds, UK
1971 - 1975 Head of Inter-Library-Loans Dept., University Library Bradford,
UK
1975 - 1976 Head of Faculty Library, Dept. of English Language and Literature,
University of Munich, Germany
1976 - 1981 Deputy Librarian, The British Council, Germany
1981 - 1994 Director, Libraries and Information, The British Council,
Germany
1994 - 1998 Expert to the European Commission DGXIII, Telematics for
Libraries, responsible for developing research cooperation with libraries
in Central and Eastern Europe, monitoring public library projects and
networks, commissioning and editing studies and publications 'Library
Economics in Central and Eastern Europe', 'Library Automation in Central
and Eastern Europe', and 'Public Libraries in the Information Society'
1998 - 2000 Team Leader of the EU funded project 'Creating and Information
System for the Russian State Library', Moscow
2000 - Free-lance consultant
2003 - Director, Eremo srl, International Consultancy and Project Management
Agency
Consultancy and project
management
1984 - 1992 Consultancies on library development in Argentina, Hong-Kong,
South Korea, Cypress, Romania, Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Ukraine,
Bosnia within the British Council global network
1994 - 1998 UK representative to the World Bank Initiative Global Knowledge
Partnership, including co-organizing of high-level policy meetings in
Toronto, Accra, and Johannesburg
Ongoing since 1998 - Consultancy and project management for the European
Commission, international agencies and foundations, and other clients
from the private and public sector in more than 50 countries, concerning
library and cultural heritage projects.
Ongoing since 2000 - Evaluator for the European Commission DG IS/E2,
monitoring and peer reviewing research projects and support actions
in the cultural heritage sector
1998 - 2000 Team Leader, "Creating an Information System for the
Russian State Library", EU Tacis Programme, Moscow
2001 - 2002 European Commission: TRIS Trial Support Project, coordinating
25 research projects trialing the application of new technologies in
the cultural sector in public libraries, museums, archives
2001 - (ongoing) eIFL net Electronic Information for Libraries NGO,
providing strategic guidance and on-the-ground implementatioin of sustainable
library consortia in 50 countries funded by the Open Society Institute
and others funders
2002 - January 2005 Russian State Library: Projects building on and
developing the library's information system and electronic bibliographic
resources (general catalogue, music and serials collections) funded
by the Mellon Foundation
2003 - 2004 Project Director of the TACIS funded 'Russian Information
and Libraries Consortium RILC, Moscow and St. Petersburg
2003 Evaluator of library related proposals for the Canadian Foundation
for Innovation
2004 CENL (Conference of European National Libraries) Review and evaluation
of Structures and Activities of the association comprising 43 national
libraries
2004 - 2007 Preparation, negotiation and implementation of the TEL-ME-MOR
project (The European Library Modular Extensions for Mediating Online
Resources) funded by the European Commission, to bring the National
Libraries of the New Member States into The European Library TEL
2005 - 2007 Expert to monitor and evaluate progress and outcomes of
the EU TEMPUS funded project to create a digital learning resource centre
at Yerevan university librariy in Armenia
2005 - 2008 Preparation, negotiation and implementation of the EDL project,
European Digital Library, funded by the European Commission, to make
collections from all European National Libraries accessible through
the TEL portal
2006 - 2007 'Russian Literary Heritage Online', bringing together resources
on Leo Tolstoy held by the Russian State Library and the Leo Tolstoy
Literary Estate at Yasnaya Polyana through an easily searchable portal
Skills and Competencies
Strategic analysis, design, management and implementation of multi-national
projects
Monitoring, evaluation and development of projects and structures
Establishment of interpersonal contacts and working relationships in
complex socio-political environments
Motivation and management of multi-cultural teams
Investigative and analytical reporting
Human resource management and IT competencies
Effective delivery of results on time and on budget
Reliable and focused management and implementation also under duress
Result-oriented flexibility and mobility
Creative and constructive approach to problem solving
Maintenance of a personal network of organisations and individuals from
the library and information profession in particular and the wider cultural
sector, and their policy makers and funding agencies in EU, CEE, CIS,
US and Africa.
Other engagements
Member of the German and UK Library Associations
Honorary life-member of the Russian State Library
Director of Eremo srl www.eremo.net
Founding and Board Member of the Vivo Foundation www.vivo.org
Language skills
German fluent
English fluent
French advanced
Italian advanced
Russian medium
Spanish beginner
Additional Information
1991 Award of the MBE (Member of the British Empire) by HM Queen Elizabeth
II
1995 Award of the Honorary FLA (Fellow of the Library Association, UK)
Member of the Chaîne des Rôtisseurs www.chaine.org
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