Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Germany, has announced that Roger Brisson has been appointed Strategy Director for Ex Libris Europe. As the former head of Metadata Services at Boston University, which has run Ex Libris Alma for the past year, Brisson brings with him a wealth of real-world knowledge of academic libraries and their evolving needs.
Brisson's broad experience of the library industry includes expertise in building next generation libraries, development of digital and metadata systems and in addressing the strategic challenges that libraries face. Prior to his role at Boston University, he served in senior positions at Harvard and Penn State Universities. He is well-known for his work on several national and international working groups as well as his active involvement in the development of the Dublin Core standard and in the translation of the AACR2 Cataloguing rules into German.
Brisson will be based at the Ex Libris offices in Hamburg.
