CLOCKSS, the long-term digital preservation service for scholarly communications, has announced the appointment of Dr. Alicia Wise to be its new Executive Director. She will succeed Craig Van Dyck, who retires in May 2021.
Dr. Wise has worked to improve access to digital research information all through her career, first with the Archaeology Data Service, and then in senior roles in both the library and publishing communities. These include Jisc, Elsevier, the Publishers Association and Publishers Licensing Services. She has been very active in collaborative initiatives between libraries and publishers including the Accessible Books Consortium, CHORUS, Research4Life, and CLOCKSS itself.
Most recently, Alicia has been working as a consultant in scholarly communications, advising publishers, libraries and funders on sustainable strategies for navigating the rapidly changing information landscape.
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