The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) has announced the appointment of Dr. Alma Swan to the position of Director of European Advocacy, and Lars Bjørnshauge as SPARC's Director of European Library Relations.
Alma Swan, who co-founded Key Perspectives Ltd., a scholarly communications consultancy in 1996, has more than two decades of experience in medical cell biology research and scholarly publishing. In her new position, she will be responsible for leading SPARC's advocacy programmes throughout Europe, with a concentration on regular outreach to the European Commission and European Parliament.
Lars Bjørnshauge, a long-standing member of the SPARC Europe Board, has been serving as SPARC's Interim European Director since October, taking on the overall management of the 93-member library organisation. He will continue to lead SPARC's high-level education and outreach programmes, capitalising on his more than twenty years' experience in the library community. Prior to his decade-long service as Director of Lund Libraries, he held management positions at the Technical Knowledge Center & Library of Denmark (DTV) in Lyngby, as well as serving as head of department at the Royal Danish School of Librarianship in Copenhagen.
Both Swan and Bjørnshauge are well known for championing Open Access and providing high-level strategic leadership and expertise to the development of innovative programmes and policies. They will work closely with the SPARC member organisations in Europe, as well as SPARC staff in North America and Asia to continue to spearhead campaigns to strengthen the adoption of Open Access in the global scholarly community.
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