Contribute to the DSpace Development Fund

The newly established DSpace Development Fund supports the development of new features prioritized by DSpace Governance. For a list of planned features see the fund wiki page.

Leadership Group

The DSpace Leadership Group approves the overall priorities and strategic direction of the program.  The Group’s responsibilities are:

  • Approve the annual budget
  • Approve the DSpace product roadmap and strategic plan
  • Nominate and elect Steering Group members and DSpace Program Chair
  • Vote on significant changes to strategic direction or product roadmap presented by the Steering Group
  • Help to raise funds and secure other resources on behalf of the DSpace Program

Composition of the Leadership Group

The Leadership Group is made up of the following 3 groups:

  • DSpace Program Member Organizations: The largest component of the Leadership Group are representatives of DSpace member organizations that contribute annually to the project. These representatives are either selected or elected according to the ratios noted below.
  • Lyrasis: One ex-officio representative of the DSpace Program's organizational home, Lyrasis.
  • Community representation: Representatives from the DSpace Community-at-large who are particularly committed to the Project, including Service Providers.

DSpace Program Member Organizations

The composition of the Leadership Group reflects the different levels of membership outlined on the DSpace membership webpage.

  • Platinum: Each Platinum member has an automatic seat on Leadership - 1 seat per member
  • Gold: Gold members elect 1 representative for every 2 Gold-level member organizations.*
  • Silver: Silver members elect 1 representative for seats for every 4 Silver-level member organizations.
  • Bronze: Bronze members elect 1 representative for every 8 Bronze-level member organizations.

*DSpace Leadership has opted to allow an automatic seat for each Gold member in 2021 and 2022 Governance Years.

Other Leadership Group Members

  • Lyrasis: As the DSpace Program's organizational home, Lyrasis retains one ex officio, non-voting seat on the Leadership Group.
  • Community-at-large representatives: 2 Leadership Group voting seats are held for members of the Community. Candidates for these seats are nominated by the DSpace community at large and elected by the Leadership Group.
  • Registered Service Providers: Certified Platinum Providers of the DSpace Registered Service Provider Program each have one voting seat on Leadership.
  • DSpace Community Advisory Team (DCAT) Chair: The DCAT Chair has an ex officio, non-voting seat on Leadership.
  • Ex officio and/or emeritus members: The DSpace Leadership Group may choose to invite others to join Leadership in an ex officio, non-voting capacity.

As maintainers of a global community of users supporting more equitable access to research and other digital content, the DSpace Program aspires to maintain a Leadership Group that is diverse in its representation of geographic regions, institution types, race, disability status, gender identity and sexual orientation.

Terms and elections

  • The Leaders are elected for a 1-year, renewable term and there are no term limits.
  • The Leadership Group term begins November 1 and concludes October 31.
  • Membership organizations with an automatic seat (e.g. Platinum members) select an individual of their organization to fill the seat.

Meetings

  • Meetings are held four times per year, with the first meeting of the governance year in November.
  • Emergency meetings may be called by any Leadership or Steering member between established meeting times.
  • Agendas and meeting notes from Leadership Group meetings are shared publicly.

DSpace Steering & Leadership Group Meetings 

Meeting notes for Leadership Group Meetings are found below. For more information about the role of the Leadership Group and other governance groups, visit DSpace Governance.

Meeting Notes:

*Starting with the January 13, 2021, meeting, Leadership moved from monthly to quarterly meetings.

2025/2026 DSpace Leadership Group Members (November 1, 2025 - October 31, 2026)

Members are listed in alphabetical order by their surname.

DSpace 2025/2026 Leadership Group Members

Bridget Almas ***

Director of Operations for Community Supported Technologies Lyrasis

Anne Aubert

Chief Publications at FAOFood and Agriculture Organization of the UN

Pascal-Nicolas Becker  

CEO, FounderThe Library Code

Isabel Bernal 

Open Access Repository ManagerCSIC (Spanish National Research Council)

Andrea Bollini

COO (Deputy), Chief Technology Innovation Officer4Science

Bill Branan 

Senior Manager, Digital Research & Curation Center (DRCC) and the Open Source Programs Office (OSPO)Sheridan Libraries at Johns Hopkins University

Kimberly Chapman

Campus Repository ServicesUniversity of Arizona Libraries
Maggie Dickson Head of Repository ServicesDuke University

Lieven Droogmans

CEOAtmire

Kent Gerber †

University Data ArchivistUniversity of Minnesota

John Gostick

Digital Preservation Technical LeadUniversity of Cambridge

Gultekin Gurdal *

Library DirectorIzmir Institute of Technology

Barbara Hirschmann  

Head E-Publishing, ETH LibraryETH Zurich

Jyrki Ilva

Information Systems ManagerNational Library of Finland

Erica Johns (Vice Chair)

Lead Librarian for the eCommons Institutional Repository ServiceCornell University

Colin Lukens *

Senior Repository ManagerHarvard Library

Lautaro Matas **

Executive and Technical Director

LA Referencia

Rachel Molina

Digital Publishing and Repository Librarian

Indiana University Indianapolis

Erik Moore (Chair)

Head, University Archives & Co-Director, University Digital Conservancy

University of Minnesota

Kristi Park

Executive DirectorTexas Digital Library

Małgorzata Paszkowska

Project and Key Account ManagerPCG Academia

Beate Rajski

Library DirectorHamburg University of Technology / German Consortium

Julien Sicot

Head of Team, Repositories, Digital Repositories and Archives

EPFL / Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries (CSAL)

Paschal Ssemaganda 

Publishing Officer

World Bank Group

Carolyn Sullivan 

Systems Librarian, Digital Repositories

University of Ottawa

Ianthe Sutherland 

Digital Library Development & Systems Manager

The University of Edinburgh

Maureen Walsh

Scholarly Sharing Strategist

The Ohio State University Libraries

* Community At Large Representative

** Ex-officio member nominated by the Leadership Group as representative of the community at large. Ex-officio members do not have voting rights.

*** Representative for permanent ex-officio, non-voting Lyrasis seat.

† DSpace Community Advisory Team (DCAT) Chair, ex-officio, non-voting

2024/2025 DSpace Leadership Group Members (November 1, 2024 - October 31, 2025)

Members are listed in alphabetical order by their surname.

DSpace 2024/2025 Leadership Group Members

Bridget Almas***

Director of Operations for Community Supported Technologies Lyrasis

Pascal-Nicolas Becker 

CEO, FounderThe Library Code

Isabel Bernal

Open Access Repository ManagerCSIC (Spanish National Research Council)

Andrea Bollini (February 2025 - October 2025)

COO (Deputy), Chief Technology Innovation Officer4Science

Bill Branan

Senior Manager, Digital Research & Curation Center (DRCC) and the Open Source Programs Office (OSPO)Sheridan Libraries at Johns Hopkins University

Kimberly Chapman †

Campus Repository ServicesUniversity of Arizona Libraries

Maggie Dickson

Head of Repository ServicesDuke University

Lieven Droogmans

CEOAtmire

Mohit Garg *

Assistant LibrarianIndian Institute of Technology Delhi

Barbara Hirschmann

Head E-Publishing, ETH LibraryETH Zurich

Jyrki Ilva

Information Systems ManagerNational Library of Finland

Owen Iyoha *

CEOEko-Konnect Research and Education Initiative

Ed Kirkland

Senior Librarian, Discovery and AccessUniversity of Nottingham

James MacKenzie

Associate Dean of LibrariesUniversity of New Brunswick / Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN)

Agustina Martinez-Garcia (Vice Chair)

Open Research Systems ManagerUniversity of Cambridge

Lautaro Matas **

Executive and Technical Director

LA Referencia

Erik Moore

Head, University Archives & Co-Director, University Digital Conservancy

University of Minnesota

Susanna Mornati (Nov 2024 - February 2025)

Chief Operating Officer4Science USA and 4Science S.p.a. (EU)

Jere Odell

Scholarly Communication LibrarianIndiana University Purdue University Indiana

Kristi Park

Executive DirectorTexas Digital Library

Beate Rajski

Library DirectorHamburg University of Technology / DSpace-DE Consortium

Julien Sicot

Head of Team, Repositories, Digital Repositories and Archives

EPFL / Swiss Consortium

Paschal Ssemaganda

Publishing Officer

World Bank Group

Carolyn Sullivan

Systems Librarian, Digital Repositories

University of Ottawa

Ianthe Sutherland

Digital Library Development & Systems Manager

The University of Edinburgh

Maureen Walsh (Chair)

Scholarly Sharing Strategist

The Ohio State University Libraries

* Community At Large Representative

** Ex-officio member nominated by the Leadership Group as representative of the community at large. Ex-officio members do not have voting rights.

*** Representative for permanent ex-officio, non-voting Lyrasis seat.

† DSpace Community Advisory Team (DCAT) Chair, ex-officio, non-voting

2023/2024 DSpace Leaders (November 1, 2023 - October 31, 2024)

Members are listed in alphabetical order by their surname.

DSpace 2023/2024 Leadership Group Members

Laurie Gemmill Arp***

Senior Director, Community Supported Technologies and Hosting Services Lyrasis

Tal Ayalon

Project Manager - Open Knowledge RepositoryThe World Bank

Pascal-Nicolas Becker

CEO, FounderThe Library Code

Isabel Bernal

Open Access Repository ManagerCSIC (Spanish National Research Council)

Bill Branan

Senior Manager, Digital Research & Curation Center (DRCC) and the Open Source Programs Office (OSPO)Sheridan Libraries at Johns Hopkins University

Kimberley Chapman†

Campus Repository ServicesUniversity of Arizona Libraries

Lieven Droogmans

CEOAtmire

Scott Hanrath

Associate Dean for Research EngagementUniversity of Kansas

Barbara Hirschmann

Head E-Publishing, ETH LibraryETH Zurich

Jyrki Ilva

Information Systems ManagerNational Library of Finland

Erica Johns (Vice Chair)

Lead Librarian for the eCommons Institutional Repository ServiceCornell University

Joanna Lee

Digital Repository Services Librarian George Mason University

Agustina Martinez-Garcia

Open Research Systems ManagerUniversity of Cambridge

Erik Moore 

Head, University Archives & Co-Director, University Digital Conservancy

University of Minnesota

Susanna Mornati

Chief Operating Officer4Science USA and 4Science S.p.a. (EU)

Jere Odell

Scholarly Communication LibrarianIndiana University Purdue University Indiana

Alan Orth *

Technical Manager - CGSpaceCGIAR / International Livestock Research Institute
Susan Wells Parham 
Digital Curation LibrarianGeorgia Institute of Technology 

Kristi Park  

Executive DirectorTexas Digital Library

Beate Rajski

Library DirectorHamburg University of Technology / DSpace-DE Consortium

Ianthe Sutherland 

Digital Library Development & Systems ManagerThe University of Edinburgh

Maureen Walsh   (Chair)

Scholarly Sharing Strategist

The Ohio State University Libraries

* Community At Large Representative

** Ex-officio member nominated by the Leadership Group as representative of the community at large. Ex-officio members do not have voting rights.

*** Representative for permanent ex-officio, non-voting Lyrasis seat.

† DSpace Community Advisory Team (DCAT) Chair, ex-officio, non-voting


2022/2023 DSpace Leaders (November 1, 2022 - October 31, 2023)

Members are listed in alphabetical order by their surname.

DSpace 2022/2023 Leadership Group Members
DSpace Leadership Group Members

Nada Mahmoud Aboueata 


Qatar University
Tal Ayalon 
Project Manager - Open Knowledge RepositoryThe World Bank

Pascal-Nicolas Becker  

CEO, FounderThe Library Code

Isabel Bernal 

Open Access Repository ManagerCSIC (Spanish National Research Council)

Jose Carvalho *


KEEP Solutions, Inc.
Corey DavisDigital Preservation LibrarianUniversity of Victoria Libraries

Lieven Droogmans

CEOAtmire

Victor Gomez 

Sub Director de Gestión de la Información y ConocimientoCONCYTEC

Barbara Hirschmann  

Head E-Publishing, ETH LibraryETH Zurich

Jyrki Ilva

Information Systems ManagerNational Library of Finland

Erica Johns (Vice-chair)

Lead Librarian for the eCommons Institutional Repository ServiceCornell University

Joanna Lee 

Digital Repository Services Librarian George Mason University

Agustina Martinez-Garcia

Open Research Systems ManagerUniversity of Cambridge

Tim McGeary

AUL for Digital Strategies and TechnologyDuke University Libraries

Erik Moore 

Head, University Archives & Co-Director, University Digital Conservancy

University of Minnesota

Susanna Mornati

Chief Operating Officer4Science USA and 4Science S.p.a. (EU)

Jere Odell

Scholarly Communication LibrarianIndiana University Purdue University Indiana
Susan Wells Parham 
Digital Curation LibrarianGeorgia Institute of Technology 

Kristi Park  

Executive DirectorTexas Digital Library

Jussi Piipponen 

Information Specialist, University of HelsinkiFinELib-consortium

Beate Rajski

Library DirectorHamburg University of Technology / DSpace-DE Consortium
Bronwen Sprout 
Head, Digital Programs and ServicesUniversity of British Columbia Library

Maureen Walsh  (Chair)

Scholarly Sharing Strategist

The Ohio State University Libraries

*Community At Large Representative

**Ex-officio member nominated by the Leadership Group as representative of the community at large. Ex-officio members don't have voting rights

2021/2022 DSpace Leaders

Members are listed in alphabetical order by their surname.

DSpace 2021/2022 Leadership Group Members
Tal Ayalon
The World Bank

Pascal-Nicolas Becker  

CEO, FounderThe Library Code
Corey Davis
University of Victoria Libraries

Lieven Droogmans

CEOAtmire
Tiago Ferreira *CIONeki IT
Rose Fredrick
Creighton University

Victor Gomez **

Sub Director (e) de Gestión de la Información y ConocimientoCONCYTEC

Scott Hanrath

Associate DeanUniversity of Kansas

Barbara Hirschmann  

Head E-Publishing, ETH LibraryETH Zurich

Jyrki Ilva

Information Systems ManagerNational Library of Finland

Lautaro Julian Matas *

Executive and Technical SecretaryLA Referencia
Agustina Martinez-Garcia (Vice Chair)
Open Research Systems ManagerUniversity of Cambridge

Tim McGeary

AUL for Digital Strategies and TechnologyDuke University Libraries

Erik Moore 

Head, University Archives & Co-Director, University Digital Conservancy

University of Minnesota

Susanna Mornati

COO, CCO, Business Strategist, Business Technologist4Science

Jere Odell

Scholarly Communication LibrarianIndiana University Purdue University Indiana

Kristi Park  

Executive DirectorTexas Digital Library

Susan Wells Parham

Digital Curation LibrarianGeorgia Institute of Technology

Beate Rajski

Head Library Information TechnologyHamburg University of Technology / DSpace-DE Consortium
Bronwen Sprout
University of British Columbia Library

Gail Steinhart

Open Scholarship Services Librarian

Cornell University
Ianthe Sutherland Digital Library Development & Systems ManagerThe University of Edinburgh

Maureen Walsh  (Chair)

Scholarly Sharing StrategistThe Ohio State University Libraries

*Community At Large Representative

**Ex-officio member nominated by the Leadership Group as representative of the community at large. Ex-officio members don't have voting rights


2020/2021 DSpace Leaders

Members are listed in alphabetical order by their surname.

DSpace 2020/2021 Leadership Group Members
DSpace Leadership Group Members
Tal Ayalon
The World Bank

Pascal-Nicolas Becker  

CEO, FounderThe Library Code

Allan Bell  

Associate University Librarian, Digital Programs and ServicesUniversity of British Columbia Library

Kimberly Chapman 

Campus Repository ServicesUniversity of Arizona Libraries

Lieven Droogmans

CEOAtmire

Scott Hanrath

Associate DeanUniversity of Kansas

Barbara Hirschmann  

Head E-Publishing, ETH LibraryETH Zurich

Jyrki Ilva

Information Systems ManagerNational Library of Finland
Kirsty Lingstadt
University of Edinburgh

Paolo Mangiafico 

Scholarly Communications StrategistDuke University Libraries
Agustina Martinez-Garcia
Open Research Systems ManagerUniversity of Cambridge

Andrew McLean 


Imperial College London

Erik Moore 

Head, University Archives & Co-Director, University Digital Conservancy

University of Minnesota

Susanna Mornati 

COO, CCO, Business Strategist, Business Technologist4Science

Jere Odell

Scholarly Communication LibrarianIndiana University Purdue University Indiana

César Olivares

Subdirector for Information and Knowledge ManagementConcytec

Kristi Park  (Chair)

Executive DirectorTexas Digital Library

Beate Rajski

Head Library Information TechnologyHamburg University of Technology / DSpace-DE Consortium

Gail Steinhart

Open Scholarship Services Librarian

Cornell University

Sarah Swanz 


Vanderbilt University

Maureen Walsh  (Vice Chair)

Scholarly Sharing StrategistThe Ohio State University Libraries

Wei Xuan 

Head, Libraries SystemsUniversity of Manitoba


2019/2020 DSpace Leaders

Members are listed in alphabetical order by their surname.

DSpace 2019/2020 Leadership Group Members
DSpace Leadership Group Members

Pascal-Nicolas Becker  

CEO, FounderThe Library Code

Allan Bell  

Associate University Librarian, Digital Programs and ServicesUniversity of British Columbia Library

John T Butler  

Associate University Librarian for Data & TechnologyUniversity of Minnesota
Suzanne Chase
Interim Head, Library Information TechnologyGeorgetown University

Lieven Droogmans

CEOAtmire

Federico Ferrario  

Solutions ManagerCineca

Scott Hanrath

Associate DeanUniversity of Kansas

Barbara Hirschmann  

Head E-Publishing, ETH LibraryETH Zurich

Jyrki Ilva

Information Systems ManagerNational Library of Finland
Jayan Kuria
Lecturer, USC Business SchoolUniversity of Sunshine Coast

Pierre Lasou  

Scholarly Communications LibrarianUniversité Laval

Mariya Maistrovskaya

Digital Publishing LibrarianUniversity of Toronto

Agustina Martinez-Garcia  

Open Research Systems Manager
University of Cambridge
Lautaro Julián MatasTechnical ManagerLA Referencia 

Joao Mendes Moreira  

Head of Scientific Information, UCCNFoundation for Science and Technology of Portugal

Susanna Mornati 

COO, CCO, Business Strategist, Business Technologist4Science

César Olivares

Subdirector for Information and Knowledge ManagementConcytec

Jere Odell

Scholarly Communication LibrarianIndiana University Purdue University Indiana

Kristi Park (Chair)

Executive DirectorTexas Digital Library

Beate Rajski

Head Library Information TechnologyHamburg University of Technology / DSpace-DE Consortium

Gail Steinhart

Scholarly Communication LibrarianCornell University

Maureen Walsh  

Scholarly Sharing StrategistThe Ohio State University Libraries


2018/2019 DSpace Leaders

Members are listed in alphabetical order by their surname.

DSpace 2018/2019 Leadership Group Members
DSpace Leadership Group Members

Pascal-Nicolas Becker  

CEO, FounderThe Library Code

Allan Bell  

Associate University Librarian, Digital Programs and ServicesUniversity of British Columbia Library

John T Butler  

Associate University Librarian for Data & TechnologyUniversity of Minnesota

David Corbly  

Director of Repository ServicesUniversity of Oklahoma

Lieven Droogmans

CEOAtmire

Federico Ferrario  

Solutions ManagerCineca

Scott Hanrath

Associate DeanUniversity of Kansas

Barbara Hirschmann  

Head E-Publishing, ETH LibraryETH Zurich

Jyrki Ilva

Information System SpecialistNational Library of Finland

Salwa Ismail (Chair)

Head, Library Information TechnologyGeorgetown University
Inba Kehoe Scholarly Communications Librarian and Copyright OfficerUniversity of Victoria

Pierre Lasou  

Scholarly Communications LibrarianUniversité Laval

Agustina Martinez-Garcia  

Repository Integrations ManagerUniversity of Cambridge

Joao Mendes Moreira  

Head of Scientific Information, UCCNFoundation for Science and Technology of Portugal

Susanna Mornati

COO, CCO, Business Strategist, Business Technologist4Science

César Olivares

Subdirector for Information and Knowledge ManagementConcytec

Kristi Palmer

Interim DeanIndiana University Purdue University Indiana

Kristi Park  

Executive DirectorTexas Digital Library

Jordan Piščanc  

IT ManagerUniversity of Trieste

Beate Rajski

Head Library Information TechnologyHamburg University of Technology /
DSpace-DE Consortium

Maureen Walsh  

Scholarly Sharing StrategistThe Ohio State University Libraries
Andrew Weaver Digital Infrastructure and Preservation LibrarianWashington State University Libraries


  • No labels

All content on the LYRASIS Wiki is licensed under the CC BY (Attribution) license, unless otherwise noted.