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The Leadership Group is made up of members that contribute annually to the project, along with representatives from the DSpace Community at large who are particularly committed to the Project, including Service Providers.

The group meets monthly and charges the DSpace Steering Group with priorities, projects, and feedback. 

The Leadership Group approves the overall priorities and strategic direction of the project by:

  • Approving the annual budget allocation and any modifications
  • Approving the product roadmap
  • Approving the strategic direction
  • Nominating and electing Steering Group members
  • Voting on key decisions presented by Steering Group
  • Helping to raise funds and secure other resources on behalf of the project

Leadership Group members are elected for a 1-year term and there are no term limits.

Eligibility to serve in the Leadership Group is determined based on the membership levels as follows:

  • Platinum - 1 seat per member
  • Gold - 1 seat per member
  • Silver - 1 seats for every 4 members 

  • Bronze - 1 seat for every 8 members

The Leadership group also benefits from the participation of:

  • 2 Members nominated by the community at large and voted by the Members
  • Representatives from Registered Service Providers
  • Ex-officio and/or emeritus members

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

Meeting Notes:

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

2023/2024

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DSpace Leaders (alphabetical order):

DSpace 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

Allan Bell  

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

John T Butler  

Associate University Librarian for Data & TechnologyUniversity of Minnesota

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

Kimberly Chapman †

Campus

David Corbly  

Director of
Repository ServicesUniversity of
Oklahoma
Arizona Libraries

Lieven Droogmans

CEOAtmire

Federico Ferrario  

Solutions ManagerCineca

Scott Hanrath 

Associate Dean for Research EngagementUniversity of Kansas

Barbara Hirschmann  

Head E-Publishing, ETH LibraryETH Zurich

Jyrki Ilva

Information
System Specialist
Systems ManagerNational Library of Finland

Salwa Ismail Chair

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

Pierre Lasou  

Scholarly Communications LibrarianUniversité Laval

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

 

Repository Integrations
Open Research Systems ManagerUniversity of Cambridge
Joao Mendes Moreira

Erik Moore 

Head

of Scientific Information, UCCNFoundation for Science and Technology of Portugal

, University Archives & Co-Director, University Digital Conservancy

University of Minnesota

Susanna Mornati (4Science)  

COO, CCO, Business Strategist, Business Technologist4Science
Chief Operating Officer4Science USA and 4Science S.p.a. (EU)

Jere Odell

Scholarly Communication Librarian

César Olivares

Subdirector for Information and Knowledge ManagementConcytec

Kristi Palmer

Interim Dean
Indiana 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

Jordan Piščanc  

IT ManagerUniversity of Trieste

Beate Rajski

Head
Library
Information Technology
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

Andrew Weaver Digital Infrastructure and Preservation LibrarianWashington State University Libraries

Meetings Notes:

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* 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

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