The following Fedora community members have been nominated for this year's Fedora Leadership Group election.
Bronze Members
Name | Organization | Title/Role | Personal Statement |
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Melissa Anez | Islandora Foundation | Project and Community Manager | As the Project & Community Manager for the Islandora Foundation, I have worked with Fedora since 2012. During that time, I have worked with the Islandora developer and adopter community to manage the challenges of transitioning Islandora from Fedora 3 to Fedora 4 and beyond, while continuing to advance Fedora as a key component of Islandora. In the wake of the recent release of the first version of Islandora to be fully compatible with Fedora 5, I will be actively working with our community to support migration, and consulting and responding to their needs and concerns for future versions of Fedora, especially Fedora 6 (and OCFL). In taking a place on the Leadership Group I would look to represent the Islandora community in Fedora’s strategic goals, and to better communicate the Fedora roadmap and its benefits to the Islandora community. |
Chris Awre | University of Hull | Head of Information Services | As a long-term adopter of Fedora (since 2005), and advocate for its use in the UK, I have championed the benefits of Fedora as a digital repository platform and supported those exploring its use for a variety of different purposes. I believe in the repository platform being considered as infrastructure rather than application, and seek to refresh how repositories are viewed institutionally to better establish them in this way. I am also a founder member of the Hydra Project (now Samvera Community) in 2008 and recognise the important link between Fedora and the services making use of it to exploit its capabilities as a key element of the future of Fedora. In continuing with a role on the Leadership Group I would look to better understand and support the development of the community as it moves to Fedora 6, highlighting the strengths that make Fedora a valuable investment. |
Thomas Bernhart | Docuteam GmbH | Project Manager |
Silver Members
Name | Organization | Title/Role | Personal Statement |
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Raman Ganguly | University of Vienna | Head of Software Development | |
Scott Prater | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Digital Library Analyst | |
Annie Wu | University of Houston | Head of Metadata and Digitization Services | |
Wei Xuan | University of Manitoba | Head, Libraries Systems |
Gold Members
Name | Organization | Title/Role | Personal Statement |
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Rosalyn Metz | Emory University | Director of Library Technology and Digital Strategies | I am the Director of Library Technology and Digital Strategies at Emory University in Atlanta. I currently hold the position of Chair-Elect on Fedora Steering. Ultimately, we seek to preserve content for all of the libraries, archives, and museums on campus. I have been involved in digital repositories and digital preservation in various roles throughout my career and I am Chair-Elect for Fedora Steering, a member of Samvera Steering, and part of OCFL's Editorial Group. As an active member in the library open source space, I believe it is up to cultural heritage institutions that support Fedora to ensure its long-term stewardship and continued success well into the future. |
Tim Shearer | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | Associate University Librarian for Digital Strategies and IT | |
Dustin Slater | University of Texas at Austin | Assistant Director of Information Technology | |
Tammy Allgood Wolf | Arizona State University | Director of Discovery Services |
At-Large Community Members
Name | Organization | Title/Role | Personal Statement |
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Stefano Cossu | J. Paul Getty Trust | Software Architect | |
John Eden | discoverygarden | CEO | |
Dan Field | National Library of Wales | Head of Software Development |