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.

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 DSpace Leaders (alphabetical order):

DSpace Leadership Group Members
Senior Director, Community Supported Technologies and Hosting Services Lyrasis
Project Manager - Open Knowledge RepositoryThe World Bank
CEO, FounderThe Library Code
Open Access Repository ManagerCSIC (Spanish National Research Council)
Senior Manager, Digital Research & Curation Center (DRCC) and the Open Source Programs Office (OSPO)Sheridan Libraries at Johns Hopkins University
Campus Repository ServicesUniversity of Arizona Libraries
CEOAtmire
Associate Dean for Research EngagementUniversity of Kansas
Head E-Publishing, ETH LibraryETH Zurich
Information Systems ManagerNational Library of Finland

Erica Johns (Vice Chair)

Lead Librarian for the eCommons Institutional Repository ServiceCornell University
Digital Repository Services Librarian George Mason University
Open Research Systems ManagerUniversity of Cambridge

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

University of Minnesota
Chief Operating Officer4Science USA and 4Science S.p.a. (EU)
Scholarly Communication LibrarianIndiana University Purdue University Indiana
Technical Manager - CGSpaceCGIAR / International Livestock Research Institute
Digital Curation LibrarianGeorgia Institute of Technology 
Executive DirectorTexas Digital Library
Library DirectorHamburg University of Technology / DSpace-DE Consortium
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