EBLIDA Elections Executive Committee

Term May 2005-May 2007 

Election 13 May 2005, Cork, Ireland 

Biographies


 

Mr Henrik Åslund  (Substitute),

Svensk Biblioteksförening (Swedish Library Association)

henrik.aslund@lub.lu.se

 

Personal information

Mr Åslund lives in Lund, Sweden with his wife Karin and two sons. He currently holds a position as head of the Digital Library at Lund university. He has been following the work of EBLIDA and representing the Swedish library associations at a number of EBLIDA Council meetings. He is 41 years old.

Work experience

2002 - , Lund university library, Head office. Head of the digital library and Senior librarian and Assistant Head of library systems department
  1997 – 2002, Royal Library, National library of Sweden. Senior executive officer at BIBSAM and Information manager at LIBRIS
  1992 – 1997, Stockholm University Library. Assistant Head of circulation and interlibrary loan department and Project researcher EU-project LIB-EQLIPSE, Systems librarian

Other library related work experience

2000-2001, Translations work for the Swedish Standards institute

1998 - , Consultant work at the Library of the Nordic Africa Institute in Uppsala, Sweden

1997 - , Consultant work at the National library of Sweden

1995-1997, Teaching work at the literature department at Stockholm University

1996 – 1997, Evaluation of library services for the Swedish Transport and Communications research board
1996 – 1999, Teaching work at the library school of Uppsala university

1995 – 1996, Administrative work for the distance education of the library school of Borås

Education

Master of information and Library Science, University College in Borås

Librarian Diploma, University College in Borås

Studies in Political Science, History of Ideas, Literature, Film, Drama at Lund university

Further education Courses and workshops in management, computing skills, strategic planning, etc.

International work

ISO. International organization of standards, technical committee 46, sub committee 8: Member of working group 2. Library Statistics 981001-021101 and of working group 4. Performance indicators for Libraries 981001-021101

IFLA. Member and information officer of the standing committee of Statistics 010801-

LIBECON, Library Economics in Europe. Member of Strategic Advisory Group 011017-021130

NVBF, Board member of the Nordic Federation of Research Libraries Associations 970317-

Appointed positions

2004 - Board of Directors for Bibliotekstjänst AB

2000 - , Vice President of the Swedish Library Association

1997 – 2000, Vice President of the Swedish Association for Research Librarians

 


 

Mr Klaus-Peter Böttger  (Substitute),
BID Germany

Klaus-Peter.Boettger@stadt-mh.de

University Degrees
Librarianship, Cologne, Librarian for public libraries 1978

Professional Career
Public Library Essen, 1979-1990. Various; last position as head of department central library
Public Library Mülheim, 1991-present .Director and responsible for the Kulturbetrieb since 1997

Other posts
Teacher for librarianship at a vocational school and a vocational school for partially deaf trainees

Professional Experience
I gained my professional experience through public libraries. The main fields of work were:

Committee responsibilities
 

Knowledge of languages
German, English, Swedish (basic)

 


 

Ms Gail Downe (Substitute),

SCONUL (Society of College, National and University Libraries)

gail.downe@sconul.ac.uk

 

 

NOT AVAILABLE

 


 

Mr Berndt Fredriksson  (Substitute),
Svenska Arkivsamfundet (National Archives of Sweden), Sweden

berndt.fredriksson@foreign.ministry.se

PhD in History at Uppsala University, 1976
Student Advisor at the History department, Uppsala University, 1976 - 1979
Archivist/Senior Archivist at the National Archives, 1979 - 1987
Director at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Head of Archives, 1987 - 1998
Director at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Chief Historian, 1998 -
Professor of Archival Science at Stockholm University (part-time), Chairman of the National association for archivists of Sweden, 2000 -

 


 

Ms Saara Ihamäki (Substitute),

Suomen Kirjastoseura (Finnish Library Association)

saara.ihamaki@hel.fi

 

NOT AVAILABLE

 


 

 Ms Marian Koren  (Substitute),

VOB (Netherlands Public Library Association)

koren@debibliotheken.nl

 

NOT AVAILABLE

 


 

Ms Christa Müller  (Substitute),

VÖB (Austrian Association of Librarians)

Christa.Mueller@onb.ac.at

 

NOT AVAILABLE

 


 

Mr Kjell Nilsson,

Svensk Biblioteksförening (Swedish Library Association)

kjell.nilsson@bibsam.kb.se

 

Education

1972, MA (English, French, Russian, Linguistics), Stockholm University and Royal Library Library School
  1978-1979, Management, Stockholm University

Language proficiency

Fluent in English, French, Norwegian and Danish. Basic in German and Russian.

Library employment

1988 – , BIBSAM Director (Royal Library’s Department of National Coordination and Development)

1995 - , Deputy National Librarian
1985 – 1988, Head of Development Department, Royal Library
1979 – 1985, Head of National Union Catalogue, Royal Library
1976 – 1979, Librarian, Cataloguing Department, Royal Library
1972 – 1976, Library assistant, National Union Catalogue, Royal Library and Library assistant, Täby Public Library

Related Employment

1996-1998, Project Evaluator, Libraries Programme, European Commission, DG XIII 

Selected Professional Activities

Since 1998, Member and Expert Resource Person to IFLA Committee on Copyright and Other Legal Matters

Since 1996, EBLIDA Expert Group on WTO–related matters, Chair in 2003  

1998 - 2003, ISO TC 46/SC 8, Quality – Statistics and Performance Evaluation, Chair

1998 - , Member of the board of the Swedish University Computer Network

1995 - 2004, Member of the board of Luleå University Library

1983 – 1989, Member of the board of the Swedish Association of Research Librarians

1976 – 1983, Editor of the newsletter of the Swedish Association of Research Librarians

 


 

Mr Antonio José Pina Falcâo  (Substitute),
Associaçâo Portuguesa de Bibliotecários, Arquivistas e Documentalistâs (BAD), Portugal

badbn@mail.telepac.pt

Qualifications and Professional Education and Training
Master of Arts (History), University of Lisbon, 1984
Post-graduate Course in Library and Information Science (2 years), University of Lisbon, 1986
Attended about 50 professional continuing education actions
Attended 22 international (IFLA, FID, Lusophonie) and national conferences (Portugal, France, Spain, Macau)

Professional Career
Library Technician - Lisbon Public Libraries (1971-1972; 1976-1985)
Librarian and Information Specialist:

Professional Associations - Membership and Activities
          National


        Membership and Policy and Management Activities

Teaching Activities
Training of library technicians (several courses, 1998 - 1994)
Postgraduate course of Library and Information Science, University of Lisbon (Cataloguing, 1986 - 1989; Information and Society, 1997 - )

Bibliography
About 12 papers presented in national conferences promoted by BAD
Co-author of the LIB-2 Report/Update (Portugal) - European Commission


 

Ms Olga Saíz,

FESABID (Spanish Federation of Archives, Libraries, Documentation and Museums Associations)

gerencia@fesabid.org

Olga has worked as Director of FESABID since July 2002. Previously she worked at the Spanish Library of Congress, Congress of Deputies, and in the Library of Psychology and Philosophy at the University of Seville (Spain)

She is a graduate of University of León and Granada (Spain) in Biblioteconomía y Documentación. She has started a Post graduate course in Documentation for which she obtained, after completion of the first year of studies, a Lecturing Certificate


 

Ms Winnie Vitzansky (Substitute),

Danmarks Biblioteksforening (Danish Library Association)

wv@dbf.dk

 

NOT AVAILABLE

 

 


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