Open Libraries

Abby Smith Rumsey is a writer and historian focusing on the creation, preservation, and use of the cultural record in all media. She has written and lectured widely on digital Read More

Anasuya Sengupta is co-founder and coordinator of the global campaign Whose Knowledge?, work supported by a 2017 Shuttleworth Fellowship. She has worked in India, across the Global South, and internationally Read More

Bethany Nowviskie is director of the Digital Library Federation (DLF) at the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). She also serves as research associate professor of Digital Humanities in Read More

Beverly Sheppard is a Research Fellow at New Knowledge Organization Ltd. and has deep expertise in strategic and interpretive analysis and planning for non-profit institutions. She has led numerous projects Read More

Carole Palmer is a Professor and the Associate Dean for Research at the Information School at the University of Washington. She holds a Ph.D. in Library and Information Science from Read More

Chris Coward is the co-founder, Principal Research Scientist, and Director of the Technology & Social Change Group (TASCHA) at the University of Washington Information School. Under his leadership, TASCHA has Read More

Dan Cohen is vice provost for information collaboration, dean of the libraries, and professor of History at Northeastern University. Prior to his work at Northeastern, Cohen was the founding executive Read More

Dr. David Rosenthal started the LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) Program, which enables long-term preservation of web published materials (ejournals, books, blogs, websites, archival materials, etc). He built Read More

David Rumsey is president of Cartography Associates, a digital publishing company based in San Francisco, and is chairman of Luna Imaging, a provider of enterprise software for online image collections. Read More

Geoff Harder is the associate university librarian for digital initiatives at the University of Alberta. The University is dedicated to the promise made by founding president Henry Marshall Tory that Read More

Gerald Beasley is the Carl A. Kroch university librarian at Cornell University, a position he accepted in 2017. Prior to his work at Cornell, Beasley was vice-provost and chief librarian Read More

Hannah Scates Kettler is a digital humanities research & instruction librarian in the Digital Scholarship & Publishing Studio at the University of Iowa. She leads digital humanities projects from inception Read More

Jim Fruchterman is a social entrepreneur who has adapted the Silicon Valley technology approach to empower communities in need by creating scalable software to support social good solutions for accessible Read More

John Fraser is President & CEO of New Knowledge Organization Ltd., interdisciplinary social science think tank collaborating with change-makers to build a strong, healthy democracy and thriving biosphere. He is Read More

Kyle K. Courtney, both lawyer and librarian, is the copyright advisor for Harvard University. Working out of the Office for Scholarly Communication, Courtney works to establish a culture of shared Read More

Wilkinson is chairman of Heminge & Condell (H&C), an investment and strategic advisory firm, and co-founder of Global Business Network (GBN). Through H&C, Wilkinson is involved in venture formation work, Read More

Lisa Petrides, PhD is founder and CEO of the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME), an independent, education nonprofit established in 2002, and a pioneer in Read More

Dr. Martha Kanter leads the College Promise Campaign’s national initiative to increase college access, affordability and completion in American higher education. She is also a senior fellow at New York Read More

Michelle M. Wu is the associate dean for library services and professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center. She has served in this role since 2010, mapping a strategic Read More

Mike Furlough is executive director of HathiTrust, an organization dedicated to collecting and preserving the scholarly and cultural record. Furlough oversees the full suite of its programs and services, which Read More

Nic Weber is an Assistant Professor at the Information School and a member of the Technology & Social Change Group (TASCHA) and the Data Lab at the University of Washington. Read More

Nirmita Narasimhan is a policy director with the Centre for Internet and Society, working in the areas of policy research and advocacy related to technology access for persons with disabilities. Read More

Pamela Samuelson is the Richard M. Sherman distinguished professor of law and Information at the University of California, Berkeley. She is recognized as a pioneer in digital copyright law, intellectual Read More

Paula MacKinnon is interim director of Califa Group (califa.org), a nonprofit library consortium of more than 220 libraries, the largest library network in California. Founded in 2004, Califa manages statewide Read More

Peter Jaszi is an emeritus professor at American University Washington College of Law who writes and lectures about copyright law in historical and cultural contexts. At American, he was a Read More

Susan Hildreth is the inaugural, Gates-funded distinguished practitioner in residence (professor of practice) at the University of Washington Information School in Seattle. She recently stepped down as the executive director, Read More

Victoria Reich is executive director of the LOCKSS Program, Stanford University Library. The LOCKSS Program empowers local and national communities to ensure perpetual access to a wide range of materials, Read More

Vinton Gray Cerf is an American internet pioneer, who is recognized as one of "the fathers of the internet," sharing this title with TCP/IP co-inventor Bob Kahn. His contributions have Read More