(M444) Embedding innovation for scholarly information & research for the new generation in a top research university

JoAnne Sparks is Director of Information Services for the Scholarly Information and Research portfolio at Griffith University and is responsible for the University‘s library services and research information services.

JoAnne is new to both Griffith University and Australia, having arrived in late February 2011, after 30 years of professional practice in England and the United States.

Most recently JoAnne managed user-facing services for the Bodleian libraries at the University of Oxford. She was a leader in the Bodleian‘s planning and capital projects, as well as working to align and improve operational services.

JoAnne has spent most of her career in academic and research libraries including the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and the Pharmaceutical Research Institute at Bristol-Myers Squibb. Along with Oxford, she has held academic positions at Drexel, Hahnemann, Thomas Jefferson and Rush Universities.

As Pro Vice Chancellor Linda is a member of the University executive with responsibility for development and implementation of Griffith‘s information strategy and management of the University’s information services; including the e-learning and e-research services, the Library and University-wide information and communication technology services, systems and infrastructure.

Linda has substantial university management experience having worked in a number of Australian universities in a variety of roles.

She has contributed to a number of state and national initiatives, including being a member of the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy Platforms for Collaboration Expert Advisory Group and currently as a board member of the Queensland Cyber Infrastructure Foundation.

Joanna Richardson is Team Leader, Research Content (Scholarly Information and Research) in the Division of Information Services at Griffith University, with responsibility for establishing and managing a number of repositories to support research, learning and teaching. She has previously worked as an Information Technology Librarian in university libraries in both North America and Australia, and has been a lecturer in library and information science. Recent publications have been centred around resource discovery and research data management frameworks.

Malcolm Wolski is Associate Director (Scholarly Information and Research) in the Division of Information Services at Griffith University where he manages eResearch services, institutional digital repositories and the epublishing service. Prior to taking up his current position, Malcolm worked in various management roles in information and communication technology services.

Malcolm has an active ongoing role in assisting research groups to build information systems to manage the capture, collection and preservation of data, to develop collaboration and communication tools and to use advanced information technology tools and techniques during research.

Sanja Tadic has been working in large academic libraries for the past twenty years, mainly in leadership and management positions, developing and leading high performance teams of various sizes. The professional work spans both back and front of the house library operations. Sanja has participated, initiated and led a number of organisational changes and continuous improvement initiatives. She is currently leading a team that provides integrated Library and IT support.

Jo Morris is the Manager of eResearch Services at Griffith University. She is responsible for the development, management and delivery of eResearch services to support the University‘s research community which includes the associated information management systems, infrastructure and data management services.