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FORCE11 (The Future of Research Communication and eScholarship) has
announced new members to join its governing board in January. Individuals
from five countries will help the FORCE11 membership adapt and respond to
emerging issues in scholarly communication and maintain the momentum toward
open research.
FORCE11 is a cross-sector member organisation representing academic
institutions and scholars, publishers, infrastructure providers, research
funders and other stakeholders dedicated to changing modern scholarly
communication through the effective use of information technology. FORCE11
members work individually and collectively to develop solutions that
improve knowledge creation and sharing.
Incoming board members have expressed commitments to helping FORCE11
maintain strong connections between content creators, curators and
preservationists; expand the globalisation of our focus and serve as a hub
for the worldwide community; keep up pressure on opening research
practices; and accelerate our realisation of a more efficient, effective
and inclusive future for scholarly communication.
Joining the governing board for three-year terms beginning in 2021 are:
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Todd Carpenter - NISO: National Information Standards Organisation (USA)
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Emma Ganley - protocols.io (UK)
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Danny Kingsley - Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of
Science (AUS)
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Heather Piwowar - Our Research (CAN)
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Mantra Roy - San Jose State University (USA)
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Natasha Simons - Australian Research Data Commons (AUS)
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Jesse Xiao - University of Hong Kong (CN)
“The nominations this year were extraordinarily strong, and we’re so
grateful to all the members who put themselves forward for election,” says
Violeta Ilik, FORCE11 Co-chair and Dean of Libraries at Adelphi University
(USA). “The membership has had its say. With their expertise in information
standards, infrastructure, protocols and data, equity in access, and so
much more, our new board members will help FORCE11 to take on the
challenges of our changing world.”
New members join FORCE11’s current board, which includes Mandy Taha,
Stephanie Hagstrom, Osman Aldirdiri, Martin Brennan, Gimena del Rio Riande,
Miho Funamori, Simon Worthington, John Chodacki (Co-chair), and Violeta
Ilik (Co-chair).
Departing from the board this month are Jennifer Gibson (2018-2020), Bianca
Kramer (2018-2020), Euan Adie (2018-2020), Leslie Chan (2015-2020), and
Daniel O’Donnell (2014-2020).
“On behalf of the Board of Directors and membership I want to extend our
deep thanks to each of the outgoing members this year,” says John Chodacki,
FORCE11 Co-chair and Director of the University of California Curation
Center. “Their unique perspectives and extensive experience in scholarly
communication have been a boon to FORCE11 and we’re so grateful they shared
those with us. They have also contributed countless hours of their time,
which have been key to the successes of the annual meeting, scholarly
communication institute, and working groups. We’d like to thank Dan
O’Donnell in particular for his long commitment to FORCE11 and his
leadership as Vice-President and President, from 2014 to 2019.”
For information about incoming, current, and past Board members, visit
https://www.force11.org/about/directors-and-advisors
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All FORCE11 members may put themselves forward for election. The final
slate put forward to the membership for voting is decided by the nominating
committee, which this year included John Chodacki, Stephanie Hagstrom,
Violeta Ilik, Mandy Taha and Gimena del Rio Riande. For more information
about the election procedures, visit
https://www.force11.org/about/election-procedures
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For more information about FORCE11, contact info@force11.org.
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About FORCE11
FORCE11 is a community of scholars, librarians, archivists, publishers and
research funders that has arisen organically to help facilitate the change
toward improved knowledge creation and sharing. Individually and
collectively, we aim to bring about a change in modern scholarly
communications through the effective use of information technology. FORCE11
has grown from a small group of like-minded individuals into an open
movement with clearly identified stakeholders associated with emerging
technologies, policies, funding mechanisms and business models. FORCE11 is
online at force11.org.
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