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About The Project Team
PROJECT CONSULTANT
Judy Luther launched Informed Strategies in 1997 to provide market insights to publishers and vendors in developing customer-oriented electronic products and services. Prior to consulting, Ms. Luther was Director of North American Sales for the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), a Thomson Company, and handled sales and product development for the Faxon Company. Her library experience includes working as the Library Director at Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University and as Government Documents Librarian at Stetson University.
With both an Executive MBA from Emory University and an MLS from Florida State University, Ms.
Luther is professionally active in the American Library Association (ALA), the Charleston Conference,
the Information Futures Institute, and the Society for Scholarly Publishing (including serving as
President). She serves on the boards of UKSG Serials, Against the Grain, The Charleston Advisor,
Journal of Electronic Publishing, and Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship.
www.informedstrategies.com
PROJECT PARTICIPANT
Paula Kaufman moved to her current position as University Librarian and Dean of Libraries at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in September 1999 from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where she had been Dean of Libraries since 1988. Prior to taking the position at the University of Tennessee, she served at the Columbia University Libraries as Acting Vice President, Director of Academic Information Services, Director of Library Services, Acting Head of the East Asia Libraries, and Head of the Business Library.
Ms. Kaufman has written and made presentations on a number of issues pertaining to scholarly information, privacy, copyright, research libraries, recruitment, and leadership. Among her recent publications are “It’s Not Your Parent’s Library Anymore: Challenges and Opportunities in the New Webs of Complexity” (Journal of Library Administration, 46 (1), 2007).
Ms. Kaufman has served the profession with board memberships in the Center for Research Libraries,
the Association of Research Libraries (including serving as President), the Council on Library and
Information Resources (current board chair), the Illinois Computer Services Organization, the Research
Libraries Group, the Society for Scholarly Publishing, and SOLINET (Southeastern Library Network).
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/
PROJECT ADVISOR
Carol Tenopir is a professor at the School of Information Sciences at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Director of Research for the College of Communication and Information, and Director of the Center for Information and Communication Studies. Her areas of teaching and research include information access and retrieval, electronic publishing, the information industry, online resources, and the impact of technology on reference librarians and scientists. She is the author of five books.
Dr. Tenopir has published more than 200 journal articles, is a frequent speaker at professional conferences,
and, since 1983, has written the "Online Databases" column for Library Journal. She is the recipient of
several awards, including the 2004 International Information Industry Lifetime Achievement Award. Dr.
Tenopir holds a Ph.D. degree in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois.
http://web.utk.edu/~tenopir/
ELSEVIER PROJECT TEAM
Chrysanne Lowe serves as Vice President, Global Customer Marketing for Elsevier, overseeing the Science and Technology Academic and Government marketing worldwide. This includes Elsevier’s Library Relations and Library Connect, a global outreach initiative fostering communication and partnership with the library community. Over the past 20 years in the STM publishing industry, Ms. Lowe has been a firsthand participant in electronic publishing, holding key management positions in marketing and sales. Prior to joining Elsevier in 2001, Ms. Lowe was responsible for the strategic development of worldwide licensing and marketing for Academic Press’ IDEAL, one of the first electronic journal publishing platforms licensed to institutions by a commercial publisher. Ms. Lowe resides in California and also serves as Head of Office, Elsevier San Diego.
Kira Cooper is Senior Communications Manager in the Global Customer Marketing group for Elsevier, based in San Diego. Her focus is on providing clear communications for librarians through Elsevier’s sales organization about topics ranging from initiatives within Elsevier to discussions of industry trends. A publishing industry veteran, Ms. Cooper has filled a variety of bookselling and marketing management roles on both the trade and STM sides of the business. Prior to joining Elsevier in 2006, she was Executive Director of Special Markets and the Internet for Harcourt Trade Publishers.
AUTHOR ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The administration, faculty, and staff of UIUC, whose help was greatly appreciated
Gail Hodge and Randy Hoffman, Information International Associates
Kimberly Kempf-Leonard, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Donald W. King
Bruce Kingma, Syracuse University
Karen Schmidt, Illinois Wesleyan University
