26th International Symposium, ETD 2023
Kevadia, Gujarat, India
etd2023@inflibnet.ac.in
Library Director, Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine, USA
Library Director
Organization: Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine
Country: USA
Charles J Greenberg is the Library Director for the Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine since January 2020.
Prior to his current appointment, he was the Founding Library Director for the Wenzhou-Kean University Library, situated in Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province, PRC. Prior to this, he co-founded and maintained the Yale School of Medicine’s Thesis Digital Library, a repository of medical student theses launched in 2002.
Charles joined the NDLTD Board of Directors in 2011 after attending and presenting papers at ETD symposia since 2003. Charles currently serves as Chair of the NDLTD Awards Committee, as well as the NDLTD Finance Committee. Charles is also the Managing Editor for the Journal of Electronic Theses and Dissertations, hosted at the United Arab Emirates University. He nominated student award-winning theses for the 2004 and 2012 ETD annual symposia. Recently, Charlie presented a paper at ETD2018 in Taipei, Taiwan, on Dissertation Coaches and ETD Submissions. Charlie is also a part-time Lecturer for the iSchool at San Jose State University and is a Senior Member of the Academy of Health Information Professionals.
Senior Director, Content Acquisitions, Dissertations
Organization: ProQuest, part of Clarivate, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Country: USA
Austin McLean is the Senior Director, Content Acquisitions, Dissertations for ProQuest, part of Clarivate, Ann Arbor, Michigan. He oversees a staff that manages Ph.D. dissertations and master’s theses publishing and products in all formats (digital, print, and microfilm). Austin also works in areas of scholarly communication and digital preservation at ProQuest.
Austin is a frequent speaker at library conferences, having presented at ALA, ACURIL 2017, ETD 2016, and USETDA 2016. He serves as Treasurer of the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD), a non-profit group dedicated to sharing knowledge and best practices for Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs). Austin holds a Master’s Degree, Certificate in Telecommunications Economics Policy and Science from Northwestern University, and a Bachelor’s Degree from DePauw University.
Engagement Manager, Outreach and Partnerships, ORCID, Canada
Shawna heads up Outreach & Partnerships at ORCID, building strategic relationships worldwide and exploring new opportunities for adoption and growth. Previously, Shawna was ORCID’s Engagement Manager for the Americas continuing the adoption and integration of ORCID in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. Shawna joined ORCID in 2019 with a long history of connecting researchers to innovative technologies in Canada, Australia, and the United States.
Director of Engagement, ORCID, Netherlands
Ensuring ORCID's continued sustainability, and embedding the ORCID Persistent IDentifier (PID) as an essential component of scholarly infrastructure. Contribute to ORCID's mission to enable transparent and trustworthy connections between researchers, their contributions, and affiliations.
DataCite’s Community & Program Manager, Berlin
Gabriela Mejias is DataCite’s Community & Program Manager. In her role, she leads the Global Access Program, contributes to DataCite’s outreach efforts and seeks collaboration with the research community. She also leads DataCite participation in the FAIR-IMPACT project. Previously, she worked at ORCID focusing on community engagement, to increase adoption and membership. Gabriela volunteers at the EOSC PID Policy & Implementation Task Force, the Board of Directors of the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations and the NISO Diversity Equity Inclusion and Accessibility committee. She's interested in shaping a more open research infrastructure.
Director, Research Engineering
Organization: Thomson Reuters Labs
Shirsha heads the ML Engineering team in Bangalore for Thomson Reuters Labs, as part of which she is leading development and deployment of well-architected, solutions in AWS and other cloud platforms for ML projects that drive efficiency and value for AI-driven features in Thomson Reuters products, platforms and business systems. She is interested in successful operationalizing and sustenance of ML solutions into live workloads. She works with communities on AI for good, societal impact projects and in the tech for D&I (Diversity and Inclusion) space. She loves to network with people who are using AI and modern tech for building a better world that is more inclusive, more digital and together a better tomorrow.
