Director

John Willinsky
John (Khosla Family Professor of Education, Stanford University) started PKP in 1998 at the University of British Columbia in an effort to create greater public and global access to research and scholarship through the use of new publishing technologies. He is the author of, among other books, Empire of Words: The Reign of the OED (Princeton, 1994); Learning to Divide the World: Education at Empire’s End (Minnesota, 1998); Technologies of Knowing (Beacon 2000); and The Access Principle: The Case for Open Access to Research and Scholarship (MIT Press, 2006).

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Managing Director (Interim)

James MacGregor
Kingston, ON, Canada – James joined PKP in 2007. Since then he’s worked in documentation, development, support, and outreach. His recent focus is on infrastructure building, in particular around the Coalition Publica national infrastructure project, and working with other international projects and platforms.

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Associate Directors

Juan Pablo Alperin
Associate Director of Research
Vancouver, BC, Canada – Juan is an Assistant Professor in the Publishing Program at SFU. Follow Juan on Twitter at @juancommander and see his latest publications and presentations at http://alperin.ca.

Alec Smecher
Associate Director of Development
Vancouver, BC, Canada – Alec is the lead developer for all PKP software and the PKP Web Application Library. When not developing software, he conducts workshops, runs marathons, and plays the drums.

Amanda Stevens
Associate Director of Publishing Services (Interim)
Halifax, NS, Canada – With a Master of Library and Information Studies degree and forever a librarian at heart, Amanda is passionate about connecting people with information and resources. She helps run a zine library in Halifax and spends winters in Mexico.

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Operations Management Team

Michael Felczak
Systems and Development Coordinator
Ottawa, ON, Canada

 

Marisa MacDonald
Communications Coordinator
Abbotsford, BC, Canada

 

Nate Wright
Head of Platform Experience
Edinburgh, Scotland

 

Lin Zhang
Budget Coordinator
Canada

 

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PKP Team

Vitaliy Bezsheiko
Software Developer
Kyiv, Ukraine

 

Bozana Bokan
Software Developer
Germany

 

Kurt Bolko
System Administrator
Canada

 

Israel Cefrin
Publication Support Specialist/System Administrator/UX Researcher
Canada

 

Dimitris Efstathiou
Software Developer
Athens, Greece

 

Alex Garnett
System Developer
Vancouver, BC, Canada

 

Roger Gillis
Publication Support Specialist
Halifax, NS, Canada

 

Erik Hanson
Software Developer
Canada

 

Mark Jordan
Associate Dean of Libraries, Digital Strategy (SFU Library)
Canada

 

Mariya Maistrovskaya
Publication Support Specialist
Toronto, ON, Canada

 

Patricia Mangahis
Publication Support Specialist
Canada

 

Michael Nason
Publication Support Specialist/Metadata and Crossref Liaison
Fredericton, NB, Canada

 

Jason Nugent
System Administrator
Fredericton, NB, Canada

 

Sophy O.
UI/UX Designer
United Kingdom

 

Andrea Pritt
Publication Support Specialist
Harrisburg, PA, United States

 

Janio Saramento
System Administrator
Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

 

Kate Shuttleworth
Publication Support Specialist
Vancouver, BC, Canada

 

Jonas Raoni Soares da Silva
Software Developer
Moscow, Russia

 

Kevin Stranack
Membership Development & Community Education
Prince George, BC, Canada

 

Emma Uhl
Publication Support Specialist
Canada

 

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PKP Advisory Committee

• Allan Bell, Chair
  Associate University Librarian, Digital Programs and Services
  University of British Columbia
• Gwen Bird
  Dean of Libraries
  Simon Fraser University
• Talia Chung
  University Librarian and Vice-Provost (Knowledge Systems)
  University of Ottawa / Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL)
• Aaron Brenner
  Associate University Librarian for Digital Scholarship & Creation
  University of Pittsburgh
• Sonya Betz
  Head, Library Publishing and Digital Production Services
  University of Alberta
• Geoffrey Harder
  Associate University Librarian
  University of Alberta
• Kaitlin Newson
  Digital Projects Librarian
  Scholars Portal
• Tanja Niemann
  Executive Director
  Érudit

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PKP Community Leaders

• Sonya Betz
  University of Alberta
  PKP Technical Committee Chair
• Clinton Graham
  University of Pittsburgh
  PKP Community Forum Leader
• Kaitlin Newson
  Scholars Portal
  PKP Members Committee Chair/PKP Documentation Interest Group (DIG) Coordinator
• Antti-Jussi Nygård
  The Federation of Finnish Learned Societies
• Bronwen Sprout
  University of British Columbia
  PKP Preservation Network (PN) Coordinator
• Marco Tullney
  German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB)
• Dulip Withanage
  German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB)

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Past Associates

• Bruno Beghelli, System Developer
• Lynn Copeland, University Librarian and Dean of Library Services, Simon Fraser University Library (Retired)
• Matt Crider, System Developer
• Charles Eckman, University Librarian and Dean of Library Services, Simon Fraser University Library (2010-2013)
• Samuel Smith Esseh, Researcher
• Florian Grandel, System Developer
• Kevin Jamieson, first OJS Lead Developer
• Chris MacDonald, System Developer
• Karen Meijer-Kline, Communications and Member Services Officer
• Brian Owen, PKP Managing Director
• MJ Suhonos, System Developer
• Michael Thessel, System Developer