If you’re eligible to vote for the Public Libraries Standing Committee make sure that you read about the nominees. All have been invited to submit some information. Today we will focus on Joe Siegrits from Switzerland. Joe is standing for a second term.

Name: Josephine / Joe Siegrist
Institution: former director of the Pestalozzi Library Zurich – the public Library of Zurich; member of the board of the Swiss Library association (BIS), head of the International working Group of BIS, founding member of the Task force for the copy right law (of Switzerland)
Country:Switzerland

What experience will you bring to the role of Standing Committee Member?

• to bring in the Know-how of my economic studies (Dr. rer.soc.oec.)
• Management of a public library for 9 years
• Board of BIS, International relationship
• Task force URG(Revision of Swiss copy right law)
• experience of Management of different Management Training institutions
• IFLA related experience: take part in the IAP (international advocacy Program)
• involved in a Pilot of global data project