Stakeholder Group: Civil Society
Region: Western European and Others Group - WEOG
Biography
Monika Elbert works with EIFL (www.eifl.net), the international NGO facilitating access to e-resources in developing and transition countries, in particular with its Consortium Management Programme, geographic expansion, and strategic developments such as the Public Library Innovation Programme. ln addition, as director of Eremo srl International Project Management and Consultancy, she has been involved in recent years with European projects to create Europeana, the European digital library with content from libraries, archives and museums, and the Global Libraries Programme of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Her expertise includes project design and management, international relations and dissemination of knowledge in the library and information sphere, consortium management training and mentoring. Monika believes deeply in the potential of public libraries for community development, and in equitable access to knowledge for library users especially in developing and transition countries.