Steering Committee

The members of the Steering Committee are:

• John Baker, Managing Director, Digirati Ltd
• Adam Hyde, Founder, The Collaborative Knowledge Foundation
• Jennifer Gibson, Head of External Relations, eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
• Andrew Smeall, Chief Digital Officer, Hindawi Ltd

The specific responsibilities of the Steering Committee can be summarised as:

• Ensuring that the community-driven development process is fair and transparent for all participants
• Evangelising the open-source project to possible users, funders and new community members
• Ensuring adequate participation by staff within each member organisation in Special Interest Groups
• Supporting the project leadership in communicating the benefits and obligations of membership to the community

Joining the Steering Committee

Any organisation or individual can be a member of the Steering Committee and new members are added by consensus of the existing committee. Specific individuals representing organisations should be in a senior position and have access to technology or publishing knowledge in their organisation.

For more information please contact the project team at libero@elifesciences.org.