Heather Ruland Staines
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Experience
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Delta Think
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United States
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Business Consulting and Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director of Community Engagement and Senior Consultant
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Mar 2021 - Present
Expert consulting in scholarly publishing, academic libraries, and open infrastructure.
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Former Member, Board of Directors
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Jul 2016 - Present
United Kingdom COUNTER provides the Code of Practice that enables publishers and vendors to report usage of their electronic resources in a consistent way. This enables libraries to compare data received from different publishers and vendors.
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Advisor
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2015 - Present
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Head Of Partnerships
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Apr 2019 - Sep 2020
Cambridge, Massachusetts Building open source infrastructure for the future of scholarly communications. Managing publisher and library relations. Helping researchers solve challenges impeding their work.
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Hypothesis
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United States
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Technology, Information and Internet
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director Business Development
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Dec 2016 - Apr 2019
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ProQuest
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United States
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Libraries
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700 & Above Employee
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Director, Publisher and Content Strategy
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Jun 2015 - Nov 2016
Greater New York City Area
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SIPX, Inc.
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United States
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Information Technology & Services
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Vice President, Publisher Development
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Oct 2012 - Jun 2015
Palo Alto, CA
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CLOCKSS
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Board of Directors, Publisher Co-Chair
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Apr 2008 - Nov 2012
Meet regularly with Executive Director and Library Co-Chair to discuss progress towards strategic objectives and annual targets. Brainstorm outreach to publishers and libraries.
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Springer Nature Group
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Book and Periodical Publishing
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Manager eOperations
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Jun 2010 - 2012
Manage Springer's Digital Preservation initiatives; Coordinate our society an publisher book partnerships; Conduct regular Publishing Operations Updates with our Asia locations; Assist with journal bids and transition management for our US based publishing editors; Participate in Industry events in the publishing and library spaces.
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Global eProduct Manager SpringerLink
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Mar 2008 - Jun 2010
Managed relaunch of the SpringerLink platform, including internal training and communications updates. Organized the Asia eProduct Update calls for colleagues from Delhi, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Australia; Participated regularly in our Library Advisory Board meetings (Academic, Corporate, Latin American, Medical).
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Greenwood Publishing Group
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Book and Periodical Publishing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Editorial Director, Praeger Security International
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May 1997 - Mar 2008
Launched our first mutli-format imprint (print, ebook, database). Managed a team, including acquisitions editors, production editors, vendors, product managers, marketers, and sales colleagues handling PSI. Developed content partnerships with Oxford Analytica and sales agreements with LexisNexis.
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Advisory Board
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2004 - 2007
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Yale University Press
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Book and Periodical Publishing
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100 - 200 Employee
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Freelance Proofreader
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1997 - 2007
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Yale University
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Post Doctoral Fellow
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1995 - 1997
Served as Director of the United Nations History Project, sponsored by International Security Studies at Yale. Taught undergraduate courses on collective security and military history.
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Education
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Yale University
Ph.D., History (Military and Diplomatic) -
The Ohio State University
M.A., History -
The Ohio State University
B.A., International Studies, Japanese -
International Christian University
One Year Regular, Japanese Language -
Eastmoor High School