Lars Bjørnshauge has a master degree in political science at Roskilde University, Denmark. Current positions: SPARC Europe Director of European Library Relations and Managing Director, DOAJ (Directory of Open AccessJournals Past positions (selection): Deputy Director, Acting Director, Technical Information Center of Denmark Technical University of Denmark (1992-2000) Director of Libraries at Lund University, Sweden (2001-2011) Former President of the Danish Research Library Association 1992-1994 Former 1st Vice-President of the Swedish Library Association 2005-2011. Founder of the Directory of Open Access Journals, co-founder of OpenDOAR, the Directory of Open Access Repositories, and co-founder of the Directory of Open Access Books. Danish, based in Copenhagen.