Sonya Betz
Head, Open Publishing and Digitization Services
University of Alberta
Sonya Betz is the Head, Open Publishing and Digitization Services, at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, which supports more than 60 diamond Open Access journals through its non-commercial, scholar-led publishing program. Sonya has worked in academic libraries for more than 15 years and is deeply interested in seeking ways to promote and sustain not-for-profit approaches to scholarly publishing and open access. She is the co-chair of CARL's new Library Publishing Community Engagement Team, and a current Board Member for the Library Publishing Coalition. She’s also the Chair of the Public Knowledge Project's Members Committee and sits on the Advisory Board of the Irish Open Access Publishers.