My name is Rudolf Mumenthaler. Here is some information about me and my professional and personal background. See also my profile on LinkedIn, on ORCID or in Wikipedia (German).
About my profession
- 1991-1997: assistant to the chair of Eastern European History at the University of Zurich. PhD with a thesis on Swiss Scholars in Tsarist Russia in 1996.
- 1997-2008: Head of Special Collections at ETH Library Zurich
- 2009-2012: Head of Innovation and Marketing at ETH Library Zurich
- May 2012-July 2017: Professor for Library Science at FH Graubünden (HTW Chur)
- August 2017-December 2020: Director of Zentral- und Hochschulbibliothek Luzern
- January 2021- : Director of University Library Zurich
- Member of the library board SLSP since 2024
- Co-founder and member of the editorial board of the journal Informationspraxis
- Chair of the DSI Community Libraries (UZH), since 2022
- Member of Programmleitung MAS ALIS of University Bern und Lausanne (since 2022)
- Member of Coordination Group ORD Strategy Council Switzerland, since 202
- Member of the board of Bibliosuisse, head of the division education, starting January 2019
- Member of the advisory board of Swiss Institut of Information Science at Beirats des Schweizerischen Instituts für Informationswissenschaft FH Graubünden, since January 2019
- Member of the Ausbildungsdelegation I&D, starting January 2019
- Member of the Steering Committee of the MAS Bibliotheks- und Informationswissenschaft at University Zurich, starting 2017
- President of the association Kooperative Speicherbibliothek, starting August 2017
Past engagements
- Member of the Library Commission St. Gallen, starting in 2014.
- Co-principal investigator for the Horizon Report Library Edition (2014/2015/2017)
- Co-founder and member of the Network on Libraries in Urban Space
- Member of the Academic Advisory Board of ZB MED, 2014-2016.
- Membre du Comité scientifique du Master HES en Information documentaire (Haute école de gestion de Genève), 2014-2017
- Expert in the steering group for a library strategy, Kanton St. Gallen, 2014
- Member of the 2013, 2014 and 2015 Horizon Report Higher Ed Advisory Board
- Leader of the Strategy Group E-Publishing (Program SUC 2013-2016 P-2 „Scientific information: Access, processing and safeguarding“), August to October 2013
- Member of the Scientific Board of ZB MED (Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Medizin, Cologne), 2012-2014.
- Advisory member at Strategic Group ZB MED (Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Medizin), 2012-2014.
- Member of the board of the Swiss Librarian Association BIS (Bibliothek Information Schweiz), starting in January 2013
- Member of the Board of Zukunftswerkstatt, Kultur- und Wissensvermittlung e.V. (2010-2014)
- My interests: Innovation management, change management, new technologies in libraries, digital libraries, Open Science, mobile usage of library services.
About my education
- 1983-1990: Student of General History with focus on Eastern European History, Russian Language and Literature and Political Sciences at University of Zurich
- 1996: PhD at University of Zurich
- 2004-2005: Management of Nonprofit Organisations at Université de Fribourg
- 2009: Leadership Institute for Academic Librarians at Harvard Graduate School of Education
About myself
- Born on September 2, 1962 in Burgdorf/Switzerland
- 4 children: Lena (1988), Manuel (1991), Jana (1993), Enea (1997)
- I live in beautiful Lucerne
- My hobbies: jogging, hiking, skiing, nature, reading
- My favorite music: Pearl Jam, Incubus, Muse, Radiohead
- Ich blogge auch unter Männerherz (in German)
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