Heather Ruland Staines is the Director of Publisher and Content Strategy for ProQuest SIPX. Prior to SIPX, she was Global eProduct Manager and Senior Manager eOperations for Springer Science + Business Media, where she also managed digital preservation initiatives. Active in many industry groups, Heather is currently Co-Chair for the Education Committee for the Society for Scholarly Publishing and Chair of the American Library Association’s ALCTS CRS Education, Research, and Publication Coordinating Committee. She also participates in the STM Association’s Futurelab Group and NISO’s Transfer Standing Committee. She lives in Connecticut.
