Pam Bjornson

Director General, NRC-CISTI

Pam Bjornson comes to the position following five years as NRC-CISTI's Director Business Affairs, where she was responsible for marketing, communications, and partnership development. She also managed the particularly critical challenges for NRC-CISTI of financial planning, risk management and overall business strategy development over this period. She is currently a member of the Advisory Board for the Canadian Research Knowledge Network and has previously held similar board and committee roles with other library-related organizations.

Ms. Bjornson has an MBA from the University of Ottawa, and brings 25 years of management experience to this position, including nine years as the Executive Director of Canadiana.org, a not-for-profit organization established by the major Canadian university libraries and the National Library of Canada to preserve Canada's printed heritage and make the resulting collection accessible to research libraries in Canada and around the world.

With her solid management experience, her strong links to the library and publishing communities and her existing in-depth knowledge of NRC-CISTI and its programs, Pam is well equipped to build on NRC-CISTI's strong foundation and lead it towards a future that will be both challenging and exciting.