David T Palmer

Hong Kong Hong Kong

Associate University Librarian for Digital Strategies & Technical Services

Education

David is the Associate University Librarian for Digital Strategy & Technical Services in the Hong Kong University Libraries, developing and managing the institutional repository, “The HKU Scholars Hub”, and the many issues of access, repository population, and bibliometrics that surround The Hub. He has worked at The University of Hong Kong Libraries (HKUL) since 1990, as Systems Librarian, Technical Services Support Team Leader, and now as Scholarly Communications Team Leader. He is a founding member of the Hong Kong Open Access Committee, and was instrumental in having HKU become signatory to the Berlin Declaration on Open Access in November 2009. He has led in many path-breaking proj