Senior advisor at the National Library of the Netherlands. Library Avenger. Board member StoryHouse, Chester UK, Fellow LIS Syracuse, USA, Consultant PL 2020 and founder of PL 2030 in Brussels. Facilitator and consultant for IFLA. Presenter, motivator, musician and author. Erik has worked with architects such as Zaha Hadid, Francine Houben, Stewart & Hollenstein and others on the design and development of libraries in many countries around the world.

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Awards: LJ's Mover and Shaker of the Library World 2009, Best Librarian in the Netherlands 2015