Carly Robinson Named SPARC Senior Policy Fellow - SPARC

"We are delighted to announce that Carly Robinson will be joining SPARC as a Senior Policy Fellow. In this newly-created role, she will lead the organization’s efforts to advance open research policies with a specific focus on promoting best practices in the use of persistent identifiers (PIDs) and metadata. Her role will also include exploring the intersection of AI and research access policies, as well as collaborating with SPARC’s broader advocacy team.

Robinson has a wealth of experience working in policy and leadership roles for nearly 10 years in the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI). As the Assistant Director leading the Office of Information Products and Services since 2019, she oversaw teams focused on providing PID services, managing search tools for finding DOE-funded research, and curating metadata describing research outputs. 

Robinson has an in-depth knowledge of the federal public access policy landscape, co-authoring the 2023 DOE Public Access Plan and leading agency implementation efforts. She also served on the White House National Science and Technology Council’s Subcommittee on Open Science, co-chairing subgroups on both persistent identifiers and open science infrastructure and providing PID subject matter expertise."