Gloria Pérez-Salmerón

[6] In 2008, she was elected President of the Spanish Federation of Societies of Archivist, Librarians, Documentalists and Museology (FESABID),[4] a position she held until September 2010, whilst she was Head of the Office of Assistance in Electronic Administration at the Diputació de Barcelona [4] in which she managed, amongst other duties, the municipal register of 268 municipalities of the province of Barcelona, “the adaptation to the LOPD (Data Protection Act), the technological development of the OACs (Citizen’s Attention Offices) and the design and maintenance of the municipal websites if the province of Barcelona.

[9] Ángeles González-Sinde emphasised her experience in digitalisation projects and stated that she was the perfect person to see the Library “through the transition from analogue to digital”.

She also began a Strategic Plan for the 2012-2014 triennial, based on a programme with four main values: quality, austerity, coherence and permanent vocation.

[21] Together with her team, she worked to achieve the library’s own statute, which facilitated its self-management and leadership abilities at a global level.

[26] In 2023 Pérez-Salmerón received the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts from the Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Spanish Government.

IFLA Secretary General Gerald Leitner and IFLA President Glòria Pérez-Salmerón making award to Honorary fellow Sinikka Sipilä in 2018