Caroline Ball

Caroline Ball is academic librarian for Business, Law and Social Sciences at the University of Derby and has also worked as a copyright and licensing advisor and a lecturer in publishing. She is a keen advocate for social justice in higher education, focusing particularly on the issues of knowledge equity. She is one of the three founders and organisers of the #ebookSOS campaign, campaigning for fairer pricing, sales and licensing for ebooks in HE. She is also a keen Wikipedian, was awarded the Wikimedia of the Year award in 2020 and currently serves on the Wikimedia UK board of trustees.