Frank Scholze has been Programme Manager at the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg
since January 2008. He is responsible for electronic infrastructure for research and teaching in higher
education institutions there. Frank Scholze came to the MWK from Stuttgart University Library where he
was Head of the Public Services Department. He chairs the DINI (German Initiative for Networked Information)
working group on electronic publishing. His professional interests are in open access, e-science, integrated
information management and digital libraries.