Tatiana Ershova is the Director General of the Information Society Institute, an NGO created in 1998 to facilitate Russia's full participation in the emerging Information Society. Her previous professional career (1985-1997) goes back to the Russian State Library - a national library of Russian Federation and the second largest library of the world where she made a full career from an ordinary librarian up to a Deputy Director and the Acting Director.
She has been involved in the development of the IS related conceptual documents for the City of Moscow, in the activities of the High-Level Expert Group on e-Development of the Moscow City Duma (Council), in consultations on IS development policies and projects. She has been the PI and an expert for a number of IT related projects supported by the Russian national science foundations, speaker to and organiser of several national and international conferences and workshops.
She has been strongly involved in the activities of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), is author of over 50 publications in professional journals and mass media (national, foreign and international). She is the Project Manager of the Russia Development Gateway supported by the infoDev Program of the World Bank.
She has initiated the creation of the Russian Public-Private e-Development Partnership (PRIOR) - a nation-wide initiative now involving 154 organizations from 21 regions of Russia and from other countries (Finland and US). She is Head of PRIOR Directorate, member of PRIOR Coordinating Board and Director of the newly created Russian e-Development Foundation.