Carolina Osorio joined the IDB in 2011. In 2017, Carolina started working at the Felipe Herrera Library within the Knowledge, Innovation and Communications Sector (KIC) as the Embedded Librarian for the Department of Research and Chief Economist, and the Social Sector. Carolina has previously worked as a Communications Specialist in the Integration and Trade Sector, transforming basic drafts of dozens of online and offline publications into attractive, high-quality, user-friendly products. She has also previously worked in the Office of Evaluation and Oversight ensuring the documents OVE produces comply with the IDB’s policies and style guidelines in English and Spanish. Prior to joining the Bank, Carolina was a communications officer and a journalist in diverse companies, including KMPG, Orange, TVE, and other newspapers and radio stations. She has an M.A. in Broadcast Journalism from the Rey Juan Carlos University in Madrid, Spain and a B.A. in Social Communication and Journalism from the Universidad Católica in Colombia. She is also the recipient of a full Postgraduate Scholarship from the Fundación Carolina in 2004, and a Distinguished Alumnus from Universidad Católica in 2013. She is a Colombian and US citizen, an amateur photographer, a wife, and a mother of two.

Ranieli Piccinini joined the IDB in December 2018 working at the Felipe Herrera Library within the Knowledge, Innovation and Communications Sector (KIC) as a Semantic Ontologist and Embedded Librarian for the Social Sector and the Office of Evaluation and Oversight. She has previously worked as a Knowledge Management practitioner at the World Bank in Washington, DC and was library lead for over four years of Latin American Contemporary Art Library in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. As the Chief Librarian at Casa Daros, she won two awards from the Getty Foundation and the ARLIS/NA (Art Library Society of North America), published an article in the Art Libraries Journal, presented a paper at the 2015 ARLIS/NA conference and was Vice President of REDARTE, the Art Library professional association of Rio de Janeiro. Prior, she worked as a Digital Archive Librarian and Taxonomist-Ontologist at Rede Globo, the largest TV broadcast media company in Brazil. Ranieli is a Brazilian citizen, holds a bachelor’s degree in Library and Information Science from the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro and an MBA from the Getúlio Vargas Foundation, FGV-RJ.

Diana has worked in public and specialized libraries, mainly in process related with knowledge management, information services, library extension, local management, user training, information literacy, curation of contents, bibliographic software and digital collection management tools. With experience in the mobilization of human talent, resources and technology. Diana was Library’s leader from the most important agricultural research center in Colombia– Agrosavia, and she holds a Bachelor’s degree on information sciences and documentation from the Universidad de la Salle. She coordinates the reference services and support ORP, SPD and VPC portfolios to publish their documents and supply them information products.

Ivette is a member of the library’s reference team. She is the Embedded Librarian for departments involved in Climate Change related topics, such as the Infrastructure & Environment Sector (INE) and the Climate Change and Sustainable Development Sector (CSD). Her areas of work include environment, energy, water, agriculture, food security, urban transport and waste management. She was the head of a newspaper documentation center before joining the country office in the Dominican Republic. After working for two years in the country office, she joined Secretariat as a Records Assistant, where she worked for two years before joining the library. Ivette, from the Dominican Republic, has a Bachelor degree in Latin American Studies from George Mason University and holds a Masters in Library and Information Science from Drexel University.

Carolina joined the Felipe Herrera Library in 2012 and provides support to the KNL Library team on a wide range of activities, including the compilation and reporting of usage statistics and support for promotional services. She is also the Embedded Librarian for Integrations & Trade Sector (INT) within the Bank. Carolina works closely with the Chief of Library Services supporting the Library strategic goals and quality of information services. Before coming to the IDB, Carolina worked as a Contract Analyst at Sabre Airlines Solutions, Operations and Logistic Documentation at DB Schenker, and as a Financial Assistant at Newspaper El Observador in Montevideo. Other experiences includes marketing products and information design. Carolina, a Uruguayan citizen, has a diploma in International Trade from the UDE-University of Montevideo and complementary studies in Logistics, International Affairs and Trade Finance from The National Chamber of Commerce and Services of Uruguay.

Eloá works as Embedded librarian for BID Lab, ITE & OVE and as a research librarian providing information search and retrieval services. She also creates and maintains information portals on topics relevant to the work of the IDB´s specialists. She supports the work of the library team searching and disseminating relevant information in their work areas and being part of the Library's projects. Eloá has an experience of more than 8 years of work in the Library. Previously, she did internships at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP), at the Virtual Education Department, and at the Peruvian NGO COPEME, in the area of Local Economic Development. She has a Bachelor's degree in Information Science from the PUCP and lives in Lima, Peru. She is studying Computer and Information Technology and her topics of interest are related to Data science and Big data.

Cristina joined the Bank in 2018 as a external consultant for the Findability Project. In 2019, she started working at the Felipe Herrera Library as an embbeded librarian of the INE & CSD portfolios. Previously, Cristina worked in Colombia managing the specialized library of the National Business Association (ANDI). She was tutor and teacher of the Virtual Diploma of Corporate Social Responsibility of the Instituto para la Calidad – Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru, and for three years she worked in the PUCP Library System in charge of the collections of General Studies and History.

Jorge holds an MBA from the University of Warwick, and more than 07 years of national and international experience, performing budgeting and administration duties for international organizations and industrial companies such as the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), International Potato Center (CIP), Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO), Consulate of Peru in Washington DC, Camposol SA, and Goodyear Peru. Proactive, committed, results and team-oriented, high adaptation capacity, and strong leadership skills. Advanced MS Office and SAP. Native in Spanish, Proficient in English and Intermediate level in Portuguese.

She has a degree in Library and Information Sciences from the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM). He worked in the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Peru Representation, in information management, as well as in the Social Sciences Library of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP), Library of the Postgraduate Unit of the Universidad San Ignatius of Loyola (USIL); among other institutions. She has a diploma in Bibliometrics from the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University of Bogotá (Colombia) and in Culture and Science Management from the Cayetano Heredia Peruvian University (UPCH).

Carol is responsible for ordering, receiving and processing a wide variety of print and electronic material, including databases and serials for headquarters and country offices. She works and negotiates with library vendors and other content providers. She is also responsible for resolving accounting, budgetary and billing issues. She joined the Country Office in Jamaica in 1993 as a Records Assistant with responsibilities for the Library. She joined the Felipe Herrera Library in 1996. Prior to working at the Bank, she was a High School teacher and also worked as a Reference Assistant at the University of the West Indies, School of Education Documentation Center. Carol is Jamaican and holds a BA in Library Science from the University of the West Indies, as well as, a Diploma in Teaching English and Library Science from Mico University College. She has a Masters of Science in Library Science from Catholic University.