Sylvia Koukounidou is a University officer and holds the position of the coordinator of the Digitization and Archives office of the University of Cyprus Library.

Since 2004, Sylvia has been actively involved in European and locally funded projects. Her professional interests primarily encompass Open Science, digitization, and archival management. She is a member of European and local networks and groups related to Open Science representing the University of Cyprus. Additionally, she collaborates closely with national policymakers to establish and promote Open Science within the local research ecosystem.

She played a key role in shaping Cyprus’s National Policy of the Republic of Cyprus for Open Science Practices  (adopted in 2016 and revised in 2022).

She has served in professional roles such as President of the Board of the Cyprus Association of Librarians – Information Scientists (CALIS) and is a founding member and Treasurer of the Cypriot Copyright Association (Cypriot affiliate of ALAI). 

She has contributed to the creation of the Cyprus Archive of Doctoral Dissertations (CADD) and the repositories LEKYTHOS and GNOSIS of the University of Cyprus Library. 

In 2024 and 2025 she was appointed as a National DigiEduHack Ambassador (Digital education initiative of the European Commission).   

Her work and publications typically focus on archival science, digital libraries, metadata, institutional repositories, open science, and intellectual property within the broader context of information science.