In 1984 Paul Suijker received his master degree in Physical Geography and Geomorphology from Utrecht University. From 1985 until 1987 he was employed by the Wereldmuseum Rotterdam, working on the ICT infrastructure of the museum and on collection management. In August 1987 he started working for TU Delft Library. Within the TU Delft Library he has held several positions: system operator, system administrator, scientific information specialist (field of study: geosciences), administrator special collections and product researcher in the department of Library Innovation. Since September 2013 he is employed as a project manager for the department of Research Support of the Library.