The Center for Research Libraries (CRL) has announced the appointment of Christine Stamison as the new director of the North East Research Libraries Consortium (NERL). The appointment is effective September 3. She succeeds Joan Emmet, who led NERL since 2011.
In her new role, Stamison will be responsible for meeting the ambitious goals and objectives of the NERL Program at the CRL. In her new capacity, Stamison will negotiate pricing and terms of use for the hundreds of databases and e-journal and e-book packages licensed or purchased on behalf of NERL's 28 members and 80 affiliates, and will work with the NERL Board, Program Council, and CRL to increase these libraries' return on their investment in electronic resources.
Earlier this year NERL entered into a strategic partnership with the CRL, to afford North American research libraries greater leverage in acquiring and subscribing to key electronic resources, and to shape the terms of access to those resources. On July 1, NERL began operating as a cooperative program under the organisational umbrella of CRL in Chicago.
Stamison has considerable experience in the electronic publishing and the information marketplace. With over thirty years in the private and public sectors, working for both subscription vendors and academic libraries, she brings extensive knowledge of the information industry and a valuable set of skills to the NERL program. Stamison has worked in technical services and periodicals at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and also directed the Serials Orders Section at the University of Chicago, Regenstein Library.
