Andrew K. Pace Explained

Andrew K. Pace is an American librarian and author. He has served as executive director of the Association of Research Libraries since February 2024. Previously he served as executive director of the University System of Maryland and Affiliated Institutions (USMAI) Library Consortium since March 2022, after fifteen years working in various leadership positions at OCLC.[1]

Career

From 2008 to 2009 Pace served as president of the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA).[2] He was the author of the "Technically Speaking" column for American Libraries magazine.[3] [4] In 2013 he was elected councilor-at-large for the American Library Association (ALA). In 2016 he was elected to serve a three-year term on the ALA executive board and ran for ALA Treasurer in 2019, losing the election to Maggie Farrell, dean of university libraries at University of Nevada, Las Vegas.[5] [6]

Between 1999 and 2007 Pace was Head of Information Technology for North Carolina State University Libraries.[7] In 2002 Pace was named "Librarian of the Year" at the 15th annual DRA User's Conference.[8] In 2004 Pace was appointed to the leadership team responsible for the coordination and planning of National Information Standards Organization MetaSearch Initiative.[9] Prior working at NCSU he worked at a product manager for Innovative Interfaces, a library software vendor. Between 2007 and 2022, Pace held various leadership positions at OCLC, including executive director for Technical Research and executive director for Management Services.[10]

He holds a BA in rhetoric and communications studies from the University of Virginia and an MSLS from the Catholic University of America.

Publications

Pace's major work includes the 2003 book, The Ultimate Digital Library: Where the New Information Players Meet. He maintains the blog, Hectic Pace.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fowler . Katia . 2022-03-10 . USMAI Welcomes Executive Director Andrew K. Pace . 2022-11-30 . USMAI Member Portal.
  2. Web site: LITA Presidents . Library Information Technology Association . 24 July 2006 . February 27, 2022.
  3. Web site: Discovery to Delivery Speakers .
  4. Web site: Technically Speaking column archive . 2009-03-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090331213044/http://www.ala.org/ala/alonline/techspeaking/technicallyspeaking.cfm . 2009-03-31 . dead .
  5. Web site: 2018-08-27 . Pace running for 2019-22 ALA treasurer . 2022-11-30 . American Library Association News and Press Center . en.
  6. Web site: 2019-04-10 . Farrell Elected ALA Treasurer . 2022-11-30 . American Library Association News and Press Center . en.
  7. Web site: Andrew Pace . Library Information Technology Association . 28 September 2006 . February 27, 2022.
  8. Web site: NCSU Libraries' Andrew K. Pace Receives Technology Award . March 12, 2002 . North Carolina State University Libraries . February 27, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091004030646/http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/publications/newsreleases/NR_pace_02.pdf . October 4, 2009.
  9. Web site: Librarian Andrew K. Pace Co-leads National Information Standards Initiative . January 29, 2004 . North Carolina State University Libraries . February 27, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080517000526/http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/publications/newsreleases/NR_niso_04.pdf . May 17, 2008.
  10. Web site: Andrew K. Pace, Author at OCLC Next . 2017-05-16 . OCLC Next . en-US.
  11. Web site: Hectic Pace . 2017-05-15 . Hectic Pace . en-US.
  12. Antelman. Kristen. Lynema. Emily. Pace. Andrew K.. 2006-09-01. Toward a Twenty-First Century Catalog. Information Technology and Libraries. en. 25. 3. 128–139. 10.6017/ital.v25i3.3342. 2163-5226. free.
  13. Pace. Andrew. 2009-10-19. 21st Century Library Systems. Journal of Library Administration. 49. 6. 641–650. 10.1080/01930820903238834. 62722626 . 0193-0826.
  14. Fluvog. Jill. Collins. Maria. Hale. Dawn. Pace. Andrew K.. Sinclair. Gwen. 2015-05-19. Meeting the E-Resources Challenge through Collaboration: An OCLC Perspective on Effective Management, Access, and Delivery of Electronic Collections. The Serials Librarian. 68. 1–4. 168–172. 10.1080/0361526X.2015.1016857. 57769620 . 0361-526X.
  15. Pace. Andrew K.. 2015-01-02. Closing the Gap. Serials Review. 41. 1. 3–7. 10.1080/00987913.2014.999854. 220296977 . 0098-7913.

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