Harrassowitz Leadership in Library Acquisitions Award to Lisa German
For Immediate Release
Fri, 02/17/2012 - 14:42
Contact: Charles Wilt
ALCTS
CHICAGO — The Acquisitions Section of the Association for Library
Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) has selected Lisa German,
associate dean for Collections, Information and Access Services at
Pennsylvania State University Libraries, to receive the 2012
Harrassowitz Leadership in Library Acquisitions Award. The award will be
presented on Sunday, June 24, at the ALCTS Awards Ceremony during the
2012 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Anaheim, Calif.
The Harrassowitz Leadership in Library Acquisitions Award, sponsored
annually by Harrassowitz and named in honor of Dr. Knut Dorn, before his
2011 retirement the longtime senior managing partner at Harrassowitz, is
given to a librarian in recognition of outstanding leadership and other
contributions in the field of acquisitions and includes a $1,500
monetary award.
German has been involved in acquisitions-related positions for almost 20
years in progressively important roles. Beginning her career at Wright
State University as assistant head of acquisitions, German’s career
trajectory has included positions at the University of Illinois Library
at Urbana-Champaign and Penn State, the latest of which is associate
dean for collections, information and access services, which includes
oversight of acquisitions operations and much else.
German’s commitment to the profession has been evident through her many
years of service to ALCTS, where she has served at both the section and
division level for many years. At the section level she served on and
chaired a variety of committees, as well as serving as a member at large
to the Executive Board, all leading to her service as chair of the
acquisitions section in 2004/2005. At the division level, German served
on the Budget & Finance, Planning, Nominating and Fundraising Committees
and also worked on two preconference symposia planning committees.
In the area of writing and research, German has an impressive list of
publications to her credit, as well as service on the editorial board of
ACQNET-L for several years and as guest editor for Against the Grain.
She has presented at many professional conferences, including the
Virginia Library Association, the Charleston Conference and the
Timberline Conference, to name but a few.
German has been active in educating acquisitions professionals, serving
on the Business of Acquisitions Preconference as both organizer and
instructor. Her leadership on both her own campus and at a national
level has already been recognized with several awards, including the
ALCTS Esther J. Piercy Award. German is a proven and recognized leader
in our field and rightfully joins the stellar list of recipients of this
prestigious award.
The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) is
the national association for information providers who work in
collections and technical services, such as acquisitions, cataloging,
collection development, preservation and continuing resources in digital
and print formats.
ALCTS is a division of the American Library Association.
Received on Fri Mar 30 2012 - 03:02:06 EDT