Rick Anderson is University Librarian of Brigham Young University. He earned his B.S. and M.L.I.S. degrees at BYU, and has worked previously as a bibliographer for YBP, Inc., as Head Acquisitions Librarian for the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, as Director of Resource Acquisition at the University of Nevada, Reno, and as Associate Dean for Collections & Scholarly Communication at the University of Utah. He has published widely and is a regular contributor to the Scholarly Kitchen, official blog of the Society for Scholarly Publishing. A collection of his essays titled Libraries, Leadership and Scholarly Communication was published in 2016 by ALA Editions, and his most recent book, Scholarly Communication: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford University Press, 2018) has been published in three languages. In 2005, Rick was identified by Library Journal as a “Mover & Shaker” – one of the “50 people shaping the future of libraries.” In 2008 he was elected president of NASIG, and he was named an ARL Research Library Leadership Fellow for 2009-10. In 2013 Rick was the recipient of the HARRASSOWITZ Leadership in Library Acquisitions Award and was the Gould Distinguished Lecturer on Technology and the Quality of Life at the University of Utah. In 2015 he was elected President of the Society for Scholarly Publishing. He is a popular speaker on subjects related to the future of scholarly communication and research libraries. (He also leads a secret life as a music critic and an old-time and reggae musician.)
Vision & Balance: Leading and Managing in the Academic Library 