Simmons College

Michael Leach is the Head of Collection Development, Cabot Science Library, at Harvard University. He has worked in science libraries for more than 20 years. In addition, he is an adjunct faculty member at the Simmons Graduate School of Library & Information Science, where he has taught courses on information technology, web publishing, collection development and database management; he is also a PhD candidate at Simmons GSLIS, focusing on digital libraries and the adoption of corporate principles in academic information settings.

Over the past 9 years, Michael has taught over 45 continuing education programs, reaching nearly 600 colleagues, and he has been a frequent speaker at conferences, including annual meetings of ALA, ASIST, ACRL and SLA.  He is also a Past-President of the American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIST).

Lecturer in LIS 453 - Collection Development, LIS 458 - Database Management, and LIS 488 - Technology for Information Professionals.

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