Jessica Morales

Director of Collection Strategy and Acquisitions, University of Notre Dame

Jessica has served in various collection strategy and acquisition roles throughout her career. As the current Director of Collection Strategy and Acquisitions at the University of Notre Dame, she provides leadership for collection strategy, scholarly resource assessment, electronic resource management, and acquisition services. Jessica has presented and published on user experience, electronic resource management, and collection assessment. She is also interested in leadership models and change management. She holds a BA in Art History and an MLIS in Library and Information Science.

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SSP On-Demand: Webinars

Ask a Collections Librarian

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January 26, 2022, Sean Kennedy, Jessica Morales, Amy Pawlowski

Librarians answer your questions about collections development. How do librarians decide what materials—books, journals, databases, or other resources—to include in their collections? How do they work within their larger institutions, both in terms of meeting institutional goals and serving users? And how has the covid-19 pandemic changed or influenced their priorities and practices? Viewers will gain a more thorough understanding of the critical role of collections development librarians in the broader scholarly publishing ecosystem.