Summary
Lars Meyer is an experienced library leader and preservation specialist with over two decades of practice across major academic institutions, currently serving as Co-Interim University Librarian and Associate University Librarian at Emory University. He leads a broad content division overseeing acquisitions, electronic resources, cataloging, metadata, digitization, and preservation while contributing to institutional policy, budget, and strategic planning. Lars built and implemented integrated technical services and preservation programs, including audio/visual media workflows and offsite storage management, and previously expanded Columbia’s digitization services through grant-funded initiatives. His background as an archaeologist and GIS specialist informs a methodical, data-aware approach to collections stewardship and access. A co-editor of the Charleston Conference Proceedings and sound recordings editor for the ARSC Journal, he combines scholarship, conference presentation, and operational leadership. Based in Atlanta, he pairs an MLIS from UT Austin with a liberal arts foundation in anthropology and German, bringing cross-disciplinary perspective to library modernization.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) at University of California, Davis
MLIS, MLIS at The University of Texas at Austin
German, English