James Wiser Email & Phone Number

Manhattan, Ks, Us

Abilene, Tx, Us

In my role as Dean of Library Services & Educational Technology at Abilene Christian University, I lead a dedicated team of librarians and staff to provide exceptional services to a diverse academic community of more than 6700 students and 400 faculty. I am proud to have co-launched Tapestry: Journal of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in Education (ISSN 2833-7999) and spearheaded the establishment of the Landon Saunders Center for Joy and Human Flourishing.

Sacramento, California, Us

Director of the library consortium of California's 115 community colleges. Negotiated license agreements and electronic resource acquisition contracts with more than 60 academic publishers and other related vendors with the California Community College library system. Served on the state's library service platform governance committee and participated in library advocacy and lobbying efforts on behalf of the state's community college libraries. Doubled licensing participation in less than five years.

Thousand Oaks, Ca, Us

Provided outreach to the library community, managed consortial relations and licenses, and supervised sales support activities.Negotiated and managed all consortial licenses for SAGE Premier (journals) and CQ Press productsSupervised training department and library relations teamSupervised CRM professionals (Salesforce.com)Provided sales forecasting and planned and managed department budgetProvided high-level customer service support to key customers and consortia

North Hollywood, Ca, Us

Managed electronic resource licensing for a large academic library consortiumManaged outreach programs that successfully grew membership by more than 20%Developed business relationships that increased aggregate licensing from $14 million annually to $32 million annuallyIncreased number of business partnerships from 55 vendors to more than 100 vendorsManaged marketing, outreach, and social media strategy for organization

Malibu, Ca, Us

Managed 12 FTE employees and 4 academic branch librariesManaged collections budget of approximately $250kServed as ICPSR Official Representative for universityServed as non-scientific member on university's institutional review boardAssisted with electronic resource licensing and negotiationCoordinated and performed library instruction and research assistance to the Graziadio School of Business and School of Public Policy

Detroit, Michigan, Us

Managed corporate library web site, led and launched a site-wide redesignAssisted with electronic resource negotiation and licensingSuccessfully deployed Webfeat federated search toolServed as systems librarian and administrator for Innovative Interfaces ILS (Millennium)

Doctor Of Education (Ed.D.), Higher Education Leadership & Policy

Master Of Library Science (M.L.S.)

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Bachelor Of Arts With Honors Distinction (B.A.)