Amira Aaron
Northeastern University Libraries
Associate Dean, Scholarly Resources
Boston, Massachusetts
Amira Aaron is currently the Associate Dean for Scholarly Resources at Northeastern University, where she is responsible for collections, technical services, and information access and discovery. Previously, she was Director for Information Resources at Brandeis University and also worked at Harvard University as the Manager of Digital Access and Content. Amira spent several years providing library services at various subscription agencies, including Faxon and Readmore. Her particular interests deal with library management and discovery systems, electronic resource management and industry standards. Amira was a past president of the New England Technical Service Librarians (NETSL), served on the Steering Committee of the ExLibris Users Group of North America (ELUNA) and is active in the American Library Association and its divisions. In 2014, Amira received the NETSL Award for Excellence in Technical Services. She has been a frequent speaker on topics related to the open sharing of metadata, content in discovery systems, and the management and discovery of electronic resources in libraries.