Digital Lenders Forum Advisory Committee

Stephanie Anderson is Associate Director, Selection, at BookOps, and manages the team that selects and orders all formats, and in over 25 languages, for the circulating collections of The New York Public Library and Brooklyn Public Library, serving 150 physical locations and two unique digital collections. She previously worked at Darien Library (CT), after beginning her career in independent bookselling. She is a founding member of LibraryReads, reviews romance for Kirkus, and recently served as a grant partner for an IMLS-funded research project into how public libraries can enhance their capacity to serve multilingual communities. She regularly speaks and writes about contemporary topics in collection development, and is currently researching the history of circulating collections and readers’ advisory in New York City.

Chris Freeland is the Director of Library Services at Internet Archive.

Building upon an academic background and career in music history, art history, and rare books and manuscripts, Moonyung Kang transitioned from teaching in higher education into systems librarianship in 2018. Her work and leadership are guided by a strong commitment to advancing access to information amid an increasingly complex information‑systems landscape. Moonyung joined UMass Lowell in early 2023, where she currently leads the Systems and Discovery team as the Assistant Director for Library Systems & Discovery, overseeing the library’s core technology infrastructure, discovery platforms, and user‑facing systems. Her work emphasizes alignment of library technologies and information infrastructure with institutional digital strategy and research support. In this role, she collaborates closely with campus partners and library vendors, manages system integrations and upgrades, guides initiatives that enhance access to digital resources, and ensures that library technologies align with evolving research and learning needs.

Rose Nelson has been with the Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries since 2005, beginning as a Systems Librarian before being appointed Assistant Director in 2012. In her role, she oversees Prospector, a union catalog that connects nearly 150 libraries across the region, and plays a lead role in managing Gold Rush, the Alliance’s library collection analytics platform. Rose has been an active member of the Colorado Resource Sharing Conference planning committee for more than 15 years and served seven years on the board of the CAL Leadership Institute Committee. She earned her MLIS from Emporia State University.

Mia Partlow is Resource Sharing Librarian at NC State University Libraries, starting her career there as a Libraries Fellow. Before her career in libraries, Mia worked as a producer for public radio.

Michael Rodriguez is Lead Strategist for Program Operations in the Content and Scholarly Communication Initiatives division of Lyrasis. He optimizes workflows, negotiates consortial license agreements, and develops open access programs at a national scale. Michael previously served as the collections strategist at the University of Connecticut, as well as president of the Association of College and Research Libraries’ New England Chapter. While working at BLC member UConn in 2021, he co-chaired the Boston Library Consortium's Controlled Digital Lending Working Group. Michael has published and presented widely and received the Library Journal Reviewer of the Year Award, the NASIG Horizon Award, and the ATG Media Up & Comer Award. He holds degrees from Florida State University (MLIS) and Florida Gulf Coast University (BA). He currently lives in the Boston area. Learn more about Michael at https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2919-5588.