Kim Maxwell
MIT
Head, Technical Services
Greater Boston Area
Kim has been an acquisitions librarian at the MIT Libraries for nearly 20 years, managing both print and electronic subscriptions. Her current favorite workspace is the Libraries' Negotiations Team, a cross-functional team representing collections, acquisitions, licensing, subject, and scholarly communications expertise. Using principled negotiation techniques to achieve the best outcomes for collections purchases, one of our goals is to strategically reduce costs on standard purchases so that we can free dollars for innovative or open access-related purchases. Our aim is to advance the Libraries' objectives of transforming the scholarly communications landscape towards more openness, and supporting diversity and social justice through our collections processes.