Executive Director
andrew [at] arl [dot] org
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As executive director, Andrew K. Pace leads the development of and implements ARL’s strategic direction. He builds on ARL’s strengths as a leader and partner in the research and learning ecosystem, as a catalyzer of global opportunity and value through the Association’s suite of programs and initiatives, and as a culture that embraces innovation, diversity, and inclusion.
Prior to coming to ARL, Andrew served as executive director of the University System of Maryland and Affiliated Institutions (USMAI) Library Consortium since 2022. At USMAI, Andrew led the consortium of 17 academic libraries across the state of Maryland, centrally hosting management, discovery, and resource-sharing applications for millions of print, licensed, and open-access resources. His team also led new digital initiatives in digital asset management, open educational resources (OER), and new service development. Andrew held previous executive director positions from 2008 to 2022 at OCLC, where he managed cloud-based application development and later led teams focused on data science and applied research. Prior to OCLC, he was head of Information Technology at North Carolina State University Libraries.
Andrew is active in the American Library Association (ALA) and was elected to the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) Board of Directors in 2023. He has presented at numerous conferences and is the author of several works dealing with library technology, product and project management, and community building. He holds an MS in library science from the Catholic University of America and a BA in rhetoric and communication studies from the University of Virginia.
