Lauren Corbett
Lauren Corbett (M.L.I.S., University of North Carolina at Greensboro; B.A., French, Davidson College) is the Director of Resource Services, reporting to the Dean of the Z. Smith Reynolds Library. Lauren has administrative responsibility for selection, acquisition, and description of the library’s collection. She administers the budget for the collection and leads a team of 14 employees. She has participated in the Wake Forest University Leadership Development Program (The Hayes Group International, Inc.) and the Harvard Leadership Institute for Academic Librarians. Her professional achievements include election to the Board of the Core division of the American Library Association, appointment as the inaugural Chair for the Association of Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) Collaboration Citation jury, and winning the HARRASSOWITZ Leadership in Library Acquisitions Award.
Publications
ALA Core Metadata Standards Committee, Metadata Schema Assessment Framework. Chicago: Core, a Division of the American Library Association, 2024. https://hdl.handle.net/11213/22781
Corbett, Lauren. (2021). COVID-19 Changes in Collection Management and Technical Services: A Contemporary Account. Reality Check, 41(4), 1, 4-7. http://hdl.handle.net/10339/98962
Corbett, Lauren. (2019). Encouraging Professional Development. Reality Check, 39(5), 1, 4-7. https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/94165
Corbett, Lauren. (2018). Current Work in Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility by Metadata Communities: A Working Report from the ALA/ALCTS Metadata Standards Committee. Technical Services Quarterly, 35(4), 367 – 376. https://doi.org/10.1080/07317131.2018.1509439
Corbett, Lauren. (2018). The Value of Technical Services. Reality Check, 38(1), 1, 3-6. https://hdl.handle.net/10339/90773
McCallum, Carolyn, Gilbertson, Kevin, Kelley, Steve, & Corbett, Lauren. (2017). Can RDA Content, Media, and Carrier Coding Improve Discovery Facet Mapping?. Library Resources & Technical Services, 61(2), 93-101. https://doi.org/10.5860/lrts.61n2.93
Corbett, Lauren. (2016). Linked Data Advice Anyone? (Who Uses Google?). Reality Check, 36(1). https://hdl.handle.net/10339/58115
Tedford, Rosalind, Corbett, Lauren, & Lock, Mary Beth. (2013). “How Transformational Leadership Translates into Recognized Excellence in Academic Libraries”. Workplace Culture in Academic Libraries. Chandos Publishing, an imprint of Woodhead Publishing: Cambridge. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781843347026
Presentations
Corbett, Lauren. (2017, June). Evaluating Metadata Standards – Principles into Practice. American Library Association Annual, Chicago.
Corbett, Lauren. (2013, April). Library Technical Services — Your Career?. Seminar on Technical Services, via WebEx from WFU to College of Information Studies, University of Maryland.
Corbett, Lauren. (2012, April). Library Technical Services — Your Career?. Seminar on Technical Services, via WebEx from WFU to College of Information Studies, University of Maryland.
Corbett, Lauren. (2011, June). A Closer Look at Print on Demand and How It Can Shape Library Acquisitions. American Library Association Annual, New Orleans, LA.
Committees & Offices Held
Core (a division of the American Library Association) LIFT Award Committee (jury), Member. (May 24, 2023 – October 31, 2023).
Core (a division of the American Library Association) Board, Director-at-Large. (July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2025).
Core (a division of the American Library Association) Awards, Grants, and Scholarships Coordination Committee, Member. (February 12, 2021 – June 30, 2023).
Core (a division of the American Library Association) Budget & Finance Committee, Member. (January 13, 2021 – June 30, 2023).
ALCTS Planning Committee, Member. (July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2020).
ProQuest Ebook Acquisition Model Advisory Board, Member. (October 23, 2015 – October 2016).
ALCTS Advocacy and Policy Committee, Vice-Chair/ Chair (2 terms). (August 26, 2015 – June 30, 2018).
ALCTS/LITA Metadata Standards Committee, Member. (July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2019).
ALCTS Advocacy and Policy Committee, Member. (July 1, 2014 – August 26, 2015).
NASIG Vision & Mission Task Force, Member. (March 27, 2014 – October 2014).
NCICU Library Purchasing Committee, Executive Committee, Vice-Chair/ Chair / Past-Chair. (May 2012 – May 2014).
Controlled LOCKSS Board of Advisors, Member. (February 2010 – February 2015).
ALCTS Acquisitions Section, Executive Committee, Chair-Elect/Chair/Past-Chair. (July 1, 2009 – June 30, 2012).