Russell Palmer is the Supervisor of Professional Development at LYRASIS. He has been with LYRASIS (formerly SOLINET) since May 2006 and works as the Supervisor of Professional Development. He writes and teaches classes on OCLC services, resource sharing, information literacy, and reference. Russell has spoken at various conferences, including the Georgia Conference on Information Literacy, Reference Renaissance, LOEX, and LOEX of the West . His interests include information literacy, reference librarianship, resource sharing, collection development and analysis, electronic resources and social media.
Russell earned his MLIS from Florida State University. He began his career as Interlibrary Loan and Reference Librarian at Mercer University in Macon, Ga., and later earned the rank of assistant professor and Instruction and Outreach Coordinator. At Mercer, Russell effectively developed and managed the library’s information literacy program.
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