Joan Lamborn

Joan Lamborn is currently Associate Dean of University Libraries at the University of Northern Colorado, a position she has held since November 2011. Her responsibilities include collection development and scholarly communication initiatives. She has also held two other positions in the University of Northern Colorado Libraries since she began working there in June 1990. Prior to becoming Associate Dean , she was Head of the Acquisitions/Serials Department, then Head of Library Administrative Services. Before moving to Colorado, Joan worked for eight years as a serial cataloguer at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts. She earned her library degree at the University of Michigan and her B.A. at Oberlin College.

Joan’s most recent articles and presentations have focused on initiatives in the acquisition of library materials and issues related to scholarly communication. She has served on and chaired a variety of committees of the Association for Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS), a division of the American Library Association, and NASIG (North American Serials Interest Group). She also served as the first chair of the Colorado Academic Library Association.