Steve Bosch

Materials Budget, Procurement, and Licensing Librarian

Stephen Bosch has been involved with various aspects of acquisitions, collection development and library administrative services during his 35 year tenure at the University of Arizona. He has held positions as Acquisitions Librarian and Coordinator for Collection Development, Information Access Librarian, Financial and Administrative Services Librarian as well as his current position. Nationally, he has been chair of many ALA committees, and has served on many working groups, advisory boards, and councils focusing on information resource development and management, user needs assessments, licensing issues, and serials / monographs acquisitions. Of his many publications, the most recent is his article on serials pricing that appears each year in Library Journal. He is the 2006 recipient of the American Library Association ALCTS Leadership in Acquisitions Award and has served as Chair of the American Library Association ALCTS Acquisitions Section.