Russell Michalak, MLIS, is the library director at Goldey-Beacom College. He has over 20 years of experience working in special (law and health sciences) libraries and small, mid-sized, and large academic libraries. He has also been working in library administration for 15 years. Michalak regularly publishes a column in the Journal of Library Administration called PosIT, which delves into all aspects of library-related information technologies and knowledge management used to connect users to information technology. 

Michalak publishes and presents regularly on artificial intelligence, library leadership and management, project management, library budgets and negotiating contracts, library assessment, textbook affordability, library privacy, and other related topics. He earned his master’s in library and information studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a bachelor’s degree from Occidental College. He is currently co-editing a book on AI and Academic Libraries for ACRL Press with Karim Boughida.