Scarlet Galvan Selected as New Visiting Program Officer for Negotiations - SPARC

"SPARC welcomes Scarlet Galvan as a Visiting Program Officer for Negotiations, a part-time appointment that will last through June 2023.

Scarlet is also a valued member of the SPARC Steering Committee and serves as the Collection Strategist Librarian for Grand Valley State University Libraries in Allendale, Michigan. Her research interests include sociopolitical dimensions of library technology and infrastructure....

As a VPO working with SPARC’s Negotiation Community of Practice, Scarlet will help in efforts to meaningfully address information asymmetries between libraries and vendors, support libraries in negotiating better deals, and assist in development of a more equitable negotiations landscape. Scarlet will be playing a lead role in organizing the strategic direction for the community’s work and identifing key topics for programming...."