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# Sam Brooks

  Executive Vice President – Library Services, Publisher Services, and Content

Sam Brooks is Executive Vice President of the Research Content business unit of EBSCO Information Services, where he oversees EBSCOhost, Research Databases, EBSCO eBooks, Flipster, Historical Digital Archives, NoveList, and EBSCOlearning. He holds responsibility for the P&L, strategy, content development, user experience, and commercial activities, including library services, publisher services, and LLM partnerships.

Mr. Brooks has visited universities in more than 90 countries and has worked extensively with ministries of education, science and technology, and culture in developing nations to expand access to knowledge.

Sam is a member of the Board of Directors of the [Open Library Foundation](https://openlibraryfoundation.org/). The Open Library Foundation assists and facilitates educational organizations, foundations, partnerships and commercial entities in collaborating to foster, develop and sustain open technologies and innovation to support libraries, learning, research and teaching.

Mr. Brooks has authored papers in major international library science journals, e.g., Serials Review (Elsevier Science), The Library Quarterly (University of Chicago Press), portal: Libraries and the Academy (Johns Hopkins University Press), Information Technology & Libraries (LITA), Journal of Academic Librarianship (Elsevier Science), etc. He has also been published in the library publications of more than a dozen countries, including Hungarian Journal of Library & Information Science, KLC Journal (Kazakhstan), EBIB (Poland), Librarianship (Russia), Journal of Educational Media & Library Sciences (Taiwan), etc. Mr. Brooks co-edited the book "Library/Vendor Relationships" (Taylor & Francis), published simultaneously as an issue of the Journal of Library Administration.

Sam has participated in panel discussions or appeared as the keynote speaker at many library conferences, including ACRL Chapter Meetings, IFLA, The Charleston Conference, ALCTS Networked Resources & Metadata Committee Meeting, Computers in Libraries, International Congress of Information (Cuba), LITA Technology & Access Committee Meeting, NLA Tri-Round Table, and many others.

Mr. Brooks joined EBSCO in July 1991 and is a member of the EBSCO Founder's Club.

[ORCID Profile](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9540-0426)



### Video Discussions Featuring Sam Brooks

[ UKSG 2019: Supporting Data Integrations for Open Source Communities](https://vimeo.com/336655318/f2c29e7484)



[ Executive Perspectives of the Library Tech Industry: Selected Highlights with Sam Brooks](https://vimeo.com/1079359220)



[ Marshall Breeding at EBSCO – A Conversation with Sam Brooks](https://vimeo.com/1079359426)



 

### Interviews with Sam Brooks

[ Research & Innovation Interview with Sam Brooks](http://listserv.onlineinc.com/MarketingMessage.aspx?id=5e3c99d4-56bd-4181-af6f-a08245ec191b),  Computers in Libraries Speaker Spotlight, 2016年3月



[ An Interview with Sam Brooks, Executive Vice President, EBSCO Information Services](http://charleston.publisher.ingentaconnect.com/content/charleston/chadv/2015/00000017/00000002/art00016),  The Charleston Advisor, Vol 17, Issue 2 2015年10月 p.54-57



[ A Discussion on Discovery with Marshall Breeding and Sam Brooks](/blog/article/marshall-breeding-at-ebsco-a-conversation-with-sam-brooks),  Independent Library Technology Video, 2015年1月



[ Interview with Sam Brooks, Senior VP to Sales and Marketing with EBSCO, About H.W. Wilson](http://charleston.publisher.ingentaconnect.com/content/charleston/chadv/2011/00000013/00000001/art00020),  Charleston Advisor, 2011年7月



[ ATG Interviews Sam Brooks, EBSCO](http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/07/atg-interviews-sam-brooks-ebsco-publishing/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+against-the-grain+(Against-the-Grain.com)),  Against the Grain, 2011年7月



[ Interview with Sam Brooks, Senior VP for Sales and Marketing, EBSCO Publishing, about NetLibrary](http://charleston.publisher.ingentaconnect.com/content/charleston/chadv/2011/00000012/00000004/art00019),  Charleston Advisor, 2011年4月



[ An Interview with Sam Brooks and Michael Gorrell on the EBSCOhost Integrated Search and EBSCO Discovery Service](http://charleston.publisher.ingentaconnect.com/content/charleston/chadv/2010/00000011/00000003/art00020),  Charleston Advisor, 2010年1月



[ An interview with Sam Brooks, Senior Vice-President of Sales and Marketing, EBSCO](http://www.ebscohost.com/uploads/imported/thisTopic-dbTopic-162.pdf),  Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship, 2004年



[ Serial Conversations: An interview with Sam Brooks](http://www.ebscohost.com/uploads/imported/thisTopic-dbTopic-229.pdf?_ga=2.89610898.861490347.1520370940-1158204870.1517279023),  Serials Review (Elsevier Science 社), 2002年



 

### Articles Authored By Sam Brooks

[ Increasing Value and Usage of Information Resources Through Discovery](http://issuu.com/panlibus/docs/panlibus26/18),  Panlibus, issue 26 2012年冬 ｐ.18



[ Journal Access Models & Journal Comparison Services](http://www.ebscohost.com/uploads/imported/thisTopic-dbTopic-1370.pdf),  white paper, 2010年6月



[ Index Blending: Enabling the Development of Definitive, Discipline-Specific Resources](http://www.ebscohost.com/uploads/imported/thisTopic-dbTopic-1044.pdf),  Information Technology & Libraries, vol. 26, issue 2 2007年6月 p. 27-34



[ Evaluating Evaluations](http://www.ebscohost.com/uploads/imported/thisTopic-dbTopic-574.pdf),  netconnect (Supplement to Library Journal), 2006年 冬 p.28



[ Developing Nations, the Digital Divide and Research Databases](http://www.ebscohost.com/uploads/imported/thisTopic-dbTopic-873.pdf),  Serials Review, vol. 31, issue 4 2005年 p.270-278 Copyright 2005 Elsevier Inc.



[ Academic Journal Embargoes and Full Text Databases](http://www.ebscohost.com/uploads/imported/thisTopic-dbTopic-226.pdf),  The Library Quarterly (シカゴ大学出版局発行), vol. 73, number 3 2003年6月 p.243-260



[ Academic Journals and Full Text Databases](http://tmt.omikk.bme.hu/0209Brooks.htm),  Hungarian Journal of Library and Information Science, vol.49 2002年9月 p.364-67



[ Issues Facing Academic Library Consortia and Perceptions of Members of the Illinois Digital Academic Library](https://muse.jhu.edu/article/27193),  Johns Hopkins University Press, Vol.2, Number 1, 2002年1月



[ Integration of Information Resources and Collection Development Strategy](http://www.ebscohost.com/uploads/imported/thisTopic-dbTopic-227.pdf),  Reprinted from The Journal of Academic Librarianship (Elsevier Science インプリント Pergamon Press 発行), vol. 27, number 4 2001年7月 p.316-319