Liam Adler

As the Director of Research, Instruction, and Collections, Liam (he/him) works with our team of Personal Librarians to ensure that students and faculty have a personalized and direct link to the library, through individual research consultations, in-class research instruction, custom course support, and responsive collection development. He oversees collections strategy and development with our collections team including the selection, acquisition, and cataloging of new material. He is also the Librarian for History and Cultural Studies. You can Book a Research Consultation here. 


Prior to joining Barnard, Liam was the Director of Library Services at Metropolitan College of New York. Liam co-edited Reference Librarianship and Justice: History, Praxis, and Practice (2018) with CUL colleagues Ian Beilin and Eamon Tewell and is generally engaged in projects related to the history of librarianship, critical practice, and social justice. 


Liam has an M.A. in American Studies from the CUNY Graduate Center and an MLIS from Queens College, CUNY.