Academic Appointments

  • Vice Provost, Academic Council, Stanford University Libraries

Administrative Appointments

  • Vice Provost and University Librarian and Director, Stanford University, Academic Information Resources (1994 - Present)
  • Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning, Stanford University (2018 - 2020)
  • Director, Stanford University Libraries, Academic Information Resources (1993 - 1994)
  • Associate University Librarian, Yale University (1986 - 1993)
  • Music Librarian, University of California at Berkeley (1981 - 1986)
  • Music Librarian & Sr Lecturer in Musicology, Cornell University (1973 - 1981)
  • Assistant Music Librarian, SUNY at Buffalo (1970 - 1973)

Honors & Awards

  • Honorary Fellow for Life, Harris Manchester College at Oxford University (2019)
  • Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, Fourth Class, Estonia (2016)
  • Kenneth M. Cuthbertson Award, Stanford University (2015)
  • Sarum Canon, Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire, United Kingdom (2014-)
  • Minerva Award, SUNY/Geneseo (2011)
  • Elected Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2010-)
  • Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (2009-)
  • Numerous research and philanthropic donations to Stanford, various (1993-)
  • Travel Grant, International Publishers Association and Indian Federation of Publishers (1992 Feb)
  • Fellow, Pierson College, Yale University (1988-1998)
  • Deems Taylor Award, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (1988)
  • Research Grant, Librarians Association of the University of California (1985/1986)
  • Faculty/Librarian Research Planning Grant, Council on Library Resources (1985)
  • IBM Project Grant Award, University of California at Berkeley (1985)
  • U.C. Berkeley Medal (Bronze), University of California at Berkeley (1983)
  • Various research grants, College of Arts and Sciences (1973-1981)
  • NDEA Title IV Fellowship, State University of new York at Buffalo (1967-1970)
  • Departmental Honors, Hamilton College (1967)
  • Nelson Clark Dale Prize, Hamilton College (1967)

Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations

  • Mentor, Creative Destruction Lab of Estonia (2022 - Present)
  • Advisor and Collaborator, Vatican Library and Archive (2016 - Present)
  • Chairman, International Image Interoperability Framework Consortium (2015 - 2022)
  • Member Board of Directors, Council on Library and Information Resources (2013 - 2022)
  • Appointed Member, Steering Committee, Initiative on the Informed Brain in the Digital World, National Academies of Science and Engineering Keck Futures Initiative (2011 - 2014)
  • Member, Board of Trustees, Kistler-Ritso Foundations (USA and Estonia) (2010 - Present)
  • Appointed Member, National Academy of Science, National Research Council, Committee to Develop a Research Agenda on Copyright & Innovation, Science (2010 - 2011)
  • Appointed Member, Committee on Scientific Responsibility, National Academies of Science and Engineering (2009 - 2016)
  • Appointed Member, Board on Research Data and Information, National Council, National Academies of Science and Engineering (2009 - 2011)
  • Consultative Board, British Library (2009 - 2011)
  • Co-chair of Board of Directors, CLOCKSS (2008 - 2018)
  • Co-Founder with Arthur Pasquinelli of Sun Microsystems, Preservation and Archiving Special Interest Group (2007 - 2013)
  • Alumni Trustee, Hamilton College (2001 - 2005)
  • Advisor and Collaborator, Vatican Library and Archive (2000 - 2000)
  • President's Cabinet, Stanford University (1994 - Present)
  • Founding Member, President, Chairman, National Digital Library Federation (1994 - 2007)
  • Commission on Technology in Teaching and Learning, Stanford University (1994 - 1998)
  • University Fellow, Stanford University (1994 - 1995)
  • Academic Senate, Stanford University ex-officio (1993 - 2010)
  • Member, Journal Pricing Sub-committee, American Physical Society (1992 - 1995)
  • Member, Association for Reserach Libraries Task Force on Foreign Acquisitions (1992 - 1993)
  • Member, Mid-Decade Planning Group, Research Libraries Group (1992 - 1993)
  • Member, Working Group on the Review of the NEH Preservation Program, Association of Research Libraries (1992 - 1993)
  • Committee of Council Chairpersons, Yale Center for International and Area Studies (1991 - 1993)
  • Committee on On-line Scholarly Information, Yale (1991 - 1993)
  • Member, RLG Programs Advisory Group (1991 - 1992)
  • Board of Directors, Connecticut Center for the Book (1990 - 1993)
  • Yale University International Development Committee 1990-93 Collection Development Council, Yale (1990 - 1993)
  • Yale College Committee on International Relations Major, Yale (1990 - 1990)
  • Board of Directors' Standing Hearing Panel on Professional Ethics, American Psychological Association (1989 - 1999)
  • RENARC, Advisory Board, Database of Music Historical Information in Renaissance Archival Collections (1989 - 1994)
  • Chair, Pierson College Library Committee, Yale (1989 - 1993)
  • Chair, Collection Management and Development Committee, Research Libraries Group (1989 - 1991)
  • Member, Advisory Committee on Collection Development, Center for Research Libraries, Chicago (1988 - 1992)
  • Chair, Serials Data Task Force of the Collection Management and Development Committee, Research Libraries Group (1988 - 1989)
  • Member, Review Panel, Research Resources Division, National Endowment for the Humanities (1988 - 1988)
  • Board of Directors Other Activities, cont., Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences (1987 - 1993)
  • Member, Task Force on Expensive Serials, Heads of Collection Development in Large Research Libraries Discussion Group, American Library Association (1987 - 1988)
  • Mentor, Undergraduate Library Internship Program, Yale University Library (1987 - 1988)
  • Invited Participant, Conference on Libraries and Scholarship, Center for the Book, Library of Congress (1987 - 1987)
  • Member, Collection Management and Development Committee, Research Libraries Group (1986 - 1991)
  • Chair, Retrospective Conversion Task Force, Yale (1986 - 1988)
  • Task Force on Performance Expectations, Yale (1986 - 1988)
  • Institute for Associate and Deputy University Librarians, Office of Management Studies, Association for Research Libraries (1986 - 1986)
  • Project Director and Co-Principal Investigator, Italian Music and Lyric Poetry of the Renaissance (1985 - 1996)
  • Member, Council of the American Musicological Society (1985 - 1988)
  • Board of Directors, ODC/San Francisco (formerly Oberlin Dance Collective) (1985 - 1986)
  • Advanced Management Skills Institute, Office of Management Studies, Association of Research Libraries (1985 - 1985)
  • Joint Committee to Establish a National Retrospective Conversion Plan for Music, - (1984 - 1986)
  • Assessor, Management Skills Assessment Program, University of California (1984 - 1984)
  • Council on Library Resources Conference on National Strategies for Retrospective Conversion, CLR (1984 - 1984)
  • Program Chair, Council on Library Resources Conference on Standards for the Retrospective Conversion of Music Materials, CLR (1984 - 1984)
  • Chair; author of AMLG Retrospective Conversion Proposal to the U.S. Dept of Education - $235,000 grant award for FY 1985/86, Associated Music Libraries Group (UC/Berkeley, Harvard, Yale, Eastman, University of Illinois/Champaign-Urban, Indiana University, Stanford) (1983 - 1986)
  • Pre-Conference on Automated Circulation Systems, LAMA, ALA (1983 - 1983)
  • Committee on Automated Bibliography, American Musicological Society (1982 - 1983)
  • Finance Committee, Music Library Association (1982 - 1983)
  • Chairman, Music Program Committee, RLG (1981 - 1985)
  • Editorial Committee, MLA Index and Bibliography Series (1981 - 1985)
  • Bibliographical Commission, Repertoire International de la Presse Musical de XIXme Siecle (1981 - 1984)
  • Seminar Participant, Results Oriented Supervision, a 4 week management training program, Cornell University Personnel Office (1981 - 1981)
  • Staff instructor on AACR2 and ALA Filing Rules, 3rd ed., CU 1980 Seminar Participant on AACR2, taught by Paul Winkler, FAUL Consortium (1980 - 1980)
  • Special Assistant to Dean on Facilities Planning, College of Arts and Sciences, Cornell University (1979 - 1980)
  • Fifteenth Anniversary Committee, MLA (1978 - 1980)
  • Cornell University Representative to "What's In A Name", Canadian Library Association Programme on Automated Authority Systems, Vancouver, BC (1978 - 1978)
  • Chairman, Nomination Committees, NY Chapters of AMS and MLA (1977 - 1981)
  • Reviewer, National Endowment for the Humanities (1976 - 2013)
  • Faculty Advisor to the Cornell Chimesmasters and McGraw Tower, Cornell University (1976 - 1981)
  • Member-at-large and Development Officer, Board of Directors, MLA (1976 - 1978)
  • Chairman, Audio-visual and Microforms Committee, Music Library Association (1974 - 1976)
  • Faculty Advisor to freshmen and sophomores, Cornell University (1973 - 1981)
  • Microforms Committee, Music Library Association (1971 - 1974)
  • Chair, Commitee to Study the Feasability of a New Music Press, NY Chapter, American Musicological Society (1971 - 1972)

Program Affiliations

  • Center for Human Rights and International Justice

Professional Education

  • B.A., Hamilton College, NY, Biology, Music (1967)
  • M.A., State University of New York at Buffalo, Music History (1970)
  • M.L.S., State University of New York at Geneseo, Academic Librarianship (1972)

Contact

  • Academic
    Michael.Keller@stanford.edu
    University - Staff Department: University Librarian's Office Position: University Librarian & Director of Academic Information Resources
    • 101 Green Library
    • Stanford,  California  94305-6004 
    (650) 725-4902 (fax)

Additional Info

Links

All Publications

  • Exploiting the Opportunities of the Maturing Digital Age: The First Twenty Years of the Scholarly Communications Program of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Keller, M. A. American Council of Learned Societies . New York, NY. 2019

    Abstract

    Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Council of Learned Societies, New York, NY, April 26-27, 2019.

  • Cite the online date of publication NATURE Keller, M. A., Prusiner, S. 2018; 558 (7711): 520

    View details for Web of Science ID 000436594300042

  • Fostering Inegrity in Research: A Consensus Study Report of The National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Keller, M. A., et al The National Academies Press. Washington, DC. 2017

    Abstract

    A Consensus Study Report of The National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

  • How Can Libraries be Guided Into the Future? Crossing Borders: The Future of Access Keller, M. A. 2014: 37-39
  • Art & Craft: Object & Idea Holding Dear: The Value of the Real Keller, M. A. Levenger Press. 2013: 133–136
  • US West Coast Perspective on Lynne Brindley's Career Alexandria: The Journal of National and International Library and Information Issues Keller, M. A. 2012; 23 (3): 9-13
  • The Future of Books, Research Libraries and Intellectual Publishing L'avenir des bibliothèques : vues d'ailleurs Keller, M. A. 2011; 6
  • Mountain View: the Agreement among Google, Publishers, and Authors College & Research Libraries Journal Michael A. Keller 2009; 70 (1)
  • Mountain View: the Agreement among Google, Publishers, and Authors COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES Keller, M. A. 2009; 70 (1): 5-6

    View details for Web of Science ID 000262617500001

  • Riding the wave: the role of IT innovation in higher education Münster, New York, Munich, Berlin: Waxmann Michael A. Keller 2007: 33-44
  • Recent advances in digital librarianship Invited paper for National Library of China Michael A. Keller 2006
  • Google Book Search; what Stanford intends Invited paper for Digitization Symposium, University of Michigan Michael A. Keller 2006
  • Stanford Knowleege Management Enterprises in SULAIR Invited paper for colloquium of Pacific Rim universities on knowledge management and enterprises Michael A. Keller 2006
  • Wie "DODLs", Digitalisierung und Repositorien neues Wissen fördern können Bad Honnef: Bock+Herchen Michael A. Keller 2006: 39-42
  • Google Book Search: indexing the contents of library books Kanazawa: Kanasawa Institute of Technology Michael A. Keller 2006
  • Building, operating, and maintaining digital libraries Invited paper for China Education and Research Conference Michael A. Keller 2005
  • LOCKSS, the Stanford Digital Library, and other schemes addressing the digital archiving challenge Invited paper at the Library of University of Edinburgh Michael A. Keller 2005
  • Economics of scientific and biomedical journals: Where do scholars stand in debate of online journal pricing and site license ownership between libraries and publishers? First Monday Michael A. Keller, Haekyung Jeon-Slaughter, Andrew C. Herkovic 2005; 10 (3)
  • Digitizing Literatures: Bringing the Library to Where People Search for Information Report to Faculty Senate Michael A. Keller 2005
  • Mass digitization and its implications for libraries Invited paper for National Academy of Social Sciences of the People's Republic of China Michael A. Keller 2005
  • The Future of Books, Reading & Research Invited paper for Digital Lecture Hall series at Georgetown University Michael A. Keller 2005
  • Orphan Works and Research Libraries and Archives: A letter to the U.S. Copyright Office - Michael A. Keller 2005
  • Reconstructing Collection Development Against The Grain Keller, M. A. 2004; 16 (6): 1, 16, 18, 20
  • Casting Forward; collection development after mass digitization - Michael A. Keller 2004
  • Commentary on NIH Notice on Enhanced Public Access to NIH Research Information - Michael A. Keller 2004
  • Gold at the End of the Digital Library Rainbow: Forecasting the Consequences of Truly Effective Digital Libraries - Michael A. Keller 2004
  • What is a Library Anymore Anyway? First Monday Michael A. Keller, Victoria A. Reich, Andrew C. Herkovic 2003; 8 (5)
  • Scattered Leaves: Reflections on Leadership - Michael A. Keller 2003
  • The HighWire Press: A Study in Service to Scholarly Communication Medizin Bibliothek Information Michael A. Keller, Andrew C. Herkovic 2002; 2 (3): 10-13
  • The New World Order Redux: Revisiting Fiesole 1999 - Michael A. Keller 2001
  • Innovation and service in scientific publishing requires more, not less, competition Nature: Debates Keller, M. A. 2001
  • Netprints: the next phase in the evolution of biomedical publishing - Will allow researchers to share their findings in full, for free, and fast BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL Delamothe, T., Smith, R., Keller, M. A., Sack, J., Witscher, B. 1999; 319 (7224): 1515-1516

    View details for Web of Science ID 000084245600004

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  • Framing the Retreat: Thoughts on the New World Order in Collection Development - Michael A. Keller 1999
  • Returning Responsibility for Scholarly Communication to the Academy - Michael A. Keller 1998
  • Science, Scholarship, and Internet Publishing: The HighWire Story - Michael A. Keller 1998
  • Cybrarians -- The Information Professionals of the 21st-Century - Michael A. Keller 1997
  • Capitalizing on the Library Investment - Michael A. Keller 1996
  • Business models, not economic models for research libraries in the transition to more digitized information resources - Michael A. Keller 1996
  • Reconstruction, Preservation and Innovation: Rebuilding Green Library and Incorporating Advances Instigated by the Commission on Technology in Teaching and Learning - Michael A. Keller 1995
  • The Role of Subject Specialists in the Virtual Library Paper presented to the University Library Staff of the University of Minnesota Michael A. Keller 1994
  • Late Awakenings: Recruiting Subject Specialists to Librarianship and Collection Development Recruiting, Educating, and Training Librarians for Collection Development Michael A. Keller 1993: 45-68
  • Moving toward concrete solutions based in fundamental values Journal of Academic Librarianship Michael A. Keller 1992: 7-9
  • Publishers' and librarians' cooperation -- a new vision Paper delivered to the XXIV Congress of the International Publishers Association in New Delhi, India Michael A. Keller 1992
  • Collection building at the national level: new demands, new concepts Paper presented to the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Scholarship session on "cooperative collection development in the Slavic field" Michael A. Keller 1992
  • A report on the status of foreign acquisitions in North American research libraries FOCUS Michael A. Keller 1992
  • Review of Scholarly communication and serial prices: proceedings of a conference College & Reserach Libraries Michael A. Keller 1992; 53 (4): 364-65
  • Frankfurt Book Fair Showcases Publishing's Latest ARL: a bimonthly newsletter of research library issues and actions Michael A. Keller 1992: 8-9
  • Goodbye to the written word Paper written in response to the art installation "Gray Matters: the Last Library" by Carla Rae Johnson, at ARTSPACE Michael A. Keller 1991
  • Collection development in the 1990s Paper presented to the New England Chapter of Music Library Association Michael A. Keller 1991
  • Digital preservation: some reflections upon its implications for collection development officers Paper presented to the Advisory Council of the Commission on Preservation and Access Michael A. Keller 1991
  • The Italian madrigal and related repertories Fontes Artis Musicae Michael A. Keller 1991; 37 (3)
  • Academic library collection development in a time of transition; the possibilities for electronic publishing Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of American University Presses Michael A. Keller 1991
  • Strategies for the future dissemination of scholarly and scientific articles Paper presented at the Association of College and Research Libraries Journal Cost Discussion Group session at ALA Mid-winter Michael A. Keller 1991
  • The RLG Conspectus as a methodology for national collection coordination Paper presented to the Swedish National Committee for Library Planning Michael A. Keller 1990
  • Do serials vendor policies affect serials pricing? Serials Review Michael A. Keller (contributor) 1990; 16 (2): 17-18
  • Selection and Acquisition [of serials for research libraries] Paper presented at the sixth annual seminar of the Association of Learned Society and Professional Journal Publishers Michael A. Keller 1990
  • Role of the RLG Conspectus in collection development policy in the university Paper presented at the Universitetsbibliotek, Uppsala Unviersity Michael A. Keller 1990
  • Criteria used by librarians in selecting titles Paper presented at the Society for Scholarly Publishing 1990 Annual Meeting Michael A. Keller 1990
  • The ARL Serials Report of 1989; its significance and implications Paper presented at the Charleston Conference on Acquisitions Michael A. Keller 1989
  • Filantropia e sostegno per gli Enti Locali per la Cultura agli Stati Uniti Paper presented at the Seconda Conferenza Nazionale degli Enti Locali per la Cultura, Ferrara, Italy Michael A. Keller 1989
  • Music Reference and Research Materials Michael A. Keller, Vincent Duckles 1988; 4th ed
  • Development, promulgation, and support of scholarly data bases: a comparative study of selected U.S. and Italian experiences Paper presented at the Conference of the Western European Specialists Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries, Florence, Italy Michael A. Keller 1988
  • Grantsmanship Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Music Library Association Michael A. Keller 1987
  • Music and Dance The Reader's Adviser, 13th edition Michael A. Keller 1986; 3: 484-525
  • New bibliographic, literary, and musical tools; the Italian Music and Lyric Poetry of the Renaissance Project Paper presented to the Conference on Music Bibliography Michael A. Keller 1986
  • The Evolution of RPM, the National Retrospective Conversion Project for Music Paper commissioned by and presented at a Cooperative Library Agency for Systems and Services Symposium on Retrospective Conversion Michael A. Keller 1985
  • Thinking About Music Critical Thinking Michael A. Keller 1984
  • RLG's Developmental Efforts and Their Impact on Music Libraries Paper presented to the Pre-conference on Computers and New Technology for the Music Library Association Michael A. Keller 1984
  • An analysis of the L.C. Music Shelf-list on Microfiche Cum Notis Variorum Michael A. Keller 1983; 78
  • The Berkeley Carillon Cum Notis Variorum Michael A. Keller 1983; 76
  • Library Patrons and Library Networks Paper presented at the 1982 Annual Meeting of the Music Library Association Michael A. Keller 1982
  • The Effects of Library Networks on Scholarship in the 1980s Paper presented at the 1981 Annual Meeting of the American Musicological Society Michael A. Keller 1981
  • Collection Profile - Music Library J. Gormley Miller's Collection Development Management at Cornell Michael A. Keller 1981; Appendix V: 113-132
  • "Senaillie;" "Guenin;" "Dauvergne" New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians Michael A. Keller 1980
  • Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Music Therapy Index, Music Pscychology Index and The Recording Industry Index, Three New Indexes to Musical Literature, and a new form of RILM, on-line Notes, the Journal of the Music Library Association Michael A. Keller, Carol A. Lawrence 1980; 36 (3)
  • An Index to Composers Cited Brenner's Biblioographical List of Plays in the French Language, 1700-1789 Michael A. Keller, Neal Zaslaw 1979
  • Review of Johann Sebastian Bach: Life, Times and Influence Notes, journal of the Music Library Association Michael A. Keller 1979; 35 (4)
  • Music Manuscripts in Microform Paper presented at the 1976 Annual Meeting of the International Association of Music Libraries Michael A. Keller 1976
  • Library Networks and Consortia Paper presented at the 1975 Annual Meeting of the International Association of Music Libraries Michael A. Keller 1975
  • Present and future activity of the MLA in non-profit media Paper presented at the 1974 Summer Meeting of the Canadian Library Association Michael A. Keller 1974
  • Where does policy come from? a dialogue Cornell University Libraries Bulletin Michael A. Keller 1974
  • Report on Genesee Music Press Performance Practice and Musicology Michael A. Keller 1974
  • Music serials in microform and reprint editions Notes, the journal of the Music Library Association Michael A. Keller 1973; 29
  • Report on Genesee Music Press Masters Theses Michael A. Keller 1972
  • Bibliography of Blake texts set to music Blake Society Newsletter Michael A. Keller 1972
  • Handlist: Music Manuscripts on Microfilm [in the] Music Library [at] SUNY/Buffalo SUNY University Libraries Michael A. Keller 1971
  • Report on Genesee Music Press Current Musicology Michael A. Keller 1971
  • Music Selection of Library Materials in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Sciences Michael A. Keller, Edited by P. McClung et al
  • Digital Archiving, a necessary aspect reflecting the influence and extent of use of information technology in advanced societies Invited paper for Science and Technology in Society: Lights and Shadows - For a Sustainable Future Michael A. Keller
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