Judith M. Nixon is currently the College of Education Librarian and responsible for building the education collection. Past positions at Purdue have involved her in collection development efforts in subjects as varied as nutrition and management. Her interest in patron-driven acquisition comes from her focus on providing the best services to users.

Robert S. Freeman is Reference and Foreign Languages & Literatures Librarian for the Purdue University Libraries . He is responsible for collection development in several foreign languages and literatures, as well as linguistics, comparative literature, classical studies, Asian studies, and music. His research interests include library history and publishing history.

Suzanne M. Ward is Head, Collection Management for the Purdue University Libraries. In her former position at Purdue as Head, Access Services, she was an early implementer of the Interlibrary Loan book purchasing model and was active in the resource sharing arena. Her current interests include analyzing low use print material for potential de-selection.