Edward Lener is Associate Director of Collection Management in the University Libraries at Virginia Tech and College Librarian for the Sciences. Edward is the university's representative to the Collections Committee of the VIVA library consortium and a co-author of the book Graduate Research: A Guide for Students in the Sciences (4th ed., 2016). He is an active member of both the ACRL Science and Technology Section and the ALCTS Collection Management Section. He currently serves on the STS Government Information Committee and the ALCTS CMS Policy and Planning Committee.