Lizanne Payne

Current

• Executive Director at Washington Research Library Consortium

Past

• Manager, Local Systems Washington Office at OCLC, Inc
• Vice President for Library Services at Avatar Systems, Inc
• Library systems specialist at National Library of Medicine

• Senior Consultant at KPMG Peat Marwick

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Education

• The George Washington University - School of Business
• University of Maryland College Park
• Smith College

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Connections

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Industry

Libraries

Websites

• My Company

Lizanne Payne’s Summary

I am Executive Director of the Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC), which was established in 1987 to support the library and information services of its member institutions in Washington, DC: American University, The Catholic University of America, Gallaudet University, George Mason University, George Washington University, Georgetown University, Marymount University, and the University of the District of Columbia. Since joining WRLC in 1989, I have presided over the implementation and ongoing development of WRLC's shared digital library system serving 75,000 students and faculty, and the construction and operation of a shared library storage facility which began operations in 1994.

Lizanne Payne’s Specialties:

Information technology in libraries, library consortia, library storage facilities, consortium management, shared services

Lizanne Payne’s Experience

• Executive Director

  Washington Research Library Consortium

  (Libraries industry)

  1989 — Present (20 years)

• Manager, Local Systems Washington Office

  OCLC, Inc

  (Non-Profit; 501-1000 employees; Libraries industry)

  1983 — 1989 (6 years)

• Vice President for Library Services

  Avatar Systems, Inc

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  1981 — 1983 (2 years)

  Startup library automation company acquired by OCLC in 1983.

• Library systems specialist

  National Library of Medicine

  (Government Agency; 501-1000 employees; Libraries industry)

  1980 — 1981 (1 year)

  Lister HIll Center
  Integrated LIbrary System development

• Senior Consultant

  KPMG Peat Marwick

  (Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; KPMG; Accounting industry)

  1978 — 1980 (2 years)

Lizanne Payne’s Education

• The George Washington University - School of Business

  MBA , 2003 — 2005

• University of Maryland College Park

  M.L.S. , Information Science , 1977 — 1979

• Smith College

  B.A. , 1970 — 1974

Additional Information

Lizanne Payne’s Websites:

• My Company

Lizanne Payne’s Groups:

ICOLC, OCLC, RLG Shared Print Working Group

•    The George Washington University School of Business
•    American Library Association
•    Smith College Alumnae
•    SAMBA: Smith Alumnae with MBAs
•    LITA

Lizanne Payne’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch