Peter J Egler

Background

About Peter J Egler

I am the Head of Owen Library at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. I have held this position since January 2018. Prior to my current job, I spent 20 years in law libraries, 15 years in academic law libraries, and 10 years in academic law library management. From 1997 to 2002 I worked as a reference librarian at the Sacramento County Public Law Library in Sacramento, CA. During my time there I was the leader for several teams, including the Collection Development Team, and Website Team, and the Library Collection Relocation Team. From 2002 to 2007, I worked at the University of Houston Law Center's O'Quinn Law Library. From 2004 until 2007, I was the Head of Reference. I hired, trained, managed, and evaluated the library's reference librarians. From 2008 to 2017, I worked at Drexel University's Kline School of Law. From 2008 until 2013, I was the library's Head of Reference. From 2008 to 2009 I served as the library's Interim Director. During my time at Drexel Law, I hired, trained, managed, and evaluated the library's reference librarians. I also taught live and online classes, drafted CALI (Computer Assisted Legal Instruction) courses, and published several pieces on legal research topics. Since January 2018 I have served as the Head of the Library at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown's Owen Library. I manage all seven of the library's librarians and staff members directly. I interact with both the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown's administration and the University of Pittsburgh Library System's administraton.