Elisabeth Leonard is the Executive Market Research Manager at SAGE, where she leads the investigation of market trends and runds SAGE's library advisory boards. Leonard comes to SAGE from Western Carolina University where she was the Associate Dean for Library Services for the last two years. Prior to that, she had served as the Head of Reference, Instruction and Outreach in the Social Sciences and Humanities Library at the University of California, San Diego. In her new role, Leonard leads research efforts in the library market on new and emerging trends in online products. Her efforts tap into the needs of academic librarians and help shape SAGE online products to meet those needs. Leonard is active within various sections of the American Library Association (ALA). Leonard received her bachelor’s degree from Salem College, her master’s of science in library science from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and her master’s of business administration from Wake Forest University.