Louis Houle has been Director of Collections at McGill Library since 2013. He leads and manages the effective operations of the Collection Development unit and undertake appropriate system wide collection development activities e.g. pricing, negotiating, licensing and policies in support of the strategic and operational plans of the Library. He joined the McGill Libraries' staff in 1990 and has taken a major role in the negotiation of licenses for purchases of e-resources (e.g. e-journals and e-books) at the institutional level, at the provincial level (Conférence des Recteurs et des Principaux des Universités du Québec) and including work across Canada through cooperative agreements with CRKN (Canadian Research Knowledge Network).