Rate My Professor Richard German

Richard German serves as the Divisional Manager for Health Sciences and Sciences at the University of Otago Library. In this capacity, he oversees library services supporting researchers, academic staff, and students across the Health Sciences and Sciences divisions. He manages collections, facilitates access to scholarly resources, and maintains subject-specific LibGuides for areas including Geology, Physiotherapy, Psychology, Health Sciences First Year, Mathematics and Statistics, and related fields. Previously known as Health Sciences Librarian, German has advanced in his library career at the University of Otago.

German holds a Master of Science degree, with prior education at the University of Strathclyde. He provides critical support for research endeavors, specializing in literature search strategies for systematic reviews and meta-analyses. He is acknowledged in multiple peer-reviewed publications for his contributions, such as Global Typhoid Fever Incidence: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis (Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2019), Postural Stability in Older Adults With Alzheimer Disease (Physical Therapy, 2017), The euthanasia debate: synthesising the evidence on Australians’ attitudes (Kōtuitui, 2018), Group Differences Between Countries and Between Languages in Appraisal Dimensions (Frontiers in Psychology, 2020), How do underage youth access e-cigarettes in settings with sales restrictions (BMC Public Health, 2023), Global distribution of Leptospira serovar isolations and detections (Tropical Medicine & International Health, 2024), and Complications and mortality of typhoid fever: an updated global burden of disease study (The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2025). German has presented on embedded librarianship models, including the Hunter Librarian project, which promotes collaborations between librarians and academic staff to enhance teaching and research skills. His efforts bolster the research productivity and information literacy within the University of Otago community.