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SARAH SHREEVES

(she/her/hers)

Librarian

Marriott Library

BIO

 

In June 2023, I began as the Alice Sheets Marriott Dean of Libraries at the University of Utah where I serve as the chief administrator over the J. Willard Marriott Library and oversee strategic advancement in services, instruction, technoogy, personnel, fundraising, and budgeting. I currently serve on the Council of Academic Deans and the Student Services Leadership Council in my role as Dean.

In my previous position, I served in the role of Vice Dean at the University of Arizona Libraries. In my past, I have served as the Associate Dean for Digital Strategies and Faculty Affairs at the University of Miami Libraries where I provided leadership and direction for the UML digital infrastructure and technology planning. Prior to that I was the Coordinator for the Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship (IDEALS), a set of services and collections supporting scholarly communication (including the institutional repository) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I was also the co-Coordinator for the Scholarly Commons, a space for expert, interdisciplinary research support services and open workshops for faculty and graduate students to develop skills in areas such as digital content creation, management of research data, understanding copyright issues and author rights, and working with geospatial and numeric data.

I am the Vice-Chair of the Scholars and Scholarship Committee of the Association of Research Libraries. I served on the Coalition for Networked Information Steering Committee on behalf of the Association of Research Libraries. I served as chair of the Board of the Illinois iSchool Alumni Association. I am a past-Chair of the Open Repositories Steering Committee. I was a long time member of the Digital Library Federation Advisory Committee and served on the HathiTrust Program Steering Committee. I was one of the original presenters for the ACRL Scholarly Communications 101 Road Show (2009-2012), served on the DMP Tool steering committee, and on the DSpace Community Advisory Team.

INSTITUTIONAL APPOINTMENTS

  • Librarian
    Marriott Library15 Jun 2023 - present

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Vice Dean
    University of Arizona, Libraries, Tucson, United States2018 - 2023
  • Associate Dean for Digital Strategies
    University of Miami, Libraries, Coral Gables, United States2015 - 2018
  • Associate Professor for Library Administration
    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Libraries, Urbana, United States2005 - 2015
  • Visiting Assistant Professor for Library Administration
    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, United States2002 - 2005

DEGREES

  • MS, Library and Information Science
    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, United States2001 - 2002
  • MA, Children's Literature
    Simmons University, Boston, United States1994 - 1996
  • BA, Medieval Studies
    Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, United States1988 - 1992

FIELDS OF RESEARCH