Q&A: Libraries dean talks digitization, open access, information justice

Claire Stewart, dean of University Libraries, talks about the Libraries 2020-2022 strategic plan
Claire Stewart, dean of University Libraries, talks about the Libraries 2020-2022 strategic plan

Nebraska Today recently published an interview with Claire Stewart, dean of University Libraries, about how she sees plenty of opportunities for reflection, growth and improvement in her new academic home. The dean, faculty and staff of University Libraries have now laid out those visions in a strategic plan that will carry the libraries through the 2022 fiscal year.

Stewart also talks about the promises and pitfalls of digitization, the importance of cultivating information literacy in students, and the urgency of amplifying voices that have long been muffled in library collections.
Read the full interview.