SCELCapalooza 2025

About the Speaker:
Gwen Evans, VP of Global Library Relations at Elsevier, has an extensive background in libraries. Former Executive Director of the library consortium OhioLINK, she was also an Associate Professor and Coordinator of Library Information Technologies at Bowling Green State University. Writings include a white paper with Roger Schonfeld of Ithaka S+R entitled “It's Not What Libraries Hold; It's Who Libraries Serve: Seeking a User-Centered Future for Academic Libraries” and “Creating Diversity in Libraries: Management Perspectives” in Library Leadership and Management with Mihoko Hosoi and Nancy S. Kirkpatrick. Recent presentations, panels and workshops include on DEIA, Research Integrity, AI, and cybersecurity preparedness at Researcher2Reader, Fiesole Retreat, Charleston and ACRL Choice webinars. Evans is a board member of CLOCKSS and the Friends of the National Library of Medicine and a member of the University Relations Working Group for the Scholarly Networks Security Initiative.