Gloriana St. Clair - Carnegie Mellon University

Dean of Libraries Emeritus

Gloriana St. Clair is Dean of University Libraries Emeritus at Carnegie Mellon University. Her current interests center around issues of scholarly communication in the academy, building the digital library of the future through initiatives such as Olive, and creating a progressive library organization through strategic planning, strong consultation with faculty and students, active support of diversity, dynamic fundraising and creative leadership. Prior to her appointment at Carnegie Mellon, St. Clair held administrative library posts at Penn State University, Oregon State University, and Texas A&M University. In 2010, the Association of College and Research Libraries honored her with its prestigious Academic/Research Librarian of the Year award. St. Clair is the author of more than 100 articles, editorials and presentations. From 2000-2003, she edited portal: Libraries and the Academy. From 1996-1999, she edited the Journal of Academic Librarianship and from 1990-1996, she edited College and Research Libraries, the official journal of the Association of College and Research Libraries. St. Clair earned a bachelor's degree in English at the University of Oklahoma (1962); a master's degree in library science at the University of California at Berkeley (1963); a doctor's degree in literature at the University of Oklahoma (1970); and a master's degree in business management at the University of Texas at San Antonio (1980).