Gwen Evans

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. Her role at Elsevier is the liaison between the library community and executive leadership at Elsevier, and she leads a team of two librarian VPs in North America (Emily Singley) and Europe (Dr. Charlotte Wien) who also convey the concerns and needs of the library community to the company and connect librarians with relevant units such as product development. 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 topics 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.