Stacey Greenwell

Stacey Greenwell is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Research at the University of Kentucky Libraries. This position is administratively responsible for all public services based in the William T. Young Library (reference, information literacy, information commons, circulation, interlibrary loan, audio-visual services) as well as nine branch locations. Formerly Stacey served as the Head of the Information Commons (the Hub), a vibrant, collaborative student space which combines a technology help desk and computer lab with traditional library reference services.  Stacey served on the planning group for the Hub and managed its operation from its opening in March 2007 to August 2010.  She served as the library liaison English Department which included selecting library materials focused on English language and literature as well as providing library instruction for the English Department. From 2001-2006, Stacey served as Desktop Support Librarian and then as Head of Desktop Support, providing technology management and technical consultation to library employees. Stacey is active on a number of campus committees and working groups and is a past chair of the University Libraries Faculty Council.

Active in the Special Libraries Association since 2001, Stacey is a member of the Kentucky Chapter and the Academic, Information Technology, and Leadership and Management Divisions, and she is currently a candidate for the SLA Board of Directors position, Division Cabinet Chair-Elect. She was inducted into the SLA Fellows in 2009 and the recipient of the Dow Jones Leadership Award in 2010. Stacey has served the Information Technology Division in a number of roles, including Chair in 2007 and Program Planner in 2005 and was the recipient of the Grieg Aspnes Outstanding Member Award in 2010.  Leading the petition drive to launch the Academic Division in 2008, she served as the division's first chair and was the first recipient of the division's Outstanding Member Award in 2011. Stacey has served on a number of association level committees, including the Centennial Commission, 2010 Annual Conference Planning Committee, Finance Committee, Nominating Committee, and is currently chairing the new Technology Advisory Council.  Stacey has served the Kentucky Chapter in a number of roles and was the recipient of the chapter’s Professional Award in 2006 and the chapter’s Outstanding Member Award in 2008.

Stacey is a 2009 Frye Leadership Institute Fellow and a 2009 recipient of the Lyrasis NextGen Librarian Award for Leadership.   She has taught in the library school at Western Kentucky University and is frequently invited to speak at conferences and workshops on library and technology-related topics.  For nearly four years, Stacey wrote about information commons, library, and technology issues on The Uncommon Commons blog.

Stacey graduated from the University of Kentucky’s MLS program and has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Kentucky. She is a doctoral candidate in Instructional Systems Design at University of Kentucky's College of Education and is currently working on her dissertation.

updated 5/1/12