Karen Estlund
Dean Of Libraries at Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolKaren Estlund is an innovative library and digital scholarship leader with over a decade of experience transforming academic libraries through technology, collections strategy, and scholarly communication. As Dean of Libraries at Colorado State University and former Associate Dean for Technology and Digital Strategies at Penn State, she has led cross-campus digital initiatives that bridge research computing and library services. Her PhD in Communication and Society and MLIS underpin a research-informed approach to service design, while her background in classics signals a long-standing commitment to stewardship of cultural and scholarly materials. Known for stepping into interim leadership roles across learning, collections, and technology, she excels at rapid organizational alignment and pragmatic change management. Based in Fort Collins, Colorado, she brings a blend of scholarly rigor and hands-on digital program building that often surfaces in collaborations with campus research infrastructure.
12 years of coding experience
Master of Library & Information Science (MLIS), Master of Library & Information Science (MLIS) at University of WashingtonDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Communication and Society, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Communication and Society at University of OregonBachelor's degree, Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Bachelor's degree, Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics at Reed College
Github Skills (43)
hydra9
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api-documentation8
statement7
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vocabulary6
openapi5
owl5
geneontology5
data-model5
semantics5
django5
ontologies5
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Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
samvera-labs/samvera-connect
Apr 2016 - Nov 2017
Samvera Connect Program
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch, 21 comments in 1 year 6 months
samvera
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