Diane Graves

Current

• University Librarian & Professor at Trinity University

Past

• Dean of Library and Information Services at Hollins University
• Library Director at Hollins University
• Associate Dean of Libraries & Professor at University of Mississippi

• Associate Dean at University of Mississippi Libraries
• Assistant University Librarian for Collection Development at Loyola University Chicago
• Regional Representative at Faxon Company
• Assistant Librarian at Augusta State University

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Education

• Emory University
• Frye Institute

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Industry

Higher Education

Websites

• Trinity University

Diane Graves’s Summary

Experienced academic administrator with emphasis on libraries and information technology.

Diane Graves’s Specialties:

Building renovation and expansion project management, curricular reform involving information literacy, academic library marketing, change management, copyright and open access issues.

Diane Graves’s Experience

• University Librarian & Professor

  Trinity University

  (Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)

  August 2001 — Present (8 years)

  Chief administrative officer of Elizabeth Huth Coates Library. Have overall responsibility for Library’s collections, programs and services including long-range planning and development, advocacy, policy, personnel, budget, acquisitions, facilities and technology.
  Serve as campus copyright officer. Oversee professional staff of 10, support staff of 35. Total library budget is $3.36 million, $1.57 million of which is devoted to collections and access.

• Dean of Library and Information Services

  Hollins University

  (Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Higher Education industry)

  June 1999 — July 2001 (2 years 2 months)

  Oversaw the operations of a unit that included the library, media services, and information technology services (including academic and administrative computing, network, telephone and cable services, and instructional technology).

• Library Director

  Hollins University

  (Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Higher Education industry)

  September 1996 — May 1999 (2 years 9 months)

  Directed all aspects of library operations. Oversaw the construction and furnishing of a $16 million, 56,000 s.f. new library which opened in March 1999. Migrated from the Horizon library management system to III in 1999, in a collaborative measure with Roanoke College. Sponsored a successful effort to include technology and research skills requirements in a new general education program.

• Associate Dean of Libraries & Professor

  University of Mississippi

  (Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  August 1994 — August 1996 (2 years 1 month)

  Participated in strategic planning initiatives, policy formulation, resource allocation, fund-raising activities, and program evaluation. Represented the libraries in appropriate forums. Reporting units included Collection Development, Interlibrary Loans, Technical Services, and three branch libraries: Overall supervisory responsibility was 19 faculty professionals and 21 paraprofessionals.
  Oversaw the completion of a $14 million renovation and expansion of the J. D. Williams Library. The project was completed in August 1996.

• Associate Dean

  University of Mississippi Libraries

  (Higher Education industry)

  1994 — 1996 (2 years)

• Assistant University Librarian for Collection Development

  Loyola University Chicago

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  1991 — 1994 (3 years)

• Regional Representative

  Faxon Company

  (Higher Education industry)

  1987 — 1989 (2 years)

• Assistant Librarian

  Augusta State University

  (Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  1984 — 1987 (3 years)

Diane Graves’s Education

• Emory University

  B.A.,; MLn. , English; Academic Librarianship , 1977 — 1981

  Activities and Societies:

  Women's Chorale, Chamber Choir, Delta Delta Delta sorority

• Frye Institute

  Fellow , 2001

Additional Information

Diane Graves’s Websites:

• Trinity University

Diane Graves’s Honors:

Excellence in Academic Libraries Award Winner (college division), 2007 (Trinity University's Coates Library).

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