At Carnegie Mellon University Libraries, we celebrate the many contributions of the faculty and staff who make the Libraries the destination for scholarly information, creative inquiry, and intellectual collaboration across disciplines, propelling the significance, reach, and impact of the university.
Data Education Librarian Emma Slayton worked with colleagues in archaeology to co-author and publish several articles in a special issue for the journal Maritime Archaeology. Slayton is also the first editor on the volume, which looks to act as an introduction to computationally modeling seafaring practice and pathways in the past.
STEM Librarians Melanie Gainey and Huajin Wang have published an article titled “Scaling Open Science Services in Academic Libraries through Expertise Building, Partnerships, and Postdoc Hiring” in Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship.
STEM Librarian Kristen Scotti presented at the AI and Academic Libraries conference on November 18, 2025. Her presentation, titled “Democratizing Coding Mastery with AI Chatbot Support,” was part of a section focusing on student perceptions of and experiences with AI, as well as programs and other ways to support them.
Director of Library Services Joelen Pastva and co-author Maranda Reilly published an article on AI resource evaluation titled “Navigating Complexity: Library-Centered Approaches to Evaluating AI Technologies” in the November 2025 issue of Against the Grain, which focuses on AI in libraries.
Outreach and Engagement Events Manager Erin Swift and Executive Assistant Anne Kramer won a CASE Best of District II Award in the category of Targeted Constituency Engagement for the Libraries’ 2024 Constitution Day event "Constitution Day 2024: DIY Postcards for a Stronger Democracy."