Robert McDonald: Email & Phone Number

Work Experience 27 years

Senior Vice Provost and Director of UT Libraries at The University of Texas at Austin

Aug 2025 - Current

Professor of Practice at School of Information - University of Texas at Austin

Aug 2025 - Current

Advisory Board at HathiTrust Research Center

Oct 2019 - Current

Co-Chair UPCEA 2025 Annual Conference at UPCEA

Apr 2024 - Aug 2025

Fellow, Institute of Cognitive Science at University of Colorado Boulder

Jul 2022 - Aug 2025

Dean of University Libraries/Sr. Vice Provost of Online and Extended Education & Professor at University of Colorado Boulder

Jul 2018 - Aug 2025

Coursera Council Member at Coursera

Oct 2021 - Aug 2025

Board Member at Association of Research Libraries

Oct 2020 - Jan 2024

HathiTrust Board of Governors at HathiTrust Digital Library

Dec 2018 - Dec 2021

Member, Annual Meeting Program Committee at Society for Scholarly Publishing

Jun 2018 - Jun 2021

Visiting Research Associate at Indiana University - School of Informatics and Computing

May 2017 - Jul 2018

Board Member at CLOCKSS

Sep 2015 - Jul 2018

Program Steering Committee Member at HathiTrust Digital Library

Jul 2014 - Jul 2018

Deputy Director Data to Insight Center - Pervasive Technology Institute at Indiana University Bloomington

Jul 2012 - Jul 2018

Associate Dean Research & Technology Strategies at Indiana University Bloomington

Aug 2008 - Jul 2018

Associate Director Data to Insight Center - Pervasive Technology Institute at Indiana University Bloomington

May 2009 - Jun 2012

Executive Committee Member at HathiTrust Research Center

Jan 2011 - Jul 2018

Steering Group Member at VIVO Steering Group

Jan 2013 - Sep 2016

Director Kuali OLE Community Development at Kuali Foundation

Jul 2012 - Jun 2016

Executive Director for Kuali OLE at Kuali Foundation

Dec 2009 - Jul 2012

Director Strategic Data Initiatives/SDSC at San Diego Supercomputer Center

Jul 2007 - Aug 2008

Chronopolis Project Manager, DPI Group at San Diego Supercomputer Center

Dec 2006 - Jun 2007

Associate Director of Libraries for Technology and Research at Florida State University

Mar 2002 - Jan 2007

Information Technology and Digital Projects Librarian at Auburn University

May 1999 - Mar 2002

Robert is proficient in English and German. Their professional focus is Academic Libraries, Archives, and Cataloging across 3 core areas.

Robert holds Recognition Committee 2025, 2025 Institute for Management and Leadership in Education, and ASU+GSV Summit 2025 Attendee certifications and has been awarded Frye Leadership Institute Fellow and Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society