University of Texas Arlington

Michelle Reed is Open Education Librarian at the University of Texas at Arlington Libraries. She advocates for and leads efforts to support the adoption, adaptation, and creation of open educational resources; raises awareness of open pedagogy as a practice that increases student engagement and opportunities for collaborative partnerships; and manages other college affordability initiatives. Prior to joining UTA, she supported both information literacy and scholarly communication at the University of Kansas Libraries. Michelle is a presenter for ACRL’s one-day workshop, “Two Paths Converge: Designing Educational Opportunities on the Intersections of Scholarly Communication and Information Literacy.” She is the 2016 recipient of the American Library Association’s Carroll Preston Baber Research Grant for an open data project that explores undergraduate perspectives on Open Access and copyright.