Directory
Katy Kelly
Professor; Assistant Dean for Strategic Communication and Outreach
Full-Time Faculty
Libraries: Inclusive Excellence and Organizational Development
Profile
Katy promotes library services and resources by planning, developing, and assessing programs, activities, and publications for the university community. She chairs the Libraries Marketing and Outreach Team and manages Roesch Library's social media strategy. Katy also provides reference support and participates in library instruction as the liaison to the Department of Communication.
Degrees
- B.S.C., Ohio University (2008)
- M.S.L.I.S., Syracuse University (2010)
Professional Activities
- Member, Association for College and Research Libraries (ACRL)
- Member, American Library Association (ALA)
- Member, Academic Library Association of Ohio (ALAO)
- President, 2016-2017
- Member, Beta Phi Mu, International Library & Information Studies Honors Society
- Editor, Public Services Quarterly marketing column, 2013-2023
Research Interests
- Marketing in libraries
- Library outreach programming
Selected Publications
- Monnier, R. A. & Kelly, K. (2023). Connecting with alumni as an academic library. Collaborative Librarianship, 13(2).
- Kelly, K., & Ausdenmoore, A. (2023). Our journey to “Concourse D”: A student-developed space for creating, collaborating, and developing community in the library. In R. Z. Kuglitsch & A. C. Watkins (Eds.), Creators in the academic library: Collections and spaces (pp. 219-241). Association of College and Research Libraries.
- Wardell, J., & Kelly, K. (2022). Doing more with a DM: A survey on library social media engagement. Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 17(3), 97–118.
- Kelly, K., Beis, C., Zlotnik, A., & Schlangen, M. (2021). People-first promotion: Rallying library workers during COVID-19 and beyond. Marketing Libraries Journal, 5(1), 4-17.
- Lewis, Z., & Kelly, K. (2021). Opening act: The academic library's role in orientation planning and evaluation. The Journal of College Orientation, Transition, and Retention, 28(1).
- Kelly, K. (2020). Collaborative and co-curricular: Programming and academic library impact. College and Research Libraries, 81(3), 330-344.