Megan Oliver

Megan Oliver is an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (School of Information Sciences) and teaches for Library Juice Academy and LYRASIS. She works full-time as the Head of Digital Projects at the University of Missouri Kansas City, focusing on digital collections, exhibits, rare materials, and asset management.

• MS in Library and Information Science
• BA in Anthropology and English Literature

Her research interests center on ethics in informatics and labor practices, sustainable digital products and services, and user experience (UX) research in digital librarianship. She emphasizes inclusivity, metadata ethics, and public engagement with special collections.

Megan has held professional roles including Assistant Librarian at Florida State University’s Ringling Museum Library, Digital Collections Curator at State University of New York’s Purchase College, and Digital Collections Librarian at the University of South Carolina Libraries.