Kavita Mundle

Kavita Mundle is a Clinical Professor and Head of Resource Acquisitions and Management at the University of Illinois at Chicago Library. She joined UIC Library as faculty in 2000 after previously working as a librarian at the Institute for Research in Reproduction in Bombay, India. Her academic qualifications include an M.A.L.S from Dominican University, an M.L.I.Sc from S. N. D. T. University, and a B.S in Chemistry from the University of Bombay.

Her research focuses on electronic resource management challenges in academic libraries, including cataloging systems, metadata quality, e-book accessibility, and web interface optimization. She investigates how users interact with digital discovery tools and develops methods to enhance resource discoverability through improved technical workflows and systems design.

Professionally, she has been an active ALA member since 1998, serving on multiple committees within ACRL and ALCTS. She currently chairs the ALCTS CaMMS Research and Publications Committee and serves on the CARLI I-Share Cataloging and Authority Control Team. Her service focuses on advancing cataloging standards and electronic resource management practices.