Vanessa Irvin, PhD, Associate Professor with the Master of Library Science Program at East Carolina University (USA), has authored three books and over 60 peer-reviewed publications and presentations and has been an invited speaker to over 30 panels and events. DrV has led grant-funded research projects exploring how heritage-based knowledge systems impact information-seeking behaviors and literacy practices in daily life. Irvin’s work investigates libraries as collaborative communities for literacy justice for diverse and local/Indigenous populations. DrV is equally interested in the social informatics of informal learning and the evolution of librarian professional practices with reference services and emerging technologies. Irvin serves as Editor of the open-access peer-reviewed journal, The International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion, where she manages an editorial team of 20 librarians and an editorial board of 35 LIS scholars worldwide. Dr. Irvin is the 2024-2025 President of the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE).
