Franny Gaede
she / her / hers eugene, or

Experience and Leadership

University of Oregon Libraries

Scholarly Publishing Librarian
July 2024 - present

Director, Department of Open Research
Director, Digital Scholarship Services
August 2017 - July 2024

Scholarly Publishing & Open Access

  • Provides specialized knowledge for Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform, supporting 7 active scholarly journals, launching 3 new publications since 2017 on OJS and WordPress
  • Serves as a functional expert on author agreements, Creative Commons licensing, and open access publishing and compliance
  • Supports Libraries’ Open Access Article Processing Charge Award, facilitating 151 open access publications since 2020 and other open access funding strategies
  • Reviews individual publishing agreements on request and advises on copyright, fair use, and permissions for publications ranging from theses and dissertations to datasets to articles
  • Supports researcher identity management as campus ORCID expert, integrating with scholarly systems including Symplectic Elements, DSpace, and OJS

Teaching & Outreach

  • Creates instructional materials and resources for Creative Commons licensing and digital technologies for use asynchronously or as part of embedded course instruction
  • Serves as a functional expert on digital scholarship methodologies and tools, providing consultation services for faculty, staff, and students through face-to-face consultation and significant email-based support
  • Serves as subject librarian for the School of Planning, Public Policy, and Management, providing specialized instruction and research support
  • Taught LIB/DSCI 350M (required course for digital humanities minor) twice with excellent student feedback, reaching 40 students in Winter and Spring 2025
  • Planned and facilitated over 60 workshops, events, and trainings, reaching 500+ attendees across UO, national, and international audiences since 2017

Management Experience (August 2017-July 2024)

  • Supervised Libraries personnel with up to 9.25 FTE reporting, including faculty, staff, and students whose positions are full- and part-time, union and non-union, permanent, temporary, and funding-contingent
  • Managed up to seven budget indexes over $1.3 million, consistently staying under budget while maximizing services, library spaces, and staff professional development
  • Developed and operated the DREAM (Digital Research, Education, and Media) Lab from February 2019-August 2023, creating a campus hub for digital research and pedagogy with support for events, technology, and community

Butler University Libraries

Scholarly Communication Librarian
Indianapolis, Indiana
August 2013 - July 2017

  • Managed Scholarly Communication division of Collections and Digital Services with 1 FTE staff and temporary student workers reporting
  • Created the strategic plan for scholarly communication initiatives, including goal statements, assessment plans, and benchmarks for success
  • Led Digital Commons @ Butler, an open access institutional repository of scholarly and creative works by members of the Butler community
  • Initiated, planned, and supported library-led publishing projects, including open access journals and textbooks
  • Promoted open access on Butler University campus through speaking engagements, events, and departmental outreach
  • Consulted with faculty and staff members from all colleges on digital scholarship and data management practices and projects
  • Planned and implemented digitization projects, including the purchase of new equipment
  • Provided guidance on best practices for fair use and copyright in an academic setting
  • Liaison to the Department of Philosophy, Religion, and Classics; Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures; Honors; and Global and Historical Studies

University of Texas at Austin

Graduate Student Technician for Perry Castañeda Libraries
Austin, Texas
May 2012 - July 2013

  • Worked with interdepartmental partners to acquire materials for an open access DSpace repository with nearly 19,000 works
  • Compiled repository statistics for and created statistics-tracking spreadsheets and web forms
  • Participated in outreach efforts to acquire additional content for the repository, resulting in the acquisition of 500+ new items
  • Administered the library’s data management WordPress blog
  • Redesigned departmental SharePoint intranet

Teaching Assistant for the University of Texas iSchool
Austin, Texas
May 2012 - May 2013

  • Adapted and developed curriculum for short courses with interactive components on CSS, XML, web tools, Tableau visualization software, and content management systems
  • Created video tutorial for installing and managing a local server environment
  • Advised students on assignments, lab equipment, and software
  • Developed low-fidelity Balsamiq wireframes in anticipation of website redesign

University of Arizona

Information Commons Library Assistant
Tucson, Arizona
Aug. 2008 - May 2009

  • Assisted patrons with locating library materials and operating computers, including troubleshooting hardware and software issues
  • Responsible for keeping loose-leaf materials up to date

Education

The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, Texas

M.S. in Information Studies
Focus: Digital Libraries
Capstone: Alphabet Soup: METS, MODS, and Metadata Guidelines for Still Images

B.A. with Highest Honors in History
Austin, Texas

Publications

Rigby, M. & Gaede, F. (2025). Uniting Policy, Advocacy, and Education: Reframing the Open Access Policy as a Statement of Values in the Time of Funder Mandates. In R. Pun, S. Durney, & T. Anantachai (Eds.), Legislative Advocacy and Public Policy for Academic Library Workers. ACRL Publications. https://hdl.handle.net/1794/30681

Gaede. F., Lara, A-M., Reyes-Santos, A. & Thornhill, K. (2022). Afro-Indigenous Women Healers in the Caribbean and Its Diasporas: A Decolonial Digital Humanities Project. Digital Humanities Quarterly. 16, 3. http://www.digitalhumanities.org/dhq/vol/16/3/000631/000631.html

Gaede, F. & Thornhill, K., (2022). Teaching Copyright through Pop Culture for Public Scholarship-Based Instruction. In M. E. Johnson, T. Weeks, & J. P. Davis (Eds.), Integrating Pop Culture into the Academic Library. Rowman & Littlefield. Postprint version: https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/xmlui/handle/1794/28205

Heller, M. & Gaede, F., (2016). Measuring Altruistic Impact: A Model for Understanding the Social Justice of Open Access. Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication. 4, p.eP2132. http://doi.org/10.7710/2162-3309.2132

Grants

Peer-Reviewed & Invited Presentations, Workshops & Webinars

Non-Refereed Presentations, Workshops & Trainings

  • Raise Your Research Profile with ORCID & Elements, University of Oregon Human Resources, October 4, 2024
  • Community-Engaged Digital Pedagogy for Sustainability Fellows, University of Oregon Office of Sustainability, June 18, 2024
  • Community-Engaged Digital Pedagogy for Sustainability Fellows, University of Oregon Office of Sustainability, June 20, 2023
  • Community-Engaged Digital Pedagogy for Sustainability Fellows, University of Oregon Office of Sustainability, June 13, 2022
  • Understanding and Establishing Digital Scholarly Identity Workshop, University of Oregon Libraries Workshop Series, June 7-8, 2022
  • Organizer for Digital GLAM Space Conference: Building a Community of Practice for User Experience and Accessibility, November 10, 2021
  • University of Oregon’s 2019-2020 Mellon Faculty Fellows Present… A Collaboration Celebration!, University of Oregon Libraries, November 20, 2020
  • Copyright for Online Teaching and Learning, Summer Teaching Institute, June 20, 2019
  • Owning Your Omeka: Workshop 2: Setting Up Your Own Omeka with Reclaim Hosting, University of Oregon Libraries Workshop Series, February 8, 2019
  • Owning Your Omeka: Workshop 1: Getting Started with Reclaim Hosting and FTP, University of Oregon Libraries Workshop Series, February 1, 2019
  • LibQUAL Forum: Undergraduate and Graduate Students, University of Oregon, October 10, 2018
  • Introduction to Digital Scholarship Services, Lacy College of Business New Faculty Orientation, August 24, 2018
  • Untold Stories: The Hidden History of University of Oregon Digital Project Workshop, August 10, 2018
  • What Should Be Different About Teaching at a Research University, University of Oregon Summer Teaching Institute, June 29, 2018
  • Art + Feminism Edit-a-Thon, University of Oregon Libraries Workshop Series, April 13, 2018
  • Introduction to Digital Scholarship Services, Department of History Faculty Meeting, March 1, 2018
  • Introduction to Text Mining, University of Oregon Libraries Workshop Series, February 23, 2018
  • Re-Imagining Conference Services and Events, Financial Stewardship Institute Capstone, February 6, 2018
  • Data for Humanists, University of Oregon Libraries Workshop Series, January 26, 2018
  • Digital Scholarship Sampler, University of Oregon Libraries Workshop Series, January 19, 2018
  • Omeka for the Digital Humanities, University of Oregon Libraries Workshop Series, October 31, 2017
  • Opening Remarks for the Open Access Week Screening of The Internet’s Own Boy, University of Oregon Libraries Workshop Series, October 25, 2017
  • WordPress for the Digital Humanities, University of Oregon Libraries Workshop Series, October 20, 2017
  • Introduction to Digital Scholarship Services, University Library Committee, October 20, 2017
  • Introduction to Digital Scholarship Services, Lacy College of Business New Faculty Orientation, September 15, 2017
  • Exploring the Great War Through Primary Sources: Art, Music, Poetry, and Omeka, Celebration of Innovation in Teaching, April 18, 2017
  • Get Your Students Published: The Butler Journal of Undergraduate Research, Celebration of Innovation in Teaching, April 18, 2017
  • Gaming in Education, Butler University Faculty Food for Thought, September 16, 2016
  • #1lib1ref: A New Model for Wikipedia-based Assignments, Celebration of Innovation in Teaching, April 5, 2016
  • The Savvy Creative: Images, Design, and Ethics for the Web, Butler University Staff Training and Enrichment Program Workshop, April 21, 2015
  • Students, Take Your Research to the Next Level: Butler Journal of Undergraduate Research, Celebration of Innovation in Teaching, April 7, 2015
  • Open for Education: Digital Resources for Addressing Emergent Literacies, Butler University Fall Academic Workshop, August 19, 2015
  • Small Changes, Big Effect: A Course Website for Global & Historical Studies, Butler University Fall Academic Workshop, August 20, 2014
  • Collections Redefined: New Strategies for Managing Knowledge Resources at Butler University Libraries, Butler University Faculty Development Lunch, April 16, 2014
  • Creating a Buzz: Sharing Your Work via the Digital Commons, Butler University Faculty Development Lunch, March 20, 2014
  • Scholarship in the Digital Age, Butler University Center for Academic Technology Workshops, February 10, 2014

Service

University of Oregon

Service to Libraries

Member, Library Faculty Personnel Committee, July 2025 - present

Member, Library Faculty and Officers of Administration Bylaws Task Force, February 2025 - present

Main/Voting Contact, ORCID US Community for University of Oregon, July 2018 - present

Member, Library Faculty and Officers of Administration, August 2017 - present

Presiding Officer, Library Faculty and Officers of Administration, June 2024 - July 2025

Member, Library Leadership Team (formerly Council), August 2017 - July 2025

Member, Scholars’ Bank Steering Committee, May 2023 - September 2024

Chair, Scholars’ Bank Marketing Sub-Committee, May 2023 - September 2024

Member, Digital Technology Council, August 2023 - July 2024

Member, Advisory Board for Libraries Award for Undergraduate Research Excellence (LAURE), February 2022 - July 2024

Chair, University of Oregon Library Staff Association, July 2021 - July 2024

Vice Chair, Outreach Team, January 2022 - December 2023

Chair, Director of Research Description Services Search Committee, February 2023 - August 2023

Member, Shared Governance Council for Oregon Digital, November 2017 - August 2023

Member, Shared Governance Board for Oregon Digital, November 2017 - August 2023

Member, Library Faculty Personnel Committee, June 2021 - June 2023

Member, Liaison Data Task Force, January 2023 - April 2023

Member, Committee on UO Libraries Career Faculty Merit Awards, November 2022 - April 2023

Member, Libraries 2022 Mission, Vision, and Strategy Steering Committee, May 2022 - March 2023

Co-Chair, Article Processing Charges Committee, October 2020 - March 2023

Representative, Samvera Partners for Oregon Digital, September 2017 - March 2023

Member, Fall Kick-Off Committee, September 2022 - October 2022

Search Advocate, Law Instruction Librarian Search Committee, August 2022 - November 2022

Search Advocate, Law Reference Librarian Search Committee, August 2022 - November 2022

Member, Librarians’ Performance Reviews Task Force, July 2021 - May 2022

Member, Fall Employee Event Committee, September 2021 - December 2021

Co-Chair, Fall Kick-Off Committee, August 2021 - October 2021

Chair, Events Committee, University of Oregon Library Staff Association, September 2020 - July 2021

Chair, Web Services Librarian Search Committee, September 2019 - March 2020

Community Liaison, DuraSpace/Fedora for University of Oregon, September 2017 - March 2020

Member, Data Visualization Working Group, October 2017 - January 2020

Co-Leader, Digital Scholarship Center Advisory Council, December 2017 - July 2019

Member, Digital Projects Librarian Search Committee, August 2017 - November 2017

Member, Knight Library Academic Design and Innovation Lab Planning Task Force, August 2017 - July 2019

Member, Library Technologies Group, August 2017 - July 2019

Presiding Officer, Library Faculty and Officers of Administration, June 2018 - May 2019

Chair, eLearning and Open Educational Resources Librarian Search Committee, November 2018 - January 2019

Chair, Digitization Technician and Library Support Specialist Search Committee, October 2018 - November 2018

Member, Librarian for Research Data Management and Reproducibility Search Committee, June 2018 - August 2018

Member, Digital Collections Metadata Librarian Search Committee, January 2018 - March 2018

Chair, Digital Exhibits Platform Exploration Task Force, November 2017 - July 2018

Service to University

University of Oregon Search Advocate, June 2021 - present

Member, New Media & Culture Certificate Advisory Board, November 2017 - present

Member, Undergraduate Research Symposium Steering Committee, October 2022 - July 2024

Member, Public Computing Council, February 2023 - August 2023

Member, Women in Data Science Eugene Planning Committee, January 2023 - March 2023

Committee Web Manager, Senate Sub-Committee on Open Access, University of Oregon Faculty Senate, December 2019 - May 2021

Member, Vice Provost and University Librarian Search Committee, October 2019 - February 2021

Member, Forensics Faculty Advisory Committee, February 2019 - March 2020

Member, Academic Technology Advisory Group, April 2018 - July 2019

Abstract Reviewer, Undergraduate Research Symposium, April 2019

Member, Decanal Review Committee for Adriene Lim, December 2018 - March 2019

Abstract Reviewer, Undergraduate Research Symposium, March 2018 - April 2018

Service to Profession

Member, Big Ten Academic Alliance Scholarly Publishing Peer Group, April 2025 - present

Reviewer, Digital Humanities Quarterly, August 2017 - present

Reviewer, Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication, April 2015 - present

Institutional Repository Working Group, Unique and Local Content Team, Orbis Cascade Alliance, July 2019 - March 2020

Butler University

Service to Libraries

Design and Copy Editor, Butler Journal of Undergraduate Research March 2015 - July 2017

Library Advisor, BU Well
July 2014 - July 2017

Chair, Scholarly Communication Committee, Academic Libraries of Indiana
August 2013 - July 2017

Steering Committee Chair, Institutional Repository Advisory Group, Private Academic Library Network of Indiana
August 2013 - July 2017

Service to University

Representative, Council of Independent Colleges Information Fluency Workshop
February 2015

Member, Presidential Commission on Sexual Assault
November 2014 - July 2017

Vice Chair, Academic Affairs Committee
August 2014 - Jan 2017

Service to Profession

Reviewer, Digital Humanities Advancement Grants, National Endowment of the Humanities
April 2017

Communications Chair, Indiana Digital Preservation Initiative Steering Committee
August 2016 - July 2017

Marketing Chair, IOLUG
June 2016 - July 2017

Co-Chair, Digital Library Federation Liberal Arts College Pre-Conference Planning Committee
January 2016 - November 2016

Organizer, THATCamp Indiana 2015
June - July 2015

Editor-at-Large, dh + lib Blog for Digital Humanities and Libraries
January - July 2015

Program Designer, Advancing Research Communication & Scholarship
March 2015

University of Texas at Austin

Co-Director, American Library Association / Texas Library Association Student Chapter
Spring 2012, Fall 2012

Student-to-Staff Representative, ALCTS Division of the American Library Association
Summer 2012

Technical Advisor, Dr. Barbara Immroth’s Campaign for American Library Association President-Elect
Fall 2012, Spring 2013

Volunteer, Electronic Resources and Libraries Conference
Spring 2012, Spring 2013

Volunteer, Texas Book Festival
Fall 2011, Fall 2012

Professional Affiliations

American Library Association
Fall 2011 - present

Association of College & Research Libraries
Fall 2014 - present

Indiana Library Federation
January 2015 - July 2017

Indiana Online Users Group January 2015 - July 2017

Skills

Digital Collection Management & Scholarly Publishing
Samvera, Digital Commons, DSpace, Islandora, ContentDM, Spotlight, Omeka, CollectionBuilder, PressForward, OJS, Pressbooks, PubPub

Metadata & Archival Standards
Dublin Core, MODS, METS, MIX, PREMIS, EAD, DACS

Programming & Web Development
HTML, CSS, XML, TEI, XSLT, PHP, Bootstrap, MySQL, Processing, WordPress, Divi, Drupal, Jekyll, Hugo, Markdown

Operating Systems
Windows, Mac OS, Linux

Software
Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, inDesign), Microsoft Office, Apple iWork, Google Workspace, Balsamiq, Oxygen, Tableau, Qualtrics, Canva, Canvas LMS

Language
Native written and spoken fluency in English, basic written fluency in Russian, basic spoken fluency in Spanish