University Librarian and Vice Provost of Digital Scholarship MacKenzie Smith is responsible for creating and leading the strategic vision of the UC Davis Library, one of the top academic research libraries in the nation.

One of the nation’s leading experts in digital libraries, Smith has defined and implemented a strategic framework and organizational design that integrates digital resources and information technology with traditional library services to better serve the UC Davis academic community now and in the future. She has created new programs in online strategy, scholarly communications, digital scholarship, data management, institutional digital asset management, diversity, communications, and fundraising for the library.

Smith also oversees operations for UC Davis’ four main libraries: Peter J. Shields Library, the Physical Sciences & Engineering Library, the Carlson Health Sciences Library, and the Blaisdell Medical Library in Sacramento.

She is responsible for launching the most significant capital project in the UC Davis Library’s history — a major space planning initiative for the library facilities on the Davis campus. A central focus of this multi-year project is rethinking and renovating Shields Library, which was last renovated in 1990, a time when the campus community was a fraction of its current size.

As vice provost of digital scholarship, Smith defines and leads major university initiatives involving information technology, data science and informatics, data governance, knowledge management, research computing and digital publishing.