Northern Kentucky University announced Brianna Marshall as the new permanent dean of the W. Frank Steely Library.
Marshall has served as interim dean of the library since August 2023. She started her career at NKU through the Steely Library in 2021.
As the senior associate dean for operations, assessment and communications, she developed and launched Stego Studio, a makerspace that provides the campus community free access to equipment like 3D printers, laser cutters, sewing machines and more. Prior to her tenure at NKU, Brianna served as the Director of Research Services at the University of California, Riverside Library for four years, and was a Digital Curation Coordinator at the University of Wisconsin Libraries for nearly three years.
“I am honored and excited to step into the role of dean,” said Marshall in a press release. “During my time as interim dean, I have seen firsthand the passion our library team brings to empowering students, faculty and the broader NKU community. As dean, I look forward to building on that momentum—expanding access to information, fostering an environment for discovery and collaborating with partners across campus to advance NKU’s student success mission.”
In her first year on campus, Marshall provided leadership and collaboratively designed an open educational resources program that reduced and eliminated course material costs for NKU students.
“Brianna has demonstrated dedicated leadership, initiative and commitment to the success of Steely Library and its mission to support our students, faculty and staff,” said NKU Provost Diana McGill in the release. “She leads her talented team with creativity and exemplifies what it means to be a part of the NKU community. I am confident that Steely Library will continue to thrive under her leadership.”
Marshall earned her bachelor of arts degree in English from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, and her master of library science and master of information science degrees from Indiana University Bloomington. Marshall currently resides in Northern Kentucky with her husband and their three children.