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Library Education Panelist

Nancy Allen

Nancy Allen is currently the Dean and Director of Penrose Library at the University of Denver, and principal investigator for major IMLS and LSTA grants for the Collaborative Digitization Program (CDP). She has more than thirty years experience in large academic libraries, which has enabled her to explore a number of initiatives testing the role of both collections and information technologies to benefit all library users from undergraduates to specialized scholars. She is presently serving as a member of the Association of College and Research Libraries Board of Directors, and the Center for Research Libraries Board.

Nancy has authored, co-authored, or edited numerous monographs, articles, and chapters, with topics ranging from computer-based library instruction to research resources for the study of cinema and television. Recently, she has been speaking and writing on library-museum collaboration for digitization of primary resource material.

"Libraries are all about learning; learning is deeply embedded in the professional values of librarians."

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