Biography
Dr Andrew Smith is an Associate Professor in the School of Library and Information Management (SLIM) at Emporia State University in Kansas, United States. He studied at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, Georgia State University, United States, and the University of Aberystwyth in Wales. He was a Robert T. Jones Memorial Scholar at Emory University in Atlanta and is an elected Visiting Professor at both the University of Belgrade in Serbia and The European Centre for Peace and Development.
Dr Smith has taught widely in the field, currently concentrating on collection development, library advocacy, indexing, genealogy and music librarianship. He developed Emporia State University’s Global Experience programme and has led 20 international trips where students study librarianship in different cultures. His current interests include accessibility as an essential element of equity in information provision, open access materials for teaching and scholarship, genealogical information provision, and grass-roots digitisation.
Dr Smith served as a trustee of the Emporia Public Library from 2016 until 2022 and has presented extensively on the creation and maintenance of library policy and on the recruitment and education of library board members. He currently serves as a Trustee at Large on the board of United for Libraries, a division of the American Library Association.
Panel Presentation (2026) | 250 Years of Rights Promotion and Cooperation
