Emma Molls, she/they Director, Open Research & Publishing

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Full position title(s)
Director, Open Research & Publishing
Libraries department
Open Research & Publishing

About

Emma is the director of Open Research & Publishing Department at the University of Minnesota Libraries. The Department includes Research Data Services, Publishing Services, Research Information Management, Research Computing, and administratively houses the Data Curation Network. They joined the University of Minnesota Libraries in the summer of 2016.

Beginning in April 2025, Emma will serve as interim Director of the Data Curation Network. 

Recent Research & Professional Activites

  • Langham-Putrow, A., Molls, E., Carter, S., & Riegelman, A. (2024). Investing in open access at the University of Minnesota. Insights the UKSG journal, 37, Article 17. https://doi.org/10.1629/uksg.675
  • Aspinall, E., Molls., E., & Leebaw, D. (2024, November 14). Calling It Quits: How to Evaluate Library Services and Decide What to Stop Doing [Conference Presentation]. Core Forum, Minneapolis, MN, United States. 
  • Molls, E., & McCready, K. (2024). The Open Monograph Distribution and Acquisitions Gap: A Look at TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem) Titles. Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication, 12(1), Article eP15492. https://doi.org/10.31274/jlsc.15492
  • SPARC Steering Committee, Member
  • University of California eScholarship Advisory Council, Member
  • American Council of Learned Societies Open Access Book Prize and Arcadia Open Access Publishing Award, Judge
  • Directory of Open Access Journals Advisory Board, Member & Associate Editor (through March 2025)
  • Library Publishing Coalition Board, President (2022-2023)
  • MIT Press Library Advisory Board, Member (through 2023)
  • Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication, Editorial Board Chair (through 2022)

Education

MLIS, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

BA, University of Minnesota (English / Gender, Women, Sexuality Studies)