Laura I. Spears, PhD. (laura.spears@ufl.edu), is the Director of the Assessment & User Experience and University Librarian with the George A. Smathers Libraries. Her job responsibilities include examining library data that demonstrate library impact on the life of all types of library users; maintaining datasets of various library output data; liaising with the UF Office of Institutional Assessment; and providing data analysis and assessment for Smathers Libraries leadership. Recent publications focus on library spaces facilitating student success, assessment of Smathers Libraries library and digital collection websites, and the use of Appreciative Inquiry in CoLAB Workshops. Her most recent publication is a co-authored digital humanities piece, What’s One Thing People Don’t Know About You? Laura works closely with the UF Academic Assessment Committee and is co-Editor of the open-access, online, peer-reviewed journal, The Journal of Assessment in Higher Education