Valrie Minson serves as Associate Dean for Research at the George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida. As Associate Dean she supports institutional reporting, the development of a library assessment program, and student success activities. Minson has presented both nationally and internationally and her research agenda addresses data support services, collection management, collaboration and cyberinfrastructure, and agricultural information services.
She held a position as a Collections & Research Services Librarian at Dickinson College prior to UF. Her research interests include: enabling collaboration and exploring new roles for librarians in data infrastructure and technology innovation. She received her bachelor’s degree in English from University of South Florida and her master’s degree in Library Science from Florida State University.