Karen Estlund, PhD, is the Dean of Libraries for Colorado State University Libraries. She began in this role in December 2019. Previously, Karen Estlund was the Associate Dean for Technology and Digital Strategies for Penn State Libraries where she provided leadership and advocacy for information technology, digital initiatives, cataloging and metadata services, publishing and curation services, and coordinated collaborations with the Penn State University Press. Karen has served on multiple open access and open source governance groups, including: SPARC steering, the coordinating committee for IIIF (International Image Interoperability Framework), Fedora Leaders, Samvera (formerly Hydra) Steering Group, and the Rightsstatements.org technical committee.