University Librarian and Vice Provost Smith Announces Retirement | UC Davis

" “MacKenzie has led our library during a period of transformative change in how scholars create, access and share research,” Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Mary Croughan said....“MacKenzie has also elevated our library’s leadership role, within UC and far beyond, in advancing free and open access to research. We will miss her leadership and collaboration, but wish her all the best in her retirement.” ... Throughout her academic career, Smith has developed and led entrepreneurial programs that apply technology innovation to libraries and their parent institutions and create new models for publishing and data-driven research in the digital age. Her work with open-source software platforms, such as MIT’s DSpace for archiving digital research, has had a lasting impact on research libraries and many other cultural heritage and knowledge-generating institutions...."