Catherine “Cate” Rudowsky has nearly 20 years of experience in libraries, with more than 15 of those years being in public academia.

She currently serves as the Dean of Libraries at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, where she has worked for the past four years. Under the direction of Dr. Rudowsky, the library has made great strides to align itself with the strategic mission of the university and with the goal of becoming an emerging research institution dedicated to service excellence for all students. Work in this regard has included redesigning spaces and collections to provide a flexible and technology-enriched environment; fostering online collections to provide greater discoverability of and accessibility to unique collections; evaluating the library’s virtual presence to align it with the physical presence; and reorganizing library faculty and staff to allow for more strategic and meaningful partnerships across campus.

Dr. Rudowsky earned a Ph.D. in Communication Media and Instructional Technology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 2013. She also holds a Master of Business Administration from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, a Master of Library and Information Science from University of Pittsburgh, and a Bachelor of Arts in English from Ashland University in Ashland, Ohio. She has authored or co-authored six publications, including a book on helping students overcome library anxiety, has given numerous academic presentations, including presentations at national conferences, and is a member of various professional associations, where she routinely serves on committees. In the summer 2017, she was named a Leading Change Institute fellow.