CNI Spring 2026 Membership Meeting

Constance Malpas is Executive Director of Research and Programming at OCLC, where she leads research, analysis, and community engagement initiatives focused on the evolving role(s) of libraries in advancing higher education and community well-being. Her work explores how academic and research libraries align services, partnerships, and infrastructure with institutional priorities, and how libraries can more effectively articulate their value and impact to campus and community stakeholders.

Constance has been a principal investigator or senior contributor on numerous OCLC Research programs examining library collections, discovery, research support services, and organizational strategy. Her research emphasizes evidence-based decision-making, systems thinking, and the translation of research insights into practical strategies that library leaders can apply within diverse institutional contexts.
Constance has worked with OCLC for two decades, holding roles across research, product strategy, and organizational leadership. She has written and spoken extensively on the transformation of academic library collections and services, including mass digitization, cooperative print management, and the evolving scholarly record.

Prior to joining OCLC, Constance was with the Research Libraries Group and began her library career leading digital initiatives in the Rare Books division at the New York Academy of Medicine. Her academic background is in the history of science, with degrees from Mount Holyoke College and Princeton University. She lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area and is a frequent speaker to library leaders on institutional strategy, collaboration, and the future of academic libraries.