Director, Library Services
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, United States
Donna Gibson is the Director, Library Services for Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) Cancer Center, and has been in this role since August 2009.
Ms. Gibson joined MSK in 2004 as the Associate Director, User Services. Prior to her move to the Center, she worked at Bristol-Myers Squibb in various roles in managing research libraries and information centers, and working on enterprise-wide projects. She won several internal awards to include: PRI STAR Award, Outstanding Service and Results Marketing KIR Products, Services and Events; IKM Achievement Award, Event Planner for Annual BMS Knowledge Network Meeting; IKM Achievement Award, Project Manager, KIR Hotline and; President’s Recognition, team member for response to the Canadian Coordinating Office for Health Technology Assessment (CCOHTA) report on “Statins.” Recently, she was the recipient of the 2018 Distinguished Member Award from SLA Biomedical & Life Sciences Division.
Ms. Gibson is committed to executing knowledge management initiatives to improve business results by educating, innovating, and collaborating with users. She is focused on delivering services that enhance the user’s information retrieval experience from start to finish. This includes partnering with users to better understand how published literature, information services, technology, and social networking tools integrate within their work environment. Under her leadership, the library launched a new public-facing website in a responsive web-design, Synapse (connection to MSK authors and their publications), the MSK Library Blog, developed a Social Media presence, Systematic Review Service, ORCID@MSK, and a Research Data Management Program.
Ms. Gibson contributes to several professional associations (MLA, SLA, AAHSL) and sits on several external library advisory boards and is a Founding member of Toastmasters@MSKCC.
Ms. Gibson received her Master’s degree in Library Science from McGill University, Montreal, Canada. She also has her Project Management Certificate from Boston University.
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Sunday, July 31, 2022
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM EDT
