The Scholars’ Lab supports a diverse community of digital scholars and scholarly makers across the University and beyond. As Digital Scholarship Services Librarian, Laura serves as the head of public programs and outreach for the Scholars' Lab. Through speaker events and workshops, she connects digital researchers at all levels with expertise, training, and ongoing discourse. She also manages the Makerspace, and in that role she is the primary point of contact between the Scholars' Lab and broader library services.

Bethany Mickel's work involves information instruction both within and outside the Teaching & Learning team. She works to leverage sound instructional design and UDL principles in the development of instructional materials and learning objects for use in both synchronous, asynchronous, and hyflex settings.Her research interests include the intersectionality of information and media literacy as well as project-based learning as a means of assessment in higher education.   

Sean is an AV & IT systems engineer.

Kara M. McClurken is the Director of Preservation Services. She oversees all activities related to physical and digital preservation for the University Library, which includes audiovisual conservation, book and paper conservation, book repair and protective enclosures for circulating collections, commercial binding, digital preservation, disaster preparedness and recovery, environmental monitoring, outreach and consulting.

Drew consults with faculty, staff, and students on GIS data and software. He works with the ArcGIS server, and collaborates with GIS Specialist Chris Gist and other Scholars' Lab staff on project incubation, geospatial data and technology for spatial research, workshops and instruction associated with courses, and other activities of the Lab and the Library.

Ray manages technologies and production services, supporting universal search in Virgo, and ingest of scholarly materials in Libra.

Anthony collects, analyzes, and documents data useful in evaluating library services and operations. He assists the Assessment Librarian in collecting, extracting, and preparing data for internal and external audiences; and supports data management, reporting needs, and data display tools throughout the Library.

Carla is the chief advisor to the University Librarian on all aspects of library operations. She oversees the Administration and Planning unit, which includes: Budget & Finance; Assessment; Projects & Facilities; Cross Unit Projects Group; and Organizational Development.

As Scholarly Repository Librarian, Sherry manages Libra, UVA's institutional repository, an open repository to share research and scholarship, including Electronic Theses & Dissertations (ETDs), Data and other products of research. Sherry works across areas (units) to discover stakeholders inside and outside the Library. She participates in user design, documents user recommendations, and provides training for Library staff and users. She also assists researchers in archiving research data and other products of research.

Vince is an IT systems engineer specializing in Microsoft servers, Active Directory, System Center, and Enterprise computing.