About me
Dr. Sandra Hirsh is Associate Dean of Academics in the College of Information, Data and Society and Special Advisor to the Provost on AI Curricular Initiatives at San José State University (SJSU). She previously served as professor and director of the SJSU School of Information and worked at HP Labs, Microsoft, and LinkedIn. She is a past president of the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) and the Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T). She is Chair-Elect of the International Relations Round Table in the American Library Association. She co-founded and co-chairs the global virtual Library 2.0 conference series. Her textbook Information Services Today: An Introduction, 3rd Edition, is used in many LIS programs. Her latest book about the future of libraries, Library 2035: Imagining the Next Generation of Libraries, was published by Rowman & Littlefield in March 2024. She holds a bachelor's degree and Ph.D. from UCLA and an MLIS degree from the University of Michigan.
