Hi, I’m Lindsay Cronk.
For more than two decades, I’ve worked in the commons. First in parks, preservation, and ultimately finding my way to academic libraries, I’ve been guided by the conviction that knowledge is our most important collective inheritance. Its stewardship requires interpretation, care, and a commitment to sharing it as a public good. Academic libraries make this transdisciplinary process possible with infrastructure, offering scholars the tools and partnerships they need to grow ideas into new knowledge. It is collaborative and co‑creative work: serious in purpose, joyful in practice, and always evolving.
Since August 1, 2023, I’ve served as Dean of Libraries at Tulane University, working at the intersection of vision and practice—where values become systems and strategy becomes daily work. Colleagues have described me as a force of nature, a dynamo, and “the real deal,” but the work I value most has always been done alongside others. I bring rigor, humor, imagination, and care to the shared project of building knowledge institutions worthy of the communities they serve; and, I have a lot of fun doing it. Thanks for stopping by. Please do not hesitate to be in touch if you have a tough question or a good book recommendation.