Levi Fleming
Levi Fleming
MALS
Scholarly Communications Librarian; Associate Professor
LIB 439A
Biography
Professor Fleming helps scholars navigate publishing and information policy to promote accessibility, open educational practices, and impact through his work with affordable course materials; open publishing; the institutional repository, UTC Scholar; and open scholarship including research data management and publishing support.
Professor Fleming's research interests explore collaborative solutions to shared problems in libraries. He contributed to the award-winning Feminists Among Us: Resistance and Advocacy in Library Leadership (2017) published by Library Juice Press, and to Rethinking Institutional Repositories: Innovations in Management, Collections, and Inclusion (2023) and Open Movements: Recognizing Challenges and Building Connections (2026) published by the Association of College and Research Libraries.
Professor Fleming is active professionally at the state and national level. He serves on the steering committee for Tennessee Higher Education Commission’s Tennessee Open Education Initiative and as ALA Councilor for Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a Division of the American Library Association.
Professor Fleming holds a BA in History from Grinnell College, and an MA in Library Science from the University of Missouri – Columbia.