Katherine Donaldson is the UO Libraries' primary liaison to the College of Education, the Ballmer Institute for Children's Behavioral Health, and the Department of Linguistics, providing research consultations, information literacy instruction, and collection development services.

She received her MLIS from the University of Washington and her BA in History with minors in English and American Studies from Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota. She has previous professional experience at Loyola Marymount University and the University of Washington.