Susan Grey Akers (April 3, 1889 – January 30, 1984) was an American librarian and the first woman to hold an academic deanship at the University of North Carolina.

[1] After earning her certificate she became the librarian and assistant curator at Wellesley College in the Department of Hygiene and Physical Education where she restructured and updated the collection and catalog system.

Her dissertation reflected her interest in cataloging and her concern that many librarians thought it dull, becoming the first to advocate for unnecessary bibliographical detail, except where warranted.

[5] In 1931, Akers was hired by the University of North Carolina as an associate professor for the newly founded department of Library Science.

[1] In 1950 and 1951, she was a library science consultant to the Department of the U.S. Army in Tokyo, Japan[3] where she helped worked to increase teacher training.