Data Steward for Library

Jon oversees information technology development and operations for the IU Libraries, including technical support, systems administration, software development, digitization, digital preservation, user experience, and digital collections services.

Jon has worked with the IU Libraries for more than 25 years, beginning in the Music Library as technical director for IU’s groundbreaking Variations digital music library project, moving to the Digital Library Program at the time of its formation in 1997, and eventually joining the Library Technologies division.

He has served as principal investigator and project manager on numerous grants and has written and presented on a wide range of digital library and library technology issues including music digital libraries, audiovisual preservation, repository systems, and integration of library services with learning management systems. He has served as a member of the Open Repositories steering committee, Fedora Leadership Group, and the Steering Group for Samvera, an open source community creating digital asset management and repository solutions for libraries, archives, museums, and others. He currently co-chairs the International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) Audio/Video Community Group and has previously served on the steering committee for the International Conference on Music Information Retrieval.

Jon serves as director of the Avalon Media System project, an open source system for providing online access to audio and video collections, funded by grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Mellon Foundation. He also serves as principal investigator on the Audiovisual Metadata Platform project, funded by the Mellon Foundation.