Scott Seaman, Ohio University Dean of Libraries and immediate past-chair of the OhioLINK governance committee, will discuss OhioLINK's recent changes and strategy for the future.

OhioLINK is one of North America's premier library consortia. It serves more than 600,000 students, faculty, and staff at 88 institutions. Its membership includes 16 public universities, 23 community/technical colleges, 49 private colleges, and the State Library of Ohio. OhioLINK serves faculty, students, staff and other researchers via campus-based electronic library systems, the OhioLINK central site, and Internet resources.

OhioLINK's goal is to provide easy access to information and rapid delivery of library materials throughout the state. Six main electronic services are offered: a union library catalog, research databases, a multi-publisher Electronic Journal Center, a Digital Resource Commons, a multi-publisher Electronic Book Center, and an Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center.

Biography: Scott Seaman

Scott Seaman has been Dean of Libraries at Ohio University since 2009. He has also served at the University of Colorado, where he was Associate Director of Libraries for 11 years.

He has published widely on library assessment and information ethics, and has presented papers on library topics internationally. In 1993 he was a founding editor of LIBRES, one of the first online open-access library science journals. He currently serves on the Editorial Board of Reference & User Services Quarterly.

Mr. Seaman holds a bachelor's degree from Wright State University and graduate degrees from The Ohio State University and Kent State University.

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