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Discovery, Access, and Technology Unit

We are responsible for collections, metadata, and technology. Departments include Access and Delivery, Interlibrary Loan and Course Reserves, Metadata Strategies, Collection Administration, Data & Scholarly Communications, and Technology.

DATech’s Mission: To steward the entire lifecycle of collections and academic resources through a commitment to research support, equitable access, sustainability, reliable infrastructure, and care for the many communities we support.

DATech’s Vision: To develop and sustain innovative and integrative services that maximize equitable, enduring access to collections and academic resources while cultivating staff expertise and supporting capacity in a highly collaborative and adaptive unit.

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Name Title Phone Email
Shirron Ballard Statistics Analyst (540) 568-6589 ballarsx@jmu.edu
Nathaniel “Nat” Barker Subscription Resources Coordinator (540) 568-5304 barkerna@jmu.edu
April Beckler Article Borrowing & Course Reserves Coordinator (540) 568-4102 beckleaj@jmu.edu
Cheryl Bemiss Interlibrary Loan Lending & Digitization Coordinator (540) 568-6806 bemissce@jmu.edu
David Black Digital Preservation Specialist (540) 568-5031 black3dm@jmu.edu
Greg Brown Head, Web & Application Services (540) 568-2965 browngh@jmu.edu
Mikki Butcher Director, Interlibrary Loan & Course Reserves (540) 568-6807 butcheml@jmu.edu
Howard S. Carrier Copyright and IP Librarian (540) 568-5277 carriehs@jmu.edu
Jessica Clendenning Ordering & Support Specialist clendejm@jmu.edu
Blaze Ennis IT Analyst (540) 568-4290 ennisbs@jmu.edu
Amanda Fink Acquisitions Coordinator (540) 568-3827 finkat@jmu.edu
Titus Fox Project Manager & System Administrator (540) 568-3823 foxte@jmu.edu
Rebecca French Head of Metadata Analysis & Operations (540) 568-3406 frenchrb@jmu.edu
David Gaines Lead Application Support Specialist (540) 568-6677 gainesdj@jmu.edu
Kuanyi (Faye) Goodman E-monograph Metadata Specialist goodmakx@jmu.edu
Paula Green ILL Borrowing & Distance Learning Resource Coordinator (540) 568-6680 greenpf@jmu.edu
Tori Groene-Zeigler Director of Technology (540) 568-4920 groeneva@jmu.edu
Samantha Harmon Data Services Librarian (540) 568-5632 harmonsn@jmu.edu
Bill Hartman Associate Dean for DATech (540) 568-7934 hartmacw@jmu.edu
Steven W. Holloway Director of Metadata Strategies hollowsw@jmu.edu
Harper Holsinger Web Specialist (540) 568-4712 holsinhd@jmu.edu
Chris Huffman Information Technology Analyst (540) 568-6999 huffmacr@jmu.edu
Matthew Kennedy Stacks Coordinator (540) 568-4294 kennedmt@jmu.edu
Dustin Kenney Systems Administrator and Developer (540) 568-5319 kenneydc@jmu.edu
Becca Kruse Digital Collections Specialist kruserl@jmu.edu
Mark Lane Head of Digital Assets (540) 568-3769 lane2mg@jmu.edu
Erich Lantz Systems Administrator & Developer (540) 568-2218 lantz2ew@jmu.edu
Travis Legg Delivery Services Coordinator (540) 568-4835 leggtl@jmu.edu
Dana Lehman Access & Delivery Specialist (540) 568-4083 lehmandb@jmu.edu
Allison Lyttle Interim Liaison Librarian to the School of Music ; Music & Media Metadata Strategist (540) 568-3366 lyttleaj@jmu.edu
Austin Martin Metadata Quality Control Assistant (540) 568-5127 marti6ap@jmu.edu
Chris Michaels Delivery Services Specialist michaecs@jmu.edu
Sarah Pritchard Director of Collections (540) 568-6582 koech2sj@jmu.edu
Rhonda Reedy Electronic Journals Specialist (540) 568-2271 reedyrm@jmu.edu
Monica Rogers Data Scientist & Visualization Specialist roger6ml@jmu.edu
Debbie Ryman Library Specialist (540) 568-3821 rymandb@jmu.edu
Cindi Sandridge Metadata & Adaptive Manager (540) 568-6057 sandricp@jmu.edu
Eric Saner Web Specialist (540) 568-5643 sanered@jmu.edu
Yasmeen Shorish Director of Data & Scholarly Communications (540) 568-4288 shorisyl@jmu.edu
Ari Emilia Short Assistant Director of Technology (540) 568-7067 short3ae@jmu.edu
Brian Simmons Head of Access & Delivery (540) 568-6801 simmonba@jmu.edu
Greg Spitzer Head of Systems, Operations & Support (540) 568-6429 spitzegc@jmu.edu
Liz Thompson Open Education Librarian (540) 568-6937 thomp3ea@jmu.edu
Michael Trocchia Collection Administration Coordinator trocchmx@jmu.edu
Melissa Van Schaick Print Resources Specialist vanschml@jmu.edu
Wendy Veney eResources Specialist veneywd@jmu.edu
Darren Weaver IT Analyst (540) 568-4291 weaverds@jmu.edu
Malia Willey Collection Development Librarian (540) 568-6899 willeyme@jmu.edu