Steven W. Holloway
Director of Metadata Strategies, Professor
- email: hollowsw@jmu.edu
- orcid: 0000-0002-7139-2625
Building: The HubMSC: 1704
Departments: DATech Leadership, Discovery, Access, and Technology Unit, Metadata Strategies Department
Pronouns: He / Him / His
About me
As Director of Metadata Strategies, I work with virtually every Libraries division, as well as consulting with faculty and students on an ad hoc basis. I manage a staff of six. I joined JMU Libraries in August 2013 as Metadata Librarian. Prior to working at Libraries I was Technology Advisor and Indexer-Analyst at the American Theological Library Association in Chicago. I enjoy adjunct teaching, research in several disciplines, and engineering survivable culinary adventures.
Education:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, M.L.I.S. (2012)
University of Chicago Divinity School, Ph.D. (1992)
University of Chicago Divinity School, M.A. (1983)
Samford University, B.A. (1980)
About DATech Leadership
We are the leadership team for Discovery, Access, and Technology (DATech).
About Discovery, Access, and Technology Unit
We are responsible for collections, metadata, and technology. Departments include 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.
About Metadata Strategies Department
We facilitate effective discovery of JMU collections through conventional and emergent information technologies. We create and manage metadata for scholarly, identity management, and cultural heritage purposes. We also create and manage metadata for relevant resources both maintained internally by the Libraries and external to it. We provide “metadata-as-a-service” consultations and training for faculty, staff, and students.