Ken Varnum

Senior Program Manager and Discovery Strategist

Design and Discovery · Library Information Technology
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Email

varnum@umich.edu

Phone

734-615-3287

Mailing address

300C Hatcher North

Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1190

ORCID ID

0000-0002-0091-1037

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Ken Varnum

Senior Program Manager and Discovery Strategist

Design and Discovery · Library Information Technology

About me

As LIT's senior program manager, my responsibilities include technology and project management for discovery (Library Search) and delivery (MGet It) of library resources. I am also involved with the library's analytics projects.

I co-chair the Library Search Service Team and serve on the Discovery & Access Advisory Group (DAAG) and a number of other project-focused teams and committees. Beyond the library, I co-chair the NISO Open Discovery Initiative and am editor of ALA's open-access, peer-reviewed journal, Information Technology and Libraries (ITAL). I have Masters degrees in Library and Information Sciences and Russian & East European Studies (from the University of Michigan) and Bachelors of Arts degrees in History and Russian language (from Grinnell College).

I enjoy being part of the broader library technology community and write and speak for library technology audiences. I maintain a list of bookspublications, and presentations on my personal website.

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English

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