New Digital Technology Librarian

The NCSU Libraries announces the appointment of Jason Ronallo to the position of Digital Collections Technology Librarian in Digital Library Initiatives, effective December 15, 2008.

As Digital Collections Technology Librarian, Jason Ronallo will be exploring, adapting, and implementing emerging digital technologies in support of the Libraries’ digital collections, repository, and publishing initiatives.

Ronallo has over eight years of experience working in academic libraries, with an ever-increasing focus on library technology. As a graduate student he completed an open source project internship working on the Umlaut OpenURL link resolver at Johns Hopkins University. To rejuvenate a neglected historic collection at the Margaret Memorial Library, Christ Church Cathedral in Indianapolis, he installed and configured an open source integrated library system and cataloged over 2000 monographs using Ruby script. He has served as Electronic Resource Technician at the University Library, Indiana University-Purdue University, where he maintained the Serials Solution knowledgebase, including interface customizations and resolved patron access issues. Ronallo began his library career at Temple University Libraries as a Bibliographic Assistant in the Biology Library and later served as Serials/Electronic Resources Supervisor, with responsibility for the Managed Serials Unit.

Ronallo earned the Master of Science in Library Science from Indiana University. He holds the Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude in English Literature from the University of Pittsburgh.