LEADS-4-NDP PIs, Advisory Board Members, and Outreach Collaborators

As purveyors and stewards of information, library scientists and archivists have important and growing responsibilities to actively and meaningfully participate in our data-driven world, and apply data science techniques to improve library services and operations. We are addressing this need through the LIS Education and Data Science for the National Digital Platform (LEADS-4-NDP) program, as part of the Institute of Library and Museum Services (IMLS) Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program. LEADS-4-NDP will prepare next generation LIS faculty so they may meaningfully integrate data science and LIS education. To learn more about the LEADS-4-NDP at its IMLS homepage, click here. To learn about 2018/2019’s LEADS Fellows, take a look here

For inquiries about this unique educative program, please contact the Metadata Research Center (mrc.metadata@drexel.edu), or Jane Greenberg directly.

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Project PIs, Information Science Department, College of Computing and Informatics, Drexel University

• Jane Greenberg, Alice B. Kroeger Professor, Director of the Metadata Research Center, and Associate Department Head for Graduate Affairs (Lead PI)
• Xia Lin, Professor, and Department Head, Information Science Department (Lead PI)
• Weimao Ke, Associate Professor (Co-PI)
• Il-Yeol Song, Professor (Co-PI)
• Jake Williams, Assistant Professor (Co-PI)
• Erjia Yan, Assistant Professor (Co-PI)

Outreach Collaborators

• Jody Gray, MLIS. Director, Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services, American Library Association
• Katy Travaline, Interim Managing Director, The Dornsife Center for Neighborhood Partnerships, Drexel University

Advisory Board Members

• Devan Ray Donaldson, Assistant Professor, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University, Bloomington
• Christopher Erdmann, Library Carpentry Committee and Development Director, University of California Office of the President
• Margaret L. Hedstrom, Professor, School of Information, University of Michigan
• Cliff Lynch, Executive Director, Coalition for Networked Information
• Richard Marciano, Director, Digital Curation Innovation Center, and Professor, College of Information Studies, University of Maryland
• Erik Mitchell, University Librarian, University of California San Diego
• Julianne Schneider, Lead Data Analyst for Harvard Catalyst’s eagle-i, Harvard Medical School
• Antonios Zavaliangos, A. W. Grosvenor Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University