Dean of the Library
Montana State University
Kenning Arlitsch is dean of the library at Montana State University, where he leads a research library actively engaged in student success, statewide collaboration and the university’s research enterprise. In his 24-year career as a professional librarian, he has held positions in library instruction, digital library development, and IT services. His funded research has focused on search engine optimization, as well as measuring impact and use of digital repositories. He and his team recently developed the Repository Analytics & Metrics Portal, which accurately measures file downloads from institutional repositories and is collecting a large and unique data about IR performance and use. Arlitsch holds a MLIS from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a Ph.D. in library and information science from Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany. His dissertation on Semantic Web Identity examined how well research libraries and other academic organizations are understood by search engines.
Sunday, June 24
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Sunday, June 24
10:30 AM – 11:15 AM