Database Improvement and Discoverability Team (DIAD)
DIAD focuses on metadata as it relates to integration between shared systems and local systems, authority work, database integrity and impact of displays and searching of metadata on end users in shared or integrated systems. Responsible, as appropriate, for evaluating OhioLINK central and contributing ILS/LMS systems as they relate to managing shared metadata.
If your institution is a two-year college, independent college or university, or medical or law library*, please feel free to contact any of the representatives listed for your institution type with any questions or concerns.
*2026 Law Representative TBD
Roster
| Name | Institution Name | Email Address | Representative Type | Term Ends |
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| Mike Monaco | University of Akron | mmonaco@uakron.edu | Chair, Charter | Dec 31, 2025 |
| Jason Bourgeois | Bowling Green State University | bourgj@bgsu.edu | Charter | |
| Colleen Fedewa | Case Western Reserve University | cof3@case.edu | Charter | |
| Carolin Sterling | Central State University | csterling@centralstate.edu | Charter | |
| Michael Skor | Cleveland State University | m.p.skor@csuohio.edu | Charter | |
| Sevim McCutcheon | Kent State University | lmccutch@kent.edu | Charter | |
| Courtney Bordeau Roman | Lorain County Community College | cbordeau@lorainccc.edu | Two year | Dec 31, 2027 |
| Julie Flanders | Mount St. Joseph University | julie.flanders@msj.edu | Independent | Dec 31, 2026 |
| Todd Wallwork | Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) | twallwork@neomed.edu | Charter | |
| Tim Keller | Oberlin College | tkeller@oberlin.edu | | |
| Masha Stepanova | Ohio State University | stepanova.6@osu.edu | | |
| Damon Deborde | Ohio University | deborded@ohio.edu | Charter | |
| Emily Flynn | OhioLINK | emily@ohiolink.edu | OhioLINK Liaison | |
| Elisha Smith | Shawnee State University | ewells@shawnee.edu | Charter | |
| Andrea Christman Atkinson | Sinclair Community College | andrea.atkinson@sinclair.edu | Two year | Dec 31, 2025 |
| Stephanie Michaels | State Library of Ohio | smichaels@library.ohio.gov | Charter | |
| Susan Banoun | University of Cincinnati | susan.banoun@uc.edu | Charter | |
| Sharon Purtee | University of Cincinnati - Health Sciences | sharon.purtee@uc.edu | Medical | |
| Jill Crane | University of Dayton | jcrane1@udayton.edu | Charter | |
| Ali Coleman | University of Toledo | alexandra.coleman@utoledo.edu | Charter | |
| Tabitha Barr | Ursuline College | tabitha.barr@ursuline.edu | Independent | Dec 31, 2028 |
| Greg Jones | Wright State University | greg.jones@wright.edu | Charter | |
| Kevin Whitfield | Youngstown State University | kjwhitfield@ysu.edu | Charter | |
