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 or independent college or university or medical or law library, you may contact any of the representatives listed for your institution type with questions or concerns.
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 |
| Stefanie Hunker | Bowling Green State University | sdennis@bgsu.edu | Charter | |
| Colleen Fedewa | Case Western Reserve University | cof3@case.edu | Charter | |
| Emilie Cornelius | Central Ohio Technical College | cornelius.160@mail.cotc.edu | Two year | Dec 31, 2026 |
| Norma Petkus | Central State University | npetkus@centralstate.edu | Charter | |
| Yuezeng Shen | Cleveland State University | y.s.yang@csuohio.edu | Charter | |
| Pamela Tarajcak | Eastern Gateway Community College | ptarajcak@egcc.edu | Two year | Dec 31, 2024 |
| Sevim McCutcheon | Kent State University | lmccutch@kent.edu | Charter | |
| Masha Stepanova | Miami University | stepanm@miamioh.edu | Charter | |
| 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 | |
| Morag Boyd | Ohio State University | boyd.402@osu.edu | Charter | |
| Mary Hamburger | Ohio State University - Law | hamburger.11@osu.edu | Law | |
| Damon DeBorde | Ohio University | deborded@ohio.edu | Charter | |
| Amanda Raab | Ohio Wesleyan University | asraab@owu.edu | Independent | Dec 31, 2025 |
| Emily Flynn | OhioLINK | emily@ohiolink.edu | OhioLINK Liaison | |
| Elisha Wells | 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 | purteesa@ucmail.uc.edu | Medical | |
| Jill Crane | University of Dayton | jcrane1@udayton.edu | Charter | |
| Frank Bove | University of Mount Union | bovefr@mountunion.edu | Independent | Dec 31, 2024 |
| Ali Coleman | University of Toledo | alexandra.coleman@utoledo.edu | Charter | |
| Greg Jones | Wright State University | greg.jones@wright.edu | Charter | |
| Kevin Whitfield | Youngstown State University | kjwhitfield@ysu.edu | Charter | |
