OhioLINK Staff

Anna manages OhioLINK's affordable learning initiatives to lower the cost of college for Ohio higher education students by assisting our member libraries and campuses in identifying strategies for Open and Affordable Learning textbook and course material adoption, and helping locate statewide shareable library materials as well as open educational resources that are no cost or lower cost to students.

Karen is the coordinator of the Ohio eTutoring collaborative.  Her responsibilities include tutor identification, training and scheduling for 30+ two- and four-year, public and private institutions in Ohio.

Tasha Bryant-Willis is OhioLINK’s member support coordinator. In this role, she serves as the first point of contact for membership, assists in developing processes to coordinate member relations and facilitates cooperation among OhioLINK’s 120 member libraries and six active committees, executing communication, and providing technical support for OhioLINK core services.

Judy Cobb is the Manager of Digital Platforms at OhioLINK. She is responsible for the development of all OhioLINK service platforms, including the Electronic Journal Center and Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Center. She works closely with OhioLINK and OH-TECH staff on the policy, procedures, workflows, and infrastructure necessary for maintaining and improving these platforms. 

Nichole Collier is OhioLINK's systems librarian.  In this role, Collier works closely with OhioLINK’s coordinator of catalogs, with personnel from OH-TECH, and with OhioLINK member institutions to assist in planning, implementing, and managing central library catalog functions. She provides support for OhioLINK’s library catalogs and the integration of local systems; the print lending system; and the OhioLINK link resolver and associated services.

Sean Duffy is the data analyst at OhioLINK. In this position, he collects, analyzes and reports data related to the consortium's extensive portfolio of electronic resources and the OhioLINK eTutoring platform. He works extensively with the collections analyst and deputy director on behalf of membership.

Gwen Evans is the executive director of OhioLINK, Ohio’s academic library consortium. Serving 120 member libraries, OhioLINK provides unparalleled academic content to Ohio students, faculty and citizens.

Emily Flynn is the Metadata and ETD Coordinator at OhioLINK. She catalogs consortial eResources, troubleshoots eBook metadata and access issues, manages the Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) Center for 30 member institutions, and works closely with the OH-TECH developers and the OhioLINK ETD community.

Erin Kilkenny is the cataloging assistant, working closely with the Metadata and ETD Coordinator, in copy cataloging resources that OhioLINK purchases. Kilkenny also assists in maintaining OhioLINK’s catalog and ensuring OhioLINK users have access to all purchased materials via each resource having a record in the system.

April Levy is OhioLINK's resource acquisition and contracts assistant. 

Amy Pawlowski is the Deputy Director and eResource Licensing Coordinator for OhioLINK. The majority of Amy’s time is spent negotiating and working on electronic resource contracts for OhioLINK resources. This involves working with OhioLINK staff and CIRM (our OhioLINK collection development committee) to appropriately analyze and assess current and potential resources.

Theda Schwing is the Catalog Coordinator for OhioLINK. This role primarily maintains the three library catalogs that OhioLINK operates, including the Central Catalog. She helps to troubleshoot issues with the Central Catalog, PCIRC, link resolvers, and databases.

Jennie Thomas is the Electronic Serials Librarian of OhioLINK. She checks in and claims electronic serial content delivered to the OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center.

Ashton Vagnone is OhioLINK's technology implementation specialist. He provides assistance to member libraries through user authentication and content management systems updates, website design improvements and by providing technical support on OhioLINK resources.   

Joanna Voss is OhioLINK’s collections analyst. In this role, she works with the Deputy Director to develop processes for activating and managing consortially-purchased electronic resources, including databases, journals, and eBooks.

Stefanie Wolf is the administrative coordinator of OhioLINK. In this position she coordinates the calendar for the Executive Director, works on eLicensing with the Deputy Director, and works closely with the OH-TECH business office to make sure all our institutions get invoiced for resources and the OhioLINK vendors get paid.

Shadi Shakeri is OhioLINK's member and user services research and metadata curator. She has an undergraduate degree in plant biology, a master's degree in library and information science and a doctoral degree in interdisciplinary information science. Shadi grew up in Tehran, Iran and is skilled at data analytics, enjoying uncovering hidden data nad telling the story behind it.