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 117 member libraries and active policy teams, executing communication, and providing frontline 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.

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.

Joanna (Jo) Gilicinski is Service & Resource Data Coordinator at OhioLINK.  She collects, analyzes, and reports data related to the consortium’s extensive portfolio of electronic resources and works closely with the Collection & Insight Analyst. Jo has experience as a patent researcher, and has worked in libraries for the US Army, University of Southern California Medical Library, and the Walt Disney Television Animation Library.

Erin Kilkenny is the Cataloging & Metadata Librarian for OhioLINK. She works closely with the Metadata and ETD Coordinator cataloging and claiming e-resources that OhioLINK purchases. Kilkenny also evaluates metadata quality control and production processes to ensure content and metadata are accurate and complete.

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

Amy Pawlowski has nearly 20 years of experience in special, public, and academic libraries and library-related private industry, with particular expertise in technology, and the e-books/e-journals publishing ecosystem. Her primary responsibilities are managing OhioLINK operations, content negotiations, and contracts. In addition, Amy ensures that OhioLINK resources and projects meet member-organization expectations.

As Marketing and Outreach Manager, Ann Rogers helps OhioLINK communicate its value and impact with users, members, influencers, and decision-makers. She has held marketing roles with national and international creative services consultants. Prior to joining OhioLINK, Ann was a reference librarian at a local public library and also worked with a special library/archives. She earned her MLIS from Kent State University.

Theda Schwing is the manager of catalogs and technical implementation 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.

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 and telling the story behind it. 

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

Joanna Voss is OhioLINK’s collections and insight analyst. She works with the Deputy Director to develop processes for activating and managing consortially purchased electronic resources.

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.