Libraries Strategic Technologies

Libraries Strategic Technologies provides a broad range of IT solutions, services, and support to University Libraries faculty and staff, and supports the systems that enable Penn State and the user community to discover, access, and use the Libraries’ resources, both on-site and online. We also provide software and systems development to support digital data management and access related to research and scholarship for the University community.

Our Teams:

  • Discovery, Access, and Web Services: Provides user-centered web services, Libraries website management, web and application interface design, support for mobile devices, web accessibility expertise, web statistics and analytics support, and the Libraries discovery layer/search, the Catalog, and other discovery platform support.
  • Digital Scholarship Applications & Integration: Administrates and develops systems to support continuous integration, configuration management, and software deployment for local and third-party solutions. In addition, this group provides database services at the application and platform layer for a variety of database products.
  • Faculty Activity Management Services: Provides user support for cloud-hosted faculty reporting software (Activity Insight), as well as data entry, documentation, training, and serves as a liaison to vendors.
  • Repository Services: Develops open source repository services to support preservation, access, and discovery of digital library collections, scholarly communications and research data.
  • Systems and Applications: Manages system administration, software configuration, and application support and customization for library systems (e.g., Symphony, web content management system, etc.), provides programming and application development to meet administrative and operational needs (e.g., ABLE, employee directory, etc.), and data services (e.g., database design, data mining, etc.)
  • User Support and Operations: Provides helpdesk support, workstation management and lifecycle planning, SirsiDynix operations support, tablet and handheld device support, technology communications, technology training, IT account provisioning and management.

Department Contact Information

1 Paterno Library
University Park, PA 16802-1800

Dan Coughlin

Head Libraries Strategic Technologies

Libraries Strategic Technologies Staff

Name Title Email Office Phone
Daniel Bohn Applications Developer djb44@psu.edu 814-865-2378
Connor Bullers IT Support Specialist (Part-Time) cqb5992@psu.edu 814-865-2378
James Campbell Applications Developer jkc103@psu.edu 814-865-2378
Emily Chan IT Support Specialist (Part-Time) ebc5429@psu.edu 814-865-2378
Yu Ting Chang IT Support Specialist (Part-Time) yjc5363@psu.edu 814-865-2378
Dirk Copland IT Consultant duc20@psu.edu 814-865-2378
Dan Coughlin Head Libraries Strategic Technologies dmc186@psu.edu 814-865-2378
Laura DeAntonio Business Systems Analyst ljd149@psu.edu 814-865-2378
Todd Douty Systems Administrator tbd3@psu.edu 814-865-2378
Michelle Dzyak Information Technology Manager med15@psu.edu 814-863-0717
Nicole Gampe Business Systems Analyst nmg110@psu.edu 814-865-2378
Andrew Gearhart Applications Developer amg32@psu.edu 814-865-2378
Karen M Hackett Web Designer kmh@psu.edu 814-865-2378
Ayden Herold IT Support Specialist (Part-Time) ach5947@psu.edu 814-865-2378
Vinayak Jayaprakash IT Support Specialist (Part-Time) vzj5064@psu.edu 814-865-2378
Jordan Johnson IT Support Specialist (Part-Time) jrj5369@psu.edu 814-865-2378
Ryan Johnson IT Trainer rxj15@psu.edu 814-867-4095
Alexander Kiessling Full Stack Developer ajk5603@psu.edu 814-865-2378
Collin Krasnai IT Support Specialist (Part-Time) cmk6785@psu.edu 814-865-2378
Maryam Kutchemeshgi Applications Programmer mxk128@psu.edu 814-865-2378
Bryan Lopez Applications Developer bel5290@psu.edu 814-865-2378
Binky Lush IT Manager ful105@psu.edu 814-865-2378
Dominique Luster Judy Chicago Research Portal Coordinator and Metadata Strategist dbl5654@psu.edu 814-865-2378
Madhav Manoj IT Support Specialist (Part-Time) mpm6704@psu.edu 814-865-2378
Sarah Patterson Evanisko Project Coordinator (Part-Time) sjp6798@psu.edu 814-865-2378
Justin Patterson IT Manager jrp22@psu.edu 814-865-2378
Dan Peters IT Consultant dlp225@psu.edu 814-863-7098
Korah Schuppius Intern kis5639@psu.edu 814-865-2378
Karen Schwentner Frontend Developer kes100@psu.edu 814-865-2378
Chase Smith IT Support Specialist cus29@psu.edu 814-865-2378
Sarah Smulligan Applications Developer smm5878@psu.edu 814-865-2378
James Unger Curriculum Vita Data Specialist jmu100@psu.edu 814-865-2378
Andrew Wasden IT Support Specialist (Part-Time) abw5840@psu.edu 814-865-2378
Rachel Whitty IT Support Specialist (Part-Time) rcw5372@psu.edu 814-865-2378
Darren Zhu Intern dez5081@psu.edu 814-865-2378
Brandon Zimmerman IT Support Specialist bjz10@psu.edu 814-865-2378