Mark Dehmlow will serve as associate university librarian for the Digital Strategies and Technology division, effective August 1. A member of the Hesburgh Libraries faculty, he currently serves as the director of Library Information Technology and interim associate university librarian.

Dehmlow has spent more than 25 years working in higher education technology across several functions. After joining Notre Dame and the Hesburgh Libraries in 2001, his path led to several management and leadership roles in the web, software, information technology and digital services arenas of the research library. His current research interests are trends in information technology, technology standards, technology management, mentorship and digital scholarship.

"Throughout the past year, Mark has helped successfully lead a transition from an environment that often prioritized projects that were beyond the scope of our strategic priorities to an environment that focuses on, listens to, and effectively implements the needs of our core campus and key external stakeholders," said K. Matthew Dames, the Edward H. Arnold Dean, Hesburgh Libraries and University of Notre Dame Press. "Having re-established a foundation of exceptional service to advance our strategic framework and having been a member of our original Strategic Planning Liaison Committee, I am confident that Mark is now poised to execute the technology aspects of our vision for the future of global scholarly engagement. To this end, we will also benefit from having access to Mark's extensive, international professional network in his new role as associate university librarian."

As chief of the Digital Strategies and Technology division, Dehmlow will serve as the Hesburgh Libraries' chief technology officer, managing a division that specializes in library applications, web and software engineering, support and solutions analysis, enterprise systems and digital scholarship. He will lead diverse and talented teams to develop and sustain effective technological and pedagogical solutions that advance teaching, learning and research.

In his role, Dehmlow will partner with both library and campus stakeholders to make key service and resource decisions and solve multi-faceted, enterprise-wide problems. Strategic threads throughout Dehmlow’s experience have been his commitment to a cohesive, intuitive user experience, robust cross-organizational collaboration, and technology advancement in alignment with library and institutional goals.

“I am honored to be selected to serve in this critical role,” said Dehmlow. “It is an exciting time to lead technology-enabled library services because the intersection between information technology and information management has never been more interdependent nor the velocity of change so rapid. A robust and sustainable library technology infrastructure coupled with university-wide collaboration will be essential to advancing our teaching, learning and research mission.”

Dehmlow’s 25 years of publishing and professional service have earned him a national and international network of research library and technology colleagues. He currently sits on the International Group of Ex Libris Users steering committee, is a member of the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) Information Discovery and Interchange Leadership Committee, and serves as the president of the Academic Libraries of Indiana. His University service work includes UCAT Subcommittee on Academic Software, Smart Storage Program, Campus Wireless Planning Committee, Campus IT Governance, and Academic IT Directors. Most recently, Dehmlow was a member of the Hesburgh Libraries Strategic Planning Liaison Team which developed the library’s new strategic framework.

Dehmlow holds bachelor of arts degrees in English and mathematics from the University of Maine and a master of science degree in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois.