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Joseph Glass

@josephglass

I improve metadata, discovery, and electronic resource access for academic libraries and manage LSPs, including Alma and Sierra.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking to apply my library systems migration, metadata, discovery, and electronic-resource management experience in an academic, special, or public library environment.

I've led the migration of Saint Mary Seminary & Graduate School of Theology from Sierra to Ex Libris Alma/Primo VE, coordinating with Ex Libris, OhioLINK, and OhioLINK member libraries.

I configure borrowing, fulfillment, discovery, branding, and electronic-resource workflows, while cleaning MARC21 and patron data with Power Query, Excel, MarcEdit, Sierra load profiles, and Alma APIs.

Across more than two decades in academic libraries, I've managed Sierra administration, metadata for print and electronic collections, consortium lending, EZproxy access, reporting, research support, and student staff training.

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Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Systems Migration Librarian

Saint Mary Seminary & Graduate School of Theology

Apr 2024 - Mar 2026 (1 year 11 months)

Led the strategic migration of legacy ILS data to the Ex Libris Alma/Primo VE cloud platform, coordinating with the vendor and OhioLINK consortium. Configured system architecture, cleaned MARC21 records, and provided staff training.

MARCEdit MARC 21 Excel Oracle Analytics APIs XML SQL EBSCOhost Alma Ex Libris Group

Metadata / Circulation Librarian

Notre Dame College (Ohio)

Nov 2002 - May 2024 (21 years 6 months)

(Note : Institution permanently closed in May 2024; personnel records held by People Architects firm.) Managed backend administrative functions of the Sierra ILS, overseeing user authorizations, database maintenance, and public-facing access to resources. Harvested, analyzed, and delivered critical metrics of institutional data for annual IPEDS- and ACRL-compliant reporting.