JOHN MILLARD

I'm a library geek with wide ranging interests in the ways people interact with the digital world. Professionally, I'm Associate Dean of Libraries at Miami University.  I provide strategic leadership to three library departments focused on digital scholarship, research and collections, access services, learning and engagement and creative innovation.  

I graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a Master of Science in Library and Information Science. Prior to that, I completed a Master of Science in Recreation Park and Tourism emphasizing Outdoor Environmental Education and a Bachelor of Business in Information Resources Management, both from Western Illinois University.

I joined Miami University in Oxford OH as an electronic information services librarian in 1995 followed by assignments as Geographic Information Systems Librarian and digital initiatives librarian. Prior to joining the Libraries senior leadership team, I led a talented team of professionals to create the Libraries' Center for Digital Scholarship and served as its first department head.

My research interests and activities have primarily focused on developing digital library systems to serve distinct user communities, whether that is eighteenth century scholars or remote sensing scientists.   I'm a former NASA and USGS funded investigator working for the OhioView project, a congressionally sponsored project to further the use of U.S. civilian satellite data by the public.

 I've focused most of my career on emerging and disruptive technologies and how libraries can find innovative ways to leverage them to improve access to information and student success.  My current work revolves around generative AI in libraries as a tool for making Libraries more nimble in responding to rapid change.

I'm also a fan of Keanu Reeves movies and an avid cyclist.