Awards

Bicentennial Medal - 2020

About Jon Dunn

Jon Dunn, Assistant Dean for Library Technologies, oversees information technology development and operations for the IU Libraries, including technical support, systems administration, software development, and digital collections services.

Dunn has worked with the IU Libraries for more than 25 years, beginning in the Music Library as technical director for IU's groundbreaking Variations digital music library project, moving to the Digital Library Program at the time of its formation in 1997, and eventually joining the Library Technologies division.

He has served as principal investigator and project manager on numerous grants and has written and presented on a wide range of digital library and library technology issues including music digital libraries, audiovisual preservation, repository systems, and integration of library services with learning management systems. He is currently a member of the Open Repositories steering committee and Fedora Leadership Group, and he chairs the Steering Group for Samvera, an open source community creating digital asset management and repository solutions for libraries, archives, museums, and others. He has previously served on the steering committee for the International Conference on Music Information Retrieval.

Dunn received the IU Bicentennial Medal in July 2020 in recognition of his distinguished service to Indiana University and the IU Bicentennial.