MyLibrary

There are two primary authors of the MyLibrary software, however the code is open source software and anyone can contribute. As more authors develop significant sections of the code base, this page will change.

Eric Lease Morgan is the Head of the Digital Access and Information Architecture Department at the University Libraries of Notre Dame. He considers himself to be a librarian first and a computer user second. His professional goal is to discover new ways to use computers to provide better library service. Some of his more well-known investigations and implementations include MyLibrary, the Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts, and the Mr. Serials Process. An advocate for open source software and open access publishing, Eric has been freely distributing his software and publications for years before the terms “open source” and “open access” were coined. In his copious spare time, Eric can be seen folding defective floppy disks into intricate origami flora and fauna. Eric also hosts his own Internet domain, infomotions.com.

Robert Fox is a Sr. Systems Administrator for the University Libraries of Notre Dame and works for Eric Morgan in the Digital Access and Information Architecture Department. Rob has been working in library systems administration and programming positions since 1998. In his current position, he has worked on a range of digital library projects which include campus portal syndication of library content, a virtual new acquisitions service, page turner software, and the Perl modules for MyLibrary 3.0, and is a columnist for the journal ‘OCLC Systems and Services’ published by Emerald. Rob is also an Oracle OCP and one of his favorite topics is database programming and design.