Biography of Damon Jaggars (full version)
Damon E. Jaggars
Vice Provost and Dean of University Libraries
Damon E. Jaggars is Vice Provost and Dean of University Libraries at The Ohio State
University, where he provides vision, strategic direction, and leadership for one of the nation’s
leading academic research libraries. He assumed the post on February 1, 2016.
Jaggars previously served as interim vice provost and university librarian at Columbia
University, following several years as Associate University Librarian for Collections andServices. Beginning in 1996, Jaggars worked at the University of Texas Libraries in severalroles, including Associate Director for User Services, Associate Director for Student and BranchServices, and Head Librarian, Undergraduate Library. He began his career at the Iona CollegeLibraries, where he served as Coordinator of Information Technology/Access.
Jaggars’ leadership experience includes supporting the evolving academic enterprise in thelibraries at three major research universities. His administrative background includes extensive
experience in service planning and assessment, collection development and management,
facilities planning and design, budgetary management, human resources, and organizational
development. Jaggars also has broad experience building and managing distinctive and uniquecollections, as well as developing and managing information technology infrastructures within
research libraries.
Jaggars earned a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from the University of California at Davis. He
received his Master of Science degree in Library and Information Science from the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Jaggars served in the inaugural class of the Association of
Research Libraries’ Research Library Leadership Fellows and completed the Association ofCollege and Research Libraries/Harvard Leadership Institute.
Jaggars has served on numerous committees and task forces for the American Library
Association, the Association of College and Research Libraries, the Association of Research
Libraries (ARL), and the Taiga Forum, among others. He has served in advisory and consulting
roles for Gale/Cengage Learning, the Educational Testing Service, the University of Texas
Libraries, the University of Iowa Libraries, and Teachers College at Columbia University, amongothers. He currently serves on advisory boards for OhioLINK, the Big Ten Academic Alliance,and HathiTrust.
Jaggars’ work has been published broadly in peer-reviewed journals and conference
proceedings, and he is a frequent speaker at national and international forums. His editorialservice includes board membership for portal: Libraries & the Academy, co-editorship of aspecial issue of Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, and a stint as editor-in chiefof the Journal of Library Administration.

Biography of Damon Jaggars (short version)
Damon E. Jaggars
Vice Provost and Dean of University Libraries
Damon E. Jaggars assumed the post of Vice Provost and Dean of University Libraries at The
Ohio State University in 2016. He previously worked for libraries at Columbia University, theUniversity of Texas, and Iona College. His background includes service planning andassessment, collection development and management, facilities planning and design, andorganizational development, as well as building distinctive and unique collections anddeveloping information technology infrastructures within research libraries. His work has been
published broadly in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings, and his editorialservice includes board membership for portal: Libraries & the Academy, co - editorship of aspecial issue of Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, and a stint as editor-in chiefof the Journal of Library Administration. He currently serves on advisory boards for OhioLINK,
the Big Ten Academic Alliance, and HathiTrust.