“The opportunity to collaborate with colleagues on library technology initiatives is exciting!” – Doug Goans

Doug Goans fills the newly created role of Assistant Director for Library Technology and will oversee the Core Systems and Software Engineering teams. Doug joins Emory from Georgia Tech where he served for six years as the head of library information technology and development. He also worked for 11 years at Georgia State University, starting as the web development librarian and ending his career there as the department head for digital library services.

Hailing from Springfield, Missouri, Doug received his bachelor’s degree in communication from Missouri State University and his master of library science degree from the University of Missouri in Columbia. He has family in Georgia and relocated here soon after library school.

Doug is a do-it-yourselfer who enjoys upgrading his house and has been focusing on weekend wood-working projects in recent years.

“I’m happy to be at Emory and look forward to meeting and working with people in LITS,” says Doug. “The opportunity to collaborate with colleagues on library technology initiatives is exciting!”

You can reach him at dgoans [at] emory [dot] edu.