Emily Morton-Owens: Director of Digital Library Development	Print Issue
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Emily G. Morton-Owens became the director of digital library development and systems for the University of Pennsylvania Libraries in July.

Prior to coming to Penn, Ms. Morton-Owens was responsible for library applications and systems for the Seattle Public Library. She also worked at the NYU Health Sciences Library, where she was assistant curator and managed the library’s website and other systems. She teaches Digital Library Technology at the College of Computing & Informatics of Drexel University.

Ms. Morton-Owens holds a master’s degree in computer science from the Courant Institute of New York University, a master’s degree in library and information science from Drexel University and a bachelor’s degree in German studies from Yale University.

Ms. Morton-Owens presently sits on the editorial board of Information Technology and Libraries and is co-chair of the Library Information Technology Association (LITA) Patron Privacy Technologies Interest Group. She has previously served on the Books Panel of the Medical Library Association (chair), the LITA Research & Assessment Committee and the LITA Top Tech Trends Committee (chair).