Jack Maness
University Librarian
Jack believes libraries play critical roles in open societies and higher education, including as a fundamental piece in larger socio-technical infrastructures supporting learning and research. He has published and presented widely on information literacy and ethics, open access, user expectations and behaviors, collections as data, and libraries as physical spaces. He currently sits on the Publications Coordination Committee for the American Library Association’s Core Division and the National Information Standards Organization’s Information Policy & Analysis Committee, and he frequently reviews for several journals, including College & Research Libraries. He has won awards from the Johns Hopkins University Press, the International Earth Data Alliance, the American Library Association, and the Colorado Endowment for the Humanities.
Prior to joining Mines he served as Associate Dean for Scholarly Communication & Collections Services at the University of Denver Libraries (2017-2024), where he was promoted to Professor and also taught in the Morgridge College of Education, and he held several positions at the University of Colorado Boulder (2005-2017), where he was awarded tenure in 2014. He proudly began his career at a shelver at the Denver Public Library.
Contact
Library Room #307
303-273-3696
jack.maness@mines.edu
ORCID: 0000-0003-4298-7766
Contact for: Administration
Education
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Master of Library Science
Emporia State University, 2004 -
Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude
University of Colorado at Denver, 2000
Selected Publications
- Eastwood, Megan M., Jennifer Bowers, Jenelys Cox, and Jack Maness
(2023). “One size does not fit all: Self-archiving personas based on
federally funded researchers at a mid-sized private institution.”
Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication 11, 1. - Maness, Jack and Kim Pham (2021). “Just because we can doesn’t mean
we should: On knowing and protecting data produced by the
Jewish Consumptives’ Relief Society.” Humanist Studies in the
Digital Age, 6, 1. - Maness, Jack, Kim Pham, Fernando Reyes and Jeff Rynart (2020). “A
vertical cooperation model to manage digital collections and
institutional resources.” Publications, 8, 23. - Maness, Jack, Ruth Duerr, Michael Dulock, Walker Sampson, Athea
Merredyth, Gloria Hicks, Florence Fetterer, and Allaina Wallace
(2017). “Revealing our melting past: Rescuing historical snow and
ice data.” GeoResJ, 14: 92-97.
Professional Activities
- National Information Standards Organization (NISO), Information Policy
& Analysis Topic Committee, 2019-present (co-chair, 2020-2023). - American Library Association (ALA) Core Publications Coordination Committee (2024-2026).
- Editorial Board, Library Leadership & Management, 2023-2024.
- Western Regional Storage Trust (WEST), Operations and Collections
Council, 2018-2024.