Ronald C. Jantz

Ronald C. Jantz has a BA and an MA in mathematics from the University of Kansas and the University of Michigan, respectively. He worked for many years as a software developer and manager in one of the world's best-known research and development (R&D) organizations—Bell Laboratories. In 1996, he returned to academia and earned a master's degree in library science and a PhD from the School of Communication and Information at Rutgers University. This book, based on his dissertation, brings together his organizational research, the practical experience from managing in an R&D organization, and library experience in which he continues to serve as the Digital Library Architect at Rutgers University Libraries.