Edward M. Corrado

Edward M. Corrado is Head of Library Technology at Binghamton University located in Binghamton, NY (USA). At Binghamton, he provides leadership for information technologies and digital initiatives and overall direction, administration and management of computer resources, systems, and networking in the Libraries. Corrado also supervises the Systems Department; oversee the Libraries’ technology infrastructure, web services, and other information access and production technologies; responsible for the Libraries' ILS (Ex Libris ALEPH); work with the Library faculty and staff to research and develop new and innovative technologies and services; recommend policies; plan upgrades; maintain current awareness of digital library technologies; work with University Information Technology Services; and represent the Libraries’ information technology interests within the University and in SUNY-wide initiatives.

Prior to arriving at Binghamton, Edward was Systems Librarian at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) located in Ewing, NJ, USA. Corrado has been working with library technology for ten years and administering UNIX servers and other computers for over fifteen. Most of his day is spent working with TCNJ's integrated library management system (Voyager from ExLibris). Corrado is active in the Ex Libris (and, formally Endeavor) community; the membership elected him to the international Endeavor Users Group Board in 2006. Now he is an interim member of the Ex Libris Users of North America (ELUNA) steering committee. Corrado is also involved with other technology related-issues and planning in the library. As co-chair of the Library's Web committee, he has responsibility in designing and maintaining the Library's Web presence. By collaborating with the college's Information Technology department, Corrado has been able to implement new technology-related services in the library. He has also gotten library content into the campus's course management system and onto academic department web sites. He is on the project team of the Shared Open Source Library System Planning Grant funded by Institute of Museum and Library Services' National Leadership Grants for Libraries program. Corrado has reference responsibilities and was elected by his colleagues to serve on TCNJ's Library Faculty Steering Committee. Prior to coming to TCNJ in 2005, he was employed as the Library Systems Manager/UNIX Administrator at Rider University Libraries (1998-2005).

Corrado is a long-time advocate for the use of Open Source Software in libraries and has presented at local, state, national, and international conference on the topic. Recent presentations relating to Open Source Software include An open source, open access journal database appliance: a proposal at Managing Technologies and Library Automated Systems in Developing Countries: Open Source VS Commercial Options, an IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) satellite meeting at Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal; the Rudi Weiss Memorial Lecture at New York Library Association Annual Conference; and at the New York Technical Services Librarians (NYTSL) Fall Dinner Program. He is an active participant in the Code4Lib community and is a member of the Code4Lib Journal editorial committee.

Corrado has also presented on the topic of Library 2.0 at numerous local, state, and national conferences, including the Association of College & Research Libraries. (ACRL) National Conference, the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) annual conference, the Endeavor Users Group Annual Meeting, and the Library & Information Technology Association's (LITA) National Forum.

Journal and professional publications by Corrado include "The Importance of Open Access, Open Source, and Open Standards for Libraries" in Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship and a co-authored article "Integrating RSS Feeds of New Books into the Campus Course Management System" in Computers in Lib