Biography
Julia McGinnis is Associate Professor and Institutional Repository and Special Projects Librarian at Pennsylvania Western University. She has extensive experience in library technical services, metadata, archives, special collections, and digital repositories. Her work has included managing integrated library system migrations, including Dynix to Voyager and Voyager to ALMA, and developing archival and digital repositories using ArchivesSpace and Islandora. McGinnis has overseen collection development, cataloging, acquisitions, authority control, database maintenance, digitization initiatives, and archival processing. She also serves as a consultant, providing expertise in library systems, cataloging, archives, special collections, collection management, and information services.