Jane Otto
Rutgers University
Scholarly Open Access Repository Librarian
Piscataway, NJ
Jane Otto is Scholarly Open Access Repository Librarian at Rutgers University, where she contributes to the ongoing development of data models and metadata strategies for the University’s Fedora-based institutional repository. She represents Libraries faculty on the University Senate, and chairs the Senate’s Research, and Graduate and Professional Education Committee (RGPEC). With Laura Mullen, she led the RGPEC initiative that resulted in a system-wide Rutgers University open access policy that applies to faculty, doctoral students, and postdocs; currently she co-chairs the Rutgers Open Access Policy Implementation team. Her publications cover a range of topics including open access, technical metadata, repository preservation practices, and faculty use of moving images. She has given numerous presentations on open access, digital library portals, and moving image metadata standards.