David Seaman joined Dartmouth College Library as Associate Librarian for Information Management in December 2006.  His areas of responsibility include Cataloging and Metadata Services, the Digital Library Technologies Group, Preservation Services, and the Dartmouth College Records Management program.

    Prior to moving with his family to New Hampshire, he was the Executive Director of the Digital Library Federation (DLF) from 2002-2006, a consortium of major academic libraries who identify standards and best practices for digital collections and network access; who coordinate leading-edge research and development in libraries' use of electronic-information technology; and who incubate projects and services that libraries need but cannot develop individually.

    David came to the DLF in July 2002 from the Electronic Text Center at the University of Virginia Library, where he was the Center’s founding Director (1992-2002). In this role, he oversaw the creation and development of online texts, images, and e-books. He has lectured and published extensively in the fields of humanities computing and digital libraries, and since 1993 has taught e-text and internet courses at the annual Rare Book School at the University of Virginia.

Recent publication:

“The Virtual Library.” With Sayeed Choudury.  In A Companion to Digital Literary Studies (Oxford: Blackwells, 2008). Edited by: Ray Siemens and Susan Schreibman. Part of the Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture series.

Recent presentations:

“Humanities Computing 2.0: Partnerships & Potentials.” The Ronald E. Rucker Annual Lecture. Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT, 17 April 2008.