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John Butler is Associate University Librarian for Information Technology at the University of Minnesota. Previously, he directed the libraries’ Digital Library Development Lab, which produces systems, architecture, integrations, and tools for the online research library. Prior to that, he directed the libraries’ Distance Learning Development Project, a four-year program funded by the Bush Foundation to implement a comprehensive array of library services to distance and distributed learners. Earlier in his career he served as Head of the University of Minnesota's Science and Engineering Library and also held positions at the McKinney Engineering Library at the University of Texas at Austin, where he earned his master's of library and information science. John is a frequent presenter at regional and national conferences and has authored several articles and chapters related to technology and information services.