Short biography
Kyle Rimkus is the Preservation Librarian and an Assistant Professor of Library Administration at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), where he is responsible for articulating and leading the implementation of a comprehensive library-wide strategy for preserving digital collections. Before joining the UIUC Library in 2012, he was Head of Digital Scholarship and Programs at the University of Miami Libraries and Project Coordinator for the Digital Library of the Caribbean at Florida International University. Kyle has an M.S. in Library and Information Science and an M.A. in French Studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a B.A. in Germanic Studies from the University of Illinois at Chicago.