Shane Nackerud has worked at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities since 1998, first as the Libraries webmaster, then as the Director of Web Development, and currently as Director of Affordable Learning and Open Education. In his current position Shane is working on finding new ways of integrating open access and library content into courses and curricula, as well as investigating new publishing and content creation models. Shane's research interests include library use assessment, libraries and e-learning, resource integration, library publishing, and web design. Shane received a B.A in history from Augustana University in 1995 and his MLS from Indiana University in 1996.