Ken Varnum is Senior Program Manager and Discovery Strategist at the University of Michigan Library. In this role, Ken is responsible for Library Search, the library’s discovery interface, the link resolver and other delivery interfaces, and undertake project management for other library technology efforts including the institutional repositories. He is editor of the peer-reviewed open-access journal “Information Technology and Libraries,” published ALA’s Core division. A participant in the NISO Open Discovery Initiative’s original working group since 2014, he became co-chair of that group in 2023. With nearly three decades experience with public-facing technology in academic, corporate, and special libraries, he has gained a deep appreciation and understanding of the need to tailor systems and interfaces to the local user base.