Jason Griffey is an Assistant Professor and the Head of Library Information Technology at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He graduated with his MLS from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and prior to that did graduate work in philosophy at both Ohio University and the University of Maryland at College Park. His research interests include technology use in higher education, social networks and technology, intellectual property, and other digital issues. 

Jason can be found on the web athttp://www.jasongriffey.net. His blog, Pattern Recognition, where he writes about himself, libraries, technology, and anything that catches his interest can be found at: http://www.jasongriffey.net/wp. You can find Jason online nearly everywhere, but especially Flickr, del.icio.us, Twitter, blip.tv, ClaimID, LibraryThing, LinkedIn, Slideshare, and other social networks, all under the username: griffey.

Jason was named one of Library Journal’s Movers & Shakers for 2009. He spends his free time with his daughter Eliza, reading, playing games, and preparing for the inevitable zombie uprising.