At the Penn Libraries, before coming to SCETI, Mick was Project Manager for two major digitization projects: the Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica, and the Jesselson-Kaplan American Genizah Project (both projects at the Library of the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies). He previously worked at Brookdale Community College. Mick has an MLIS from Rutgers, and a BA in English from Eastern University.

Michael Overgard