Michael Seadle

Michael S. Seadle (born 1950) is an information scientist and historian.
He was professor for digital libraries at the Berlin School of Library and Information Science at Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin.

He received a BA in 1972 from Earlham College, and then a MA in 1973 and a Ph.D in history in 1977, from the University of Chicago. His thesis was on: Quakerism in Germany: the pacifist response to Hitler. He went on to become a supervisor at the library of the University of Chicago and later an assembly language programmer, data base manager and systems analyst for various corporations. From 1986 to 1987, he was a lecturer at Northwestern University.

From 1987 to 1989, Seadle was assistant director of the Computer Center for Academic Computing and User Support Services at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and subsequently became assistant director of Library Technologies at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Between 1992 and 1996, he was president of Seadle Consulting in East Lansing. In 1997 he obtained a Master of Science in Information from the University of Michigan and received the Margaret Mann Award. From 1998 to 2006 he established the Digital and Multimedia Center Michigan State University library and became assistant director of the library.

In 2006 Seadle became a professor at the Berlin School of Library and Information Science at Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin. He is currently Director of the Schooland since 2010 dean of the Faculty of Arts I. In 2012 the Caucus of the iSchool group chose him as chair-elect with a term beginning in March, 2014, at the iConference in Berlin.

• in collaboration with Peter Schirmbacher and Elisabeth Niggemann: "LOCKSS und KOPAL Infrastruktur und Interoperabilität" (LuKII), Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, 2009
• in collaboration with Rainer Kuhlen: information infrastructure on (German) copyright in education and science (outlink:www.iuwis.de|IUWIS), Deutsche Forschungsgesellschaft, 2009-2011
• Workshop on Preservation Networks and Technologies, Deutsche Forschungsgesellschaft, 2007
• in collaboration with Ruth Ann Jones: "Making of Modern Michigan," Institute of Museum and Library Services Award, 2002-2005
• in collaboration with Richard Triemer: “The Euglenoid Project Ii: Restructuring Phylogeny And Taxonomy.” National Science Foundation award, 2003-2008
• in collaboration with Peter Berg: "Feeding America: The Historic American Cookbook Project," Institute of Museum and Library Services award, 2001-2004
• in collaboration with Peter Berg: "Shaping the Values of Youth: A Nineteenth Century American Sunday School Book Collection," Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library award, 1999-2001
• "Digital Orchid Library," American Orchid Society award, 2001-2002
• in collaboration with Mark Kornbluh, John Deller, and Joyce Grant: "National Gallery of the Spoken Word," Digital Library Initiative (Phase 2) award, 1999-2004
• in collaboration with David Wiley, Fredric Bohm, Mark Kornbluh, Joseph Lauer: “Accessing African Scholarly Journals: Sustainable Electronic Publishing and Indexing of African Journals through International Cooperation,” Title VI International Education Program award, 1999-2004
• in collaboration with Mark Kornbluh, David Robinson, David Wiley: "Building a Multi-Lingual Digital Library for West African Sources," International Digital Library Initiative Award, 2000-2003

• Editor, Library Hi Tech, UK, 1997-
• Editor-in-chief, World Digital Libraries: An International Journal, India, 2012-
• Editorial Board, Reference Services Review, UK, 1998-
• Editorial Board, Bibliothek: Forschung und Praxis, Germany, 2008-
• Member, LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keeps Stuff Safe) Alliance Technical Policy Committee; chair, 2005-6
• Editorial board member, Journal for the Study of Radicalism, USA, 2007-2010
• Secretary, German-North American Resources Partnership, 2003-2008
• Chair, Germanists Discussion Group, Association of College and Research Libraries, 2005-2006.
• Member, Emerald / MCB University Press Research Fund Board, 2001-2004.
• Chair, Digitization Committee, Action Team for Library Advancement Statewide, 2001-2002
• Chair, Electronic Text Centers Discussion Group, American Library Association, 1998-2003
• Coordinator, Digital Libraries Group, German Resources Project, Association of Research Libraries, 1998-2003