Jonathan Durr

Biography

Jonathan Durr has been South Asian Languages Cataloging Specialist for the University of Wisconsin-Madison General Library System since 2014.  Jonathan has a BA and MA in Geography from Kent State University and an MA in Languages and Cultures of Asia from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. As a graduate student in Madison, he worked with South Asian materials as both student cataloger and in the retrospective conversion for older South Asian materials.  Jonathan also catalogs South Asian materials for other universities as part of the Big Ten Academic Alliance Cooperative Cataloging Partnership.  He is on the Executive Board of CONSALD (Committee on South Asian Libraries and Documentation) as South Asia Council liaison.  Jonathan is also co-coordinator of the South Asia Funnel, a group of librarians and catalogers affiliated with the Library of Congress SACO [Subject Authority Cooperative Program] that collaboratively propose new or suggest revisions for existing Library of Congress Subject Headings related to South Asian topics.