Steven D. Zink, Ph.D.
VP IT &Dean, University Libraries
University of Nevada, Reno

Steven D. Zink is tenured with rank of professor and serves as Vice President for Information Technology at the University of Nevada, Reno. Zink oversees all information technology operations at the University of Nevada, including academic and administrative computing, instructional technology and media, classroom services, and networking and telecommunications infrastructures (voice and data) as well as the University of Nevada Medical School and clinical practices throughout the state. The University's National Public Radio (NPR) station reports to him. In addition, he serves as Dean of University Libraries. Zink reports to the President as well as serves on the University President's Council. Zink joined the University of Nevada in late 1980, having moved from the College of Wooster ( Ohio).

Zink holds an undergraduate degree and an M.A. in history, an M.L.S., and a Ph.D. in information systems. He is the author, editor, or compiler of several books. In addition, he has authored over 120 other publications ranging from "The 1928 Presidential Campaign in Louisiana" and "Toward More Critical Reviewing and Analysis of CD-ROM User Software Interfaces" to "Information Technology Adoption in Jordanian Public-Sector Organizations.” From his involvement in academic libraries, Zink was named in a 1990 study as one the nation's 14 most "productive" academic librarians in writing for publication in refereed journals. He has also served as Principal Investigator for grants from the National Science Foundation related to Internet2 development.

Zink is the recipient of numerous awards and honors. In 1997, the Graduate School of Information Sciences at Louisiana State University named Zink as an outstanding alumnus. As a student at the University of Wisconsin and later at Louisiana State University, Zink published his first two peer-reviewed journal articles. Both received nationally recognized awards. Zink is listed in numerous directories such as Who’s Who in the West, Who’s Who in Education, and Who’s Who in Information Technology. He is a member of the following honor societies: Upsilon Pi Epsilon (computer science), Phi Alpha Theta (history), and Beta Phi Mu (library/information science).

From 1983 until July 2003, Zink served as the Editor-in-Chief of the leading, international, scholarly journal (bi-monthly) in the field of government information policy, the Journal of Government Information (Elsevier-Science). He is a long-time editorial board member of other scholarly journals and professional publications.

Zink has served as an advisor/consultant to numerous publishers, information services and technology firms, government agencies (including departments in Canada as well as the U.S. Congress), universities, and libraries. Reflecting his interdisciplinary interests and expertise, Zink has served as a grant reviewer for both the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Science Foundation. In 2009, the U.S. Senate appointed Zink to serve as a member of its Advisory Committee on the Records of the U.S. Congress.

Zink is a frequent lecturer/seminar instructor in the areas of knowledge management, information retrieval, and national information policy.

Over the past decade, Zink has held various offices in several associations. He presently holds memberships in organizations ranging from the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST) to the Society for History in the Federal Government.

Zink was born in southern Indiana. He and his wife, Lois, reside in Mogul, five miles west of Reno. Their youngest son, Ryan, is a senior computer engineering major at the University of Southern California. His oldest son, Joel, also a USC graduate, works in new media technologies in Los Angeles.