As Head of Cataloging, Jennifer Liss leads the department responsible for making IU Libraries' rich collections discoverable in the IUCAT online catalog. She coordinates the activities of six units engaged in cataloging, authority control, database management, bibliographic record loads, and physical processing. The Cataloging Department serves the Herman B Wells Library, the Auxiliary Library Facility, Bloomington campus branch libraries, and Bloomington Residential Programs and Services libraries, and supports regional campus libraries as needed. 

Jennifer's research interests include entity management, core competencies, implicit bias, and the intersection of all the above with cataloging work. Recent publications include the co-authored papers, "Core Competencies for Cataloging and Metadata Professional Librarians: Assessment of Community Use and Recommendations for the Future of the Document" appearing in Library Resources & Technical Services and "Exploring Models for Shared Identity Management at a Global Scale: The Work of the PCC Task Group on Identity Management in NACO" in Cataloging & Classification Quarterly. 

She is professionally active and has served in several leadership roles within the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) and the Library Information Technology Association (LITA). She currently serves as co-chair of the Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) Identity Management Advisory Committee. Locally, Jennifer has served the Bloomington Library Faculty through committee work and Council membership, including serving as president in 2018-2019. 

A "volunteer" Hoosier originally hailing from New Jersey, Jennifer began working for IU Libraries in 2006. Jennifer earned her Master of Library Science degree at Indiana University in 2006 and a B.A. in English from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, in 2003.