NISO Plus Baltimore 2025

Athena Hoeppner is the Discovery Services Librarian at the University of Central Florida, in Orlando, Florida, and currently serving as Interim Associate Dean for Resources and Discovery. She has served UCF Libraries for over 29 years, with roles in public services, systems, and technical services. For the last two decades her work focused on the eResources lifecycle, collection building, assessment, discovery, access, and UX. Athena's recent projects explore information standards, metrics, and technologies to improve library and vendor operations and enhance access to content for individuals. Athena serves on the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) Information Policy Analytics Committee, and NISO Architecture Committee.