Kenning Arlitsch is the Head of Information Technology at the Marrriott Library, University of Utah, and is the founder of the Utah Digital Newspapers program and the Mountain West Digital Library. Born and raised in New York, he earned a BA in English from Alfred University and a MLIS from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. In 1997 he was one of 12 American librarians awarded international library fellowships from the American Library Association and the U.S. Information Agency. He worked in Cyprus for six months, teaching and helping to establish a consortium of libraries. Kenning is also one of the leaders of the Western Waters Digital Library.