Athena Hoeppner is the Discovery Services Librarian at the University of Central Florida, in Orlando, Florida. Her career in academic libraries spans 25 years with roles in public services, systems, and technical services. In her current role, she jointly oversees the eResources lifecycle, including collection building, maintenance, and assessment, with emphasis on content discovery, access, and UX. Athena's recent projects explore information standards and technologies to improve library and vendor operations and enhance access to content for individuals. Athena serves on the COUNTER Technical Advisory Group, the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) Information Policy Analytics Committee, and NISO Architecture Committee.
Athena is co-chair of the NISO Information Policy and Analysis Task Force, and of the NISO Content Platform Migration Working Group.