Kenning Arlitsch has held positions in library instruction, digital library development, IT services, and administration. His funded research has focused on search engine optimization, as well as measuring impact and use of digital repositories. He is the principal investigator for the Repository Analytics & Metrics Portal (RAMP), a web service that has aggregated a large and unique dataset of IR performance and use. Arlitsch holds a MLIS from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a Ph.D. in library and information science from Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany. His dissertation on Semantic Web Identity examined how well research libraries and other academic organizations are understood by search engines.