I arrived at George Mason University in July of 2005, a wet-behind-the-ears, just-graduated librarian stuck with the thankless task of running a new institutional repository.

Even before I met him, his presence and CHNM's on campus gave me…

I first met Roy in my History-711 course. I had heard the rumors--being that he was an amazing albeit "quirky" professor. I also knew a little bit about him from the very small office up in Robinson B that then housed CHNM (back in the 90s…