He regularly presents copyright workshops for university faculty, administrators, and students around the state and country. He has written several articles about copyright and higher education that appeared in the journal College and Undergraduate Libraries and serves on the UAB Copyright Working Group and the UAB Libraries Scholarly Communications Working Group. Jeff also educates K-12 teachers, administrators, and media specialists about copyright issues by presenting statewide copyright workshops for the Alabama State Department of Education and by leading professional development workshops for local school districts. He is Assistant to the Dean for Scholarly Communication and Copyright Compliance and Acting Chair of the Sterne Library Reference Department. He holds a JD and MLIS from The University of Alabama and a BA from Virginia Tech.