Philip Ponella is the Director of the William and Gayle Cook Music Library and Director of Music Information Technology Services, the IT organization supporting the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Bloomington, Indiana. There he oversees all aspects of library operations and IT support. Additionally he serves as a co-leader of the Variations3 project team, coordinates the Specialization in Music Librarianship offered through the School of Library and Information Science, and has taught the graduate Music Bibliography course and the Seminar in Music Librarianship.

Previously he was Director of Academic Technology Services at the University of Rochester, and Director of Technology and Music Production at the Eastman School of Music where, in addition to leading technology, he taught the graduate Music Bibliography course and several technology related courses in the Institute for Music Leadership.

He holds Masters degrees in both Music and Library and Information Science and has presented at regional, national and international conferences. He has served on several professional committees, active in the Music Library Association and Educause, and was on the editorial staff of the Journal for Seventeenth Century Music. He has been the recipient of awards from the Surdna Foundation, H.W. Wilson Company and the Music Library Association.