Mek runs the Internet Archive's Open Library, a non-profit website that helps patrons across the globe access millions of digital library books for free. He previously co-founded two tech startups, one which was acquired by Hyperink, a YCombinator-backed digital publisher. As a Berkman Klein Center affiliate, Mek is integrating his experiences across computer science, entrepreneurship, and digital archives to answer how new technologies and policies may enable libraries to better serve a modern world where patrons turn to screens for answers.