Courtney is the Digital Data Repository Specialist for the Purdue University Research Repository (PURR). He manages the day-to-day activities of PURR and advocates for the necessary role of librarians in the research data life-cycle spanning data management planning, research project collaboration, dataset publication with Digital Object Identifiers (DOI), and long-term preservation.

Courtney is a native of Prince Edward Island who graduated with a B.A. (Honours) History from the University of King's College and with an MLIS from Dalhousie University.

In his free time he enjoys reading, running travel, and fantasy hockey.