Experience
Faculty Associate, University of Wisconsin, 2007–present
- Redesigned and taught LIS 644, “Digital tools, trends, and debates”
- Designed and taught topics course LIS 855, “Digital curation”
Instructor, University of Illinois, 2010
- Designed and taught LIS 590CDO, “Topics in Collection Development”
Digital Repository Librarian, Research Services Librarian, University of Wisconsin, 2007–2011
- Co-led multi-unit data-curation service, including NSF data-management plan consulting and training
- Advised individuals on copyright-related reuse and permissions questions
- Managed MINDS@UW institutional repository
- Doubled MINDS@UW item count annually three years running
- Promoted MINDS@UW to faculty, recruited content, and trained faculty and librarians in MINDS@UW use
- Performed batch imports and document format conversions
- Chaired local MINDS@UW technical committee, system-wide repository task force
- Served on campus/library research-computing, scholarly-communication, and electronic thesis and dissertation committees
- Redesigned MINDS@UW user interface for upgrade to DSpace 1.5.1
- Developed conversion processes, XML schemas, and code for shift from DSpace to Fedora
Digital Repository Services Librarian, George Mason University, 2005–2007
- Managed Mason Archival Repository Service (MARS), as well as local journal-hosting initiative
- Promoted MARS to faculty, recruited content, and trained faculty in MARS use
- Wrote MARS policy and usage guidelines
- Checked copyright status on submissions; handled MARS content licensing
- Redesigned MARS’s DSpace user interface for attractiveness and usability
- Performed batch imports and data format conversions
- Managed MARS server; performed testing and upgrades
Student worker, Digital Content Group, University of Wisconsin Libraries: Spring 2005
- Updated and improved TEI markup for digitized print books
Proprietor, Text Artisan Guild: 2003–2007
- Edited DRM specification for the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
- Performed technical review on books and specifications
- Converted data from Quark to XML and PHP arrays
- Consulted on workflow re-engineering projects
- Spoke for various academic and technical groups
- Architected, designed, and built internet and intranet sites
Project Assistant 2, IS Data Services Specialist: Puerto Rican Census Project, University of Wisconsin Survey Center, 2002–2004
- Maintained custom Visual Basic programming and SQL queries for Microsoft Access data-entry and data-verification databases
- Performed automated and manual checks on data integrity and compliance
- Entered data from microfilm in accordance with complex compliance rules
- Documented data format and data-management procedures
XML/OEB Developer: OverDrive Inc., 2001–2002
- Converted books from Quark XPress to OEBPS-compliant XML/CSS
- Trained staff on XML
- Evaluated and prototyped new workflows and conversion systems
- Represented company on Open eBook Publication Structure Working Group
Electronic Publishing Specialist, Typesetter, Training and Procedures Specialist: Impressions Book and Journal Services, 1999–2001
- Designed and documented SGML and XML Document Type Definitions for dictionaries, primary and secondary historical works, and scholarly/scientific books and journals
- Engineered front-end and back-end workflows for SGML/XML-based book production
- Converted data from various formats to SGML/XML and electronic books
- Typeset books and journals on Penta system
- Trained staff and wrote internal documentation on various technical topics
- Represented company to Open eBook Forum
Teaching Assistant, Spanish: University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1997–98
- Taught first- and second-year college Spanish
- Planned lessons, helped write exams, created in-class activities, met with individual students, graded student work
Administrative Assistant: Pharmaceutical Product Development, 1994
Computer-lab Consultant: University Computing Services, Indiana University, 1993
Education
- MLS, School of Library and Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
- MA, Spanish: University of Wisconsin-Madison.
- BA with Highest Distinction, Comparative Literature and Spanish: Indiana University-Bloomington.
- High school diploma: W.G. Enloe High School, Raleigh NC
- Selected honors and awards: Phi Beta Kappa, Jacob K. Javits Fellowship, National Merit Scholar, Valmai Fenster Award (for outstanding promise of exceptional scholarly contribution to the [library] profession), Outstanding Student Scholar Finalist, Beta Phi Mu, C. Berger Entrepreneurial Promise Award.
Additional training
- Summer Institute on Humanities Data Curation, University of Illinois, 2009
- Summer Institute on Data Curation, University of Illinois, 2008
- Copyright Law and Integrated Access to Digital Course Materials, Georgia Harper, University of Maryland University College, 2008
- Orphan Works, Gigi Sohn, University of Maryland University College, 2009
- Campus Copyright Policy, Steven McDonald, University of Maryland University College, 2009