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
Computer-lab Consultant: University Computing Services, Indiana University, 1993
Selected technical skills
SGML/XML: Design and document DTDs. Read and edit XML Schema. Mark up and convert documents. Write XSLT transformations. Some RelaxNG, SAX. Familiar XML and other metadata vocabularies include: Dublin Core, EAD, METS, MODS, OEBPS, TEI, XHTML, RSS.
Web design and information architecture: Design accessible, usable, standards-compliant websites that look good in modern browsers. Familiar with XHTML, CSS1, CSS2, SSI, CGI, Movable Type, WordPress, wiki software.
Database design and management: Design (using ERD methods) and build small databases, primarily in Access. Functional in SQL. Manage PostgreSQL.
Programming: Python and XSLT, some Visual Basic, some Java.
Systems administration: Functional with Unix command-line, Postgres, Apache configuration.
Automated text conversion: Convert from Quark XPress, Penta, Microsoft Word, and miscellaneous text-based typesetting formats to markup.
Typesetting: Penta, some Quark.
Ebooks: Design and code ebooks in Open eBook, Microsoft Reader, MobiPocket, Franklin, SoftBook, and Rocket eBook formats.
Data curation: Conversant with standards and procedures for curation of research data.
“Electronic books and the OEBF Publication Structure.” With Allen Renear. In The Columbia Guide to Digital Publishing. Columbia University Press (2002) pp. 455–520.
“Classification, Cataloguing, and Categorization Systems: Past, Present, and Future” Extreme Markup 2004, Montreal Canada
“Accessibility in Database Search Pages” presented for “Web Tools for Librarians” Continuing Education Seminar, University of Wisconsin at Madison, 13 May 2004
“Page and Screen: The Collision of Print and Electronic Publishing”
Computers in the Humanities Users Group (Brown University, 15 March 2001; invited)
Microsoft’s Research Center (9 May 2001; invited)
Association of Computing and Information Systems, University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign (25 October 2001; invited)
Editor, Open eBook Publication Structure version 1.0.1
Scribe, Open eBook Forum Publication Structure Working Group, 2000–2002
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
Résumé
Experience
Selected technical skills
Selected bibliography
Books and book chapters
Articles and book reviews
Conference presentations, papers, posters, workshops, and tutorials
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Professional affiliations, service, and awards
Standards work
Education
Additional training
References available upon request.