In 2007, I redeveloped a course for the new curriculum at the University of Wisconsin at Madison’s School of Library and Information Studies. The rebaptized “Digital Trends, Tools, and Debates” serves two purposes within the revamped course structure: an introductory technology course for librarians who take few or no other courses in technology, and a gateway for specialized courses in database design, information architecture, and markup/metadata.
My chief goal for the course is increasing learners’ self-efficacy and adventurousness when confronted with novel technology. I endeavor also to convey that technology does not spring full-formed from the head of Jove, but is embedded in complex legal, professional, and social contexts that repay study and observation.
Please feel free to peruse a recent syllabus. You may reuse it in whole or in part without asking my permission; please do not pass it off as your own work.
Please contact me about teaching opportunities. I am happy to teach online, and will consider a wide range of technology-oriented courses. My particular specialties are XML, institutional repositories, and digital preservation.
Workshops and seminars
I thoroughly enjoy presenting half-day and whole-day workshops and seminars. As with teaching, my goal is to send participants home feeling competent and enthusiastic. Please contact me with opportunities!
Past workshops I have done include:
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- “Make DSpace Your Own” with Tim Donohue, Joint Conference on Digital Libraries 2006.
- “Classification, Cataloguing, and Categorization Systems: Past, Present, and Future,” Extreme Markup 2004.
Teaching and Training
In 2007, I redeveloped a course for the new curriculum at the University of Wisconsin at Madison’s School of Library and Information Studies. The rebaptized “Digital Trends, Tools, and Debates” serves two purposes within the revamped course structure: an introductory technology course for librarians who take few or no other courses in technology, and a gateway for specialized courses in database design, information architecture, and markup/metadata.
My chief goal for the course is increasing learners’ self-efficacy and adventurousness when confronted with novel technology. I endeavor also to convey that technology does not spring full-formed from the head of Jove, but is embedded in complex legal, professional, and social contexts that repay study and observation.
Please feel free to peruse a recent syllabus. You may reuse it in whole or in part without asking my permission; please do not pass it off as your own work.
Please contact me about teaching opportunities. I am happy to teach online, and will consider a wide range of technology-oriented courses. My particular specialties are XML, institutional repositories, and digital preservation.
Workshops and seminars
I thoroughly enjoy presenting half-day and whole-day workshops and seminars. As with teaching, my goal is to send participants home feeling competent and enthusiastic. Please contact me with opportunities!
Past workshops I have done include: