PORTFOLIO
Digital Asset Management
CASE STUDY: DAM GURU PROGRAM
DAM Guru Program: Case study
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Date: February, 2015
Organization: Vision Information Transaction DAM system: Picturepark In collaboration with the Director of Global Marketing and the Program Manager, I helped design and configure a Picturepark database instance in support of the DAM Guru Program. My involvement included the design of the initial metadata schema and controlled vocabularies to enable the DAM Guru administrator to effectively find and match member profiles and expertise to relevant job opportunities. I also assisted in configuring the database instance and importing the vocabularies using asset classes. |
THE DAM DIRECTORY
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Founded: July, 2014
Content management system: LibGuides I am the founder and head curator for the largest and most comprehensive library of DAM resources on the web. The directory consists of quality, curated educational resources on topics related to digital asset management as practiced within the public, private, and non-profit sectors. |
ASSIGNMENT: DAM IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
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Date: Fall, 2014
Organization: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Position: Graduate student Program: Post-Master's Certificate in Digital Services, San José State University Course: Digital Asset Management This implementation plan outlines a theoretical DAM initiative for marketing and creative staff based on brief interviews with staff at the Academy. Table of Contents:
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VIRTUAL INTERNSHIP: DIGITAL ASSET CATALOGING
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Date: August, 2014 - January, 2015
Position: Digital Asset Management Intern Organization: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County DAM system: Extensis Portfolio Server My virtual internship with NHMLAC entailed cataloging over 1,450 born digital images within Extensis Portfolio, the DAM system used by the marketing/creative departments. I cataloged assets according to a departmental cataloging guide, and contributed terms to the controlled keyword index. |
ASSIGNMENT: DATA DICTIONARY
Alcohol History Collection Data Dictionary
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Date: Fall, 2013
Position: Graduate student Organization: Rutgers Center of Alcohol Studies Library Position: Graduate student Program: Post-Master's Certificate in Digital Services, San José State University Course: Seminar in Contemporary Issues: Metadata This data dictionary was created for use in describing and providing online access to the Alcohol History Collection (AHC), an archival collection currently being digitized by staff at the Rutgers Center of Alcohol Studies Library. Included in this paper is a brief description of the digitization project, with specific focus on metadata requirements and constraints imposed upon the metadata schema design. |
Digitization
INTERNSHIP: ACADEMY LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES DIGITAL COLLECTIONS
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Date: September, 2014 - January, 2015
Position: Digitization Volunteer Organization: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Technology:
During my time at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, I digitized rare library and archival manuscripts in order to provide scholars with increased access to the materials through the Academy Library and Archives Digital Collections. |
CASE STUDY: ALCVAULT DIGITAL ARCHIVE
SALIS conference poster
SALIS journal article
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Date: April, 2014
Position: Information Specialist Organization: Rutgers Center of Alcohol Studies Library Technology: MaxxVault enterprise document management system I designed, authored, and presented this poster at the 2014 Substance Abuse Librarians and Information Specialists (SALIS) conference. The poster describes the library's digitization project and documents our process of procuring and customizing a document management system for use as a digital library platform. Issues are presented in the areas of rich media management, workflow, metadata, vocabularies, UX, and training. An accompanying article was also published in the inaugural issue of Substance Abuse Library and Information Studies, a journal of SALIS Conference proceedings which I designed and co-edited. |
MLA conference poster
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I designed and co-authored this related poster, which was presented by colleagues at the Medical Library Association (MLA) conference in May, 2014. The poster illustrates the complex decisions involved in determining asset selection, workflows, indexing methods, and access/permissions structures for both unique and uniform assets. Assets are conceptualized within a grid representing the level of custom vs. automated processing, and public vs. in-house access.
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Vocabulary design
ASSIGNMENT: THESAURUS DESIGN
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Date: Fall, 2013
Position: Graduate student Program: Post-Master's Certificate in Digital Services, San José State University Course: Vocabulary Design Technology: THEW32 This small thesaurus was designed for use by library and information science students, faculty, and librarians. The scope of this thesaurus includes documents within a library and information science collection. This thesaurus was developed using facet analysis, and designed for use within a post-coordinated information retrieval system. Terms used in this thesaurus were derived in part from the ASIST Thesaurus of Information Science, the Library Literature and Information Science Thesaurus, and content derived from the Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science. |
Database design
ASSIGNMENT: WEB-BASED DATABASE CATALOG
E-R Diagram
Database schema (normalized)
Web interface: home page
Web interface: data entry page
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Date: Spring, 2014
Position: Graduate student Program: Post-Master's Certificate in Digital Services, San José State University Course: Database Design & Management This fictional database was created as part of a group project, and was designed to serve as a catalog of wildlife observed by a family over their summer vacation. The files below are a sample of the deliverables I created: Data layer: Oracle 11g, Oracle SQL -Table creation script -Data insertion script Middle layer: XML, xSQL, xSLT -xSQL query | XML/xSLT stylesheet -xSQL query | XML/xSLT stylesheet Presentation layer: HTML/CSS The web interface enables the family to view statistics, search the database by various facets, and add observation data to the database. |
Instruction
INTERACTIVE INSTRUCTIONAL GUIDES
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Date: 2010-11
Organization: Paulus Library, Ranney School Position: Library, Media & Technology Specialist CMS system: LibGuides I created Ranney LibGuides to provide 24/7 access to library resources and instructional support for students in the Middle and Upper Schools. Students and teachers warmly embraced these structured, interactive research guides, which were tailored to specific assignments. I often taught information literacy lessons for students directly from these guides, and used them to curate professional development resources for teachers as well. |
INFORMATION LITERACY CURRICULUM
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Date: 2011-12
Organization: Paulus Library, Ranney School Position: Library, Media & Technology Specialist CMS system: LibGuides This series of lessons served to introduce Middle School students to library resources and the information and media literacy skills needed to become independent researchers and critical thinkers: Information literacy curriculum:
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SCREENCAST TUTORIAL
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Date: January, 2011
Organization: Ranney School Position: Library, Media & Technology Specialist Technology: Camtasia This screencast was created as an instructional aid to help students and faculty log in to Destiny, the web-based library catalog. This tutorial was designed to provide 24/7 assistance for students and faculty who needed help when library staff were not available! |
Technology training
WORKSHOP WIKI: INTRODUCTION TO WEB 2.0
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Date: 2011
Organization: Paulus Library, Ranney School Position: Library, Media & Technology Specialist Technology: pbworks I created this wiki to host the content of a professional development workshop on Web 2.0 tools for faculty in the Middle and Upper Schools. The wiki features recommended educational technology tools, along with examples and best practices. |
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Because teachers are always on the go, I created this accompanying handout featuring "the best of the best" tech tools for busy teachers to explore.
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Program management
WEBSITE DESIGN
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Date: Spring, 2014
Organization: Paulus Library, Ranney School Position: Library, Media & Technology Specialist Technology: Weebly I designed and authored an interactive website for the Paulus Library to promote and increase access to library news, resources, programs, and services. The website served to centralize, organize, and promote the library resources and services available for the students, faculty, and parents. |
INTERACTIVE ANNUAL REPORTS
2010-11 Annual report
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Date: 2010-11
Organization: Paulus Library, Ranney School Position: Library, Media & Technology Specialist CMS system: LibGuides Explore the interactive annual report for my first whirlwind year managing the Paulus Library media program. The report highlights my goals and accomplishments in the areas of instruction, program management, collection development, and facility management. |
2011-12 Annual report
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Explore the interactive annual report for my second year managing the Paulus Library media program. The report reflects on goals from the previous year in each program area, and highlights accomplishments made towards meeting the library's mission.
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Project management
LIBRARY RENOVATION PROJECT
Board proposal (2 pgs.)
Full proposal (15 pgs.)
Ranney Columns article (begins on pg. 10)
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Date: 2010
Organization: Paulus Library, Ranney School Position: Library, Media & Technology Specialist Technology: Microsoft Word, Animoto This renovation project succeeded in transforming a space full of outdated print materials into a vibrant instructional media center dedicated to teaching, learning, and digital production. The project was a collaboration between myself and talented individuals from the Administration, Development, IT, and Operations departments, as well as a library architect and specialized vendors. After all of the research, campus visits, meetings, proposals, presentations, ordering, cleaning, and setup was completed, the new media center quickly became one of the most frequented places on campus! The facility was heavily used all throughout the year for academic classes, multimedia projects, workshops, meetings, presentations, exams, student activities, and community events. View the transformation below! |