Overview
Twenty years of progressively complex work in the management of digital libraries and information technology with a focus on the areas of information management, data access, and digitization. Work experience located in a major museum complex. Significant experience in cultivation of donors, corporate and institutional giving, building national and international partnerships in both the private and public sectors, and the development of online and social media development projects. Research interests include transformational elements of new media technologies on traditional research, publishing and learning models, and associated metrics for scholarly communication.
As Managing Director of the International Image Interoperability Framework Consortium (IIIF-C), his remit is to expand use of the IIIF standard and APIs, grow participation in the IIIF Consortium, and enhance the global user experience of digital objects across all formats, including images, audio-visual, and 3D.
As Associate Director, Digital Programs and Initiatives Division, managed all aspects of the Smithsonian Libraries digital library program and work across boundaries in strategic planning activities. Major duties included supervision of Web Services Department, Information Services Department, Scholarly communication and evaluation metrics, Product Development and Licensing, and Digital Imaging. Served as the key unit contact point both within the Institution and at a national and international level for all digital library activities.
Served as Program Director, Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) which functions as the executive director and manager of the international consortium of natural history, botanical garden, government, and university libraries engaged in the mass digitization of taxonomic literature. Coordinates developments of global nodes at the national and regional level. The position also served as a key contact for government, NGO, and academic leaders at the national and international level.
And just what is UDC?
UDC represents the Universal Decimal Classification, a classification scheme for information:The Universal Decimal Classification is a system of library classification developed by the Belgian bibliographers Paul Otlet and Henri la Fontaine at the end of the 19th century. It is based on the Dewey Decimal Classification, but is much more powerful. It uses auxiliary signs to indicate various special aspects of a subject and relationships between subjects. It thus contains a significant faceted or analytico-synthetic element, and is used especially in specialist libraries. UDC has been modified and extended over many years to cope with the increasing output in all disciplines of human knowledge, and is still under continuous review to take account of new developments.
