Skills

Markup

  • XHTML
  • CSS

Client-Side Scripting

  • JavaScript
  • jQuery
  • Ajax

Server-Side Programming

  • PHP
  • Perl
  • Python
  • XSLT
  • SQL

Content Management Systems

  • Drupal
  • WordPress

Frameworks

  • CakePHP
  • Django
  • web.py

Graphics Software

  • ImageMagick
  • Illustrator
  • InDesign
  • Photoshop

Metadata

  • Dublin Core
  • EAD
  • OWL
  • RDF
  • TEI
  • XML

Professional Experience

Web Developer

September 2007 – Present

Adelie Design

Anderson, Ind.

  • Implement web sites and applications with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, and other languages

Metadata and Digital Initiatives Developer

October 2006 – June 2009

University Libraries

Ball State University

Muncie, Ind.

  • Assess metadata needs for digital projects
  • Automate large-scale processing of digital objects
  • Catalog digital objects using non-MARC formats

Metadata and Copy Cataloger

May 2005 – September 2006

University Libraries

Ball State University

Muncie, Ind.

  • Catalog in all formats
  • Supervise the Copy Cataloging section
  • Develop macros to automate the cataloging workflow

Graduate Assistant

September 2004 – May 2005

Library Electronic Text Resource Service (LETRS)

Digital Library Program

Indiana University

Bloomington, Ind.

  • Develop scripts in Perl, XSLT, PHP, and other languages for diverse digital library projects

Contact Information

Email
Phone
(765) 274-0342
Post
5723 Douglas Way
Anderson, IN 46013

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Recent Projects

Blog

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Personal blog focused on web development, digital libraries, and related topics.

Websites

Covenant House

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Drupal template and a variety of custom modules for a large non-profit helping homeless teens.

Lucid Imagination Search

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Dynamic user interface for interacting with a Solr search server and displaying search results and documents.

Lucid Imagination

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Drupal theme with a variety of custom modules providing a platform for the company to communicate with customers and the Lucene/Solr community.

The Code4Lib Journal

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WordPress template and several custom plugins, turning WordPress into a publishing platform for a professional journal.

Hot & Sweaty Pastor

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WordPress template for a blog discussing ministry and culture.

Eta Sigma Gamma

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Drupal template for Eta Sigma Gamma, the national health education honorary.

The Mercy House

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Drupal template for an urban church in Anderson, Indiana.

WordPress Plugins

Custom Thumbnails

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Create custom thumbnails for images and other uploaded media.

DOAJ Export

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Creates a new feed to export data using the DOAJ article XML schema.

Issue Manager

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Enables the publication/unpublication of entire categories at once. Useful for magazines/journals looking to publish entire issues in one quick step.

Save My <pre>

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Prevents the WordPress WYSIWYG editor (version 2.3.* and earlier) from deleting vital whitespace in <pre> elements.

Education

Master of Library Science

Specialization in Music Librarianship

Indiana University, May 2005

Bachelor of Music

Symphonic Instruments (Percussion)

Ball State University, May 2003

Presentations

Building an Online Open Access Journal with WordPress

May 7, 2009

Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians 2009 Conference, Indianapolis, Ind.

Preparing MARC data for CONTENTdm with Python and pymarc

March 19, 2009

Midwest CONTENTdm Users Group 4rd Annual Meeting, West Lafayette, Ind.

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From Spoken Word to Digital File

Making Oral Histories Available in CONTENTdm

April 29, 2008

Midwest CONTENTdm Users Group 3rd Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, Ind.

With James Bradley and Amanda Hurford

The Making of the Code4Lib Journal

February 26, 2008

code4lib 2008, Portland, Ore.

With Edward Corrado and Jodi Schneider

Discovering Digitization

A Workshop on Creating Digital Assets

November 9, 2007

Ball State University, Muncie, Ind.

With James Bradley and Amanda Hurford

Digitization, Metadata, and CONTENTdm

Guidelines for Compliance with the Library Services and Technology Act and the Indiana Memory Project

July 18, 2007

Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, Ind.

With James Bradley and Amanda Hurford