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Jason Stirnaman

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I am Biomedical & Digital Projects Librarian for Dykes Library and the Office of Medical Education at KU Medical Center, Kansas City. I manage digital projects and work with the Office of Medical Education to help support student technology use. That’s the short version.

Some of the applications I manage or work with at KUMC: DSpace, LUNA Insight, SharePoint (MOSS 2007), Drupal, library.kumc.edu, www.kansashealthonline.org, .NET.

I was previously Electronic Resources Reference Librarian at Missouri State Library where I managed digital projects, web content, web development, access to subscription resources, and coordination of library systems.

I do some web consulting and development for Mizzou BSU.

I help out occasionally with the web site and other things at HeartlandChurch.org .  Until moving to KC, I did likewise at Woodcrest.org.

Education

Master of Library Science, 2001. University of Missouri – Columbia

Bachelor of Science in Biology, 1996. University of Missouri – Columbia

Skills & Knowledge:

Digital Library Systems, Standards

DSpace, Voyager, Innovative Interfaces Millennium, Dublin Core, OpenURL, Digital preservation standards and practices

Library Applications

OCLC Connexion, OCLC Digital Archive, MARCedit, OpenURL link resolvers, research databases and administrative interfaces (Dialog, EbscoHost, FirstSearch, Lexis Nexis, PubMed)

Web Development Applications and Standards

ASP, ASP.NET, PHP,, XHTML, CSS, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Drupal, Wordpress

Languages and Standards

XML, XSLT, VBScript, Visual Basic, C#, PHP JavaScript, RDF

Graphics, Publishing, Productivity

Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat, OCR applications

Selected Accomplishments

• Expanded state employees’ access to research databases.

• Improved visibility of services.

• Incorporated XML, XSLT, and dynamic applications into web projects.

• Developed workflows and metadata standards for the State Publications Access Program digital repository.

• Created a digital workflow for news clippings service using Microsoft Word and Visual Basic.

• Developed and maintain good working relationships with corporate web designer and IT staff.

• Established standards and procedures for management and digitization of press clippings and state documents.

• Designed layout for online public catalog.

• Coordinated implementation of Innovative Interfaces software and conversion to MOBIUS Common Library Platform.

• Coordinated technical aspects of migrating State Publications Program and MO Dept. of Transportation Research Library into State Library catalog.

• Currently implementing WebBridge link resolver within the Arthur cluster, an ILS system shared by 6 institutions.

Selected Work History

09/2006 - Present

09/2006 - Present

Biomedical & Digital Projects Librarian, University of Kansas Medical Center

http://library.kumc.edu

10/2001 - 09/2006

Reference Librarian, Missouri State Library

http://www.sos.mo.gov/library/reference/

• Provide research and reference services to Missouri state employees and elected officials.

• Promote services to state employees and elected officials.

• Manage subscription databases and digital current awareness services.

• Evaluate and review new technologies and services.

• Compile and analyze usage statistics from vendors, web site, and ILS.

• Serve as site coordinator for State Library in the MOBIUS Consortium.

• Coordinate updates, user authorizations, policies, and procedures for ILS (Innovative Interfaces).

• Design digital projects workflows, analyze and streamline processes.

• Follow digital publishing trends and insure long-term access to government publications.

• Design and manage web content and web applications.

• Produce reports and documentation.

• Evaluate and overhaul outdated workflows.

• Research and implement solutions to increase staff effectiveness.

• Attend meetings, conferences, and actively participate in committees.

01/2004 – Present

Volunteer, Woodcrest Marketing Team

http://www.woodcrest.org/

• Recommend software and develop strategies and enhancements for web site.

• Compose and edit content.

• Collaborated with diverse team of Marketing staff and volunteers to redesign and develop web site for local church.

• Implemented and managed open source content management tools (Zope and Plone).

• Used PHP and Nusoap to build a SOAP web service client for calendar.

1999-2001

Electronic Resources Assistant, (2001) Ellis Library, University of Missouri

http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/

• Provided faculty, students, and public with reference service and assistance in the use of electronic subscription databases, online library catalogs, and online searching.

eThemes Resource Scout, (1999-2001) College of Education, University of Missouri

http://www.emints.org/ethemes/

• Evaluated web resources for age and subject appropriateness as requested by K-12 teachers. Utilized search techniques, web search engines, and information organization tools. Annotated and indexed sites.

• Promoted program to teachers, media specialists, and school administrators. Communicated regularly with teachers regarding quality of service.

• Oversaw and reviewed the work of other scouts. Developed and administrated a small Access database of web sites and teacher contact information.

Library Clerk, (2000) Math Sciences Library, University of Missouri

• Performed general reference and circulation duties.

1997

Associate Technician, ABC Laboratories, Columbia, MO

http://www.abclabs.com/

• Worked in a team environment to develop and execute laboratory processes. Performed extractions and analysis of pharmaceutical compounds. Performed data-entry and wrote documentation to comply with government and research standards.

1996-1997

Principle Investigator/Research Assistant, Arthropod Ecology, University of MO

• Composed successful grant proposal. Produced final report for Missouri Department of Conservation.

• Performed exhaustive literature search and field sampling. Identified specimens in the field and laboratory. Corresponded with various institutions.

Committees and Collaboration

Arthur Coordinators Group, MOBIUS Consortium

Arthur Public Services Committee

MOBIUS Coordinators Advisory Group (MCAG)

OpenURL special subcommittee, MOBIUS Electronic Resources Advisory Committee (MERAC)

Special subcommittee for MOBIUS Union WebPac redesign, MOBIUS Catalog Design Advisory Committee (MCDAC)

Digital Media Developers, Missouri State Government

Selected Coursework

Principles of Cataloging and Classification

Managing Collections and Access

Reference Sources and Services

Management of Information Agencies

Automated Reference Service

Information in the Disciplines

Planning and Evaluation of Information Services

Advanced Web Development

Research Methods

Special Libraries

Independent/Problems: Biodiversity Metadata

Practicum in Medical Libraries (135 clock hours)

Innovation

Biodiversity Informatics

Emerging Metadata Standards

Digital Access to Natural History Collections

Web Services

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