John Hubbard

3774 South Pine Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53207
(414) 744-0362 (H)
(414) 229-6775 (W)

Professional Experience

August, 2001 - Present
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Web Services and Electronic Resources Coordinator (Senior Academic Librarian)

  • UWM Libraries Webmaster
  • Led a redesign of the library web site
  • Initiated pilot projects using web 2.0 media and a content management system
  • Virtual reference system project manager
  • OpenURL resolver implementation and administration
  • Federated searching system implementation and administration
  • Coordinator for library electronic journals and databases
  • Computer support
  • Bibliographic instruction (50 classes/year)
  • Reference desk duty (10 hours/week)
  • Research consultations
  • Reference collection development (B, P, and HM-HX call numbers)
  • Collaborative supervision and management of support staff and graduate student fieldworkers and interns

[For greater detail on these projects, please see the personal statement from my application for indefinite status.]

July, 1999 - July, 2001
Haverford College
Haverford, Pennsylvania
Instructional Technology Specialist

  • Overhauled the library web site
  • Electronic resources evaluation and management
  • Project manager for a tri-college course management system evaluation
  • Courseware administration and faculty training
  • Wrote technical documentation
  • Taught software workshops
  • Served users at the reference desk
  • Provided computer support
  • Supervised student workers

September, 1998 - July, 1999
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Science Libraries Intern, Temporary Science Librarian (Librarian A)

  • Web design and authoring
  • Catalog work from a branch consolidation
  • Collection shifts and storage projects
  • Reference service
  • Supervised student workers

Technology Experience

Web Development

  • XHTML, CSS, RSS, Dublin Core
  • Perl, PHP, JavaScript, Apache HTTP Server, CommonSpot
  • Web Browsers, Web Editors (including Dreamweaver and FrontPage)
  • FTP/SFTP, Telnet/SSH, phpMyAdmin, Xythos

Internet Applications

  • GroupWise, CorporateTime, Oracle-PeopleSoft Enterprise Portal
  • USENET, WebCrossing, Slashcode, MediaWiki
  • Blackboard, Desire2Learn, Trillian, Skype, NetMeeting, Streaming Media

Software and Systems

  • Windows, Macintosh, UNIX, Microsoft Office Suite, WordPerfect, Quark XPress, Acrobat, FileMaker, Corel Draw, Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, Flash
  • MARC (with Endeavor and Innovative), CONTENTdm, Dialog, EZproxy, EndNote, RefWorks, NetOp, TurningPoint, QuestionPoint, SFX, MetaLib, LibGuides

[see also my web development portfolio]

Education

September, 1998 - June, 2000
Drexel University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Master of Science, Library and Information Science

September, 1991 - May, 1995
Macalester College
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, Philosophy, and Geography

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