About-CV

Curriculum Vitae

Education

M.A., Library and Information Sciences, Simmons College, Boston, MA, 2009.
Concentrations: Digital Management, Metadata Creation

B.A, English, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, 1997.

Teaching Experience

Senior Electronic Publisher-in-Residence, Emerson College, Boston, MA: September 2013- current

Electronic Publisher-in-Residence, Emerson College, Boston, MA: September 2009- 2013

• Courses:
  • Overview of Electronic Publishing (PB692, graduate level)
  • Electronic Publishing (PB491 01, undergraduate level)
  • Web Development for Electronic Publishing (PB696, graduate level)
  • Creating EPUB for the Web and E-Readers(PB695, graduate level)
  • Special Topics: Creating Enhanced Short-Form Publications for Handheld Devices (PB694, graduate level)
  • Advisor on independent studies & Graduate Theses: .
    • Matthew Killorin, "Business Models for a Digital Reprints Publisher," Spring 2012.
    • Hannah Lott-Schwartz: "Advanced Web Design," Spring 2012.
    • Iris Febres, "Developing a Graphic Novel in a Digital Environment," Fall 2011.
    • Amanda Starling Gould, "Innovative Narrative Design," Spring 2010.
    • Ken Gagne, "Online Marketing Through Social Networks," Spring 2010.
    • Victoria Sandbrook, "Surviving a Digital Disruption: Smart E-Book Publishing, Small Houses," Fall 2009.

Adjunct Professor, Emerson College, Boston, MA: January 2007- August 2009.

• Courses:
  • Overview of Electronic Publishing (PB 692), Fall 2007- Spring 2009.
  • Know Your Rights: Contracts, Copyright and Subsidiary Rights, Spring 2007, & Spring 2009.
  • Book Publishing Overview (WP383), Spring 2007.
  • Advisor on independent studies:
    • Derrick Pyle, Online Magazine Design, Spring 2008.
    • Joseph Gallagher, Creating online content with XML, Fall 2007.
    • Raquel Pidal, Copyright and Legal Issues in Publishing, Summer 2007.
    • Victoria Sandbrook, DRM and Publishing, Summer 2009.
    • Kerry Skemp, Online Comments as Publishing, Summer 2009.

Professional Experience

Chair of the Bookbuilders Forum, Bookbuilders of Boston, Boston, MA: July 2010- Present.

• Develop forums and events for the publishing industry in Boston.

Interim Graduate Program Director, Emerson College, Boston, MA: June 2010- August 2010, June 2011- August 2012.        

• Guide all incoming graduate students on Emerson policies.
• Register incoming graduate students for fall classes.
• Work with Graduate Council on new policies and orientation.
• Advise current students on summer classes and administrative issues.

Independent Publishing Consultant: May 2007- Present.

• Provide support on data uploads and upgrades to databases for Perseus Books Group.
• Advise on digital initiatives for small trade publishers.
• Advise on uses of social technology for marketing and publicity for trade publishers.
• Helped to develop digital strategies for Ploughshares Magazine.
• Developed digital editions for Redivider Magazine.
• Developed e-book version of The Wimpole Street Writers: An Anthology for the Wimpole Street Writers Group.
• Created an e-book of Visions of a Wayne Childhoodby Dewitt Henry for sale by author on his site and through online retailers..

Library Assistant, Simmons College, Boston, MA: May 2007- August 2009.

• Help to develop an electronic resource management system for e-books, databases, and electronic journal.
• Create subject specific web pages to be used by department in a variety of formats (wiki, XHTML, CSS).
• Provide reference help to students and faculty on issues of electronic publishing and Web 2.0 technologies.
• Member of the Standing Committee on the development and implementation of new online catalog for library.
• Develop policy for the cataloging and circulation of Amazon’s Kindle e-reader for the library.
• Teach basic information literacy workshops to first-year students.

Operations Manager for Cambridge Office, Perseus Books Group, Cambridge, MA: 2006-2007

• Forge relationships with new media companies to license e-books and content.
• Develop and implement a file delivery program for electronic files to E-book vendors.
• Manage licensing and copyright issues with new media vendors on content.

Subsidiary Rights Coordinator/ Office Manager, Perseus Books Group, Cambridge, MA: 2003-2006

• Develop and implement new modules for subsidiary rights database.
• Provide tech support for the Cambridge office of the Perseus Books Group.

Assistant Managing Editor, Perseus Books Group, Cambridge, MA: 2001-2003

• Edit and compile an anthology of early weblog writing - We’ve Got Blog.
• Initiated a print-on-demand program for titles.

Presentations

• "Ebooks for Academics"- Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA. December 11, 2012.
• "Metadata" and "E-book Creation"- Appazoogle’s Coding Day, Boston, MA. September 15, 2012.
• "Ebooks for Independent Publishers"- New England Independent Publishers of New England’s Publishing Conference, Boxborough, MA. April 27 and 28, 2012.
• "Deconstructing an E-Pub Document"- GSLIS Tech Unconference Summit, Simmons College, Boston, MA. April 22, 2010.
• "Google: The Book Search, the Lawsuits and the Settlements"- Bookbuilders of Boston’s Gutenberg to Google Series, Emerson College, Boston, MA. April 20, 2010.
• "E-Books: The Future of Book Publishing?"- Writer’s Block, Emerson College, Boston, MA. March 17, 2010.
• "How Epub and E-readers are Changing Publishing"- Emerson Publishing Club, Emerson College, Boston, MA. February 24, 2010.
• "Cyber Zed Shed Webcast Series 2: Facebook, Twitter, and Sprout" -ACRL e-Learning Webcast. February 10, 2010.
• Cloud Computing Demonstration for YALSA’s "Games, Gadgets, and Gurus", ALA Mid-Winter Conference, Boston, MA. January 15, 2010.
• "’Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For:’ Testing the Usability of Online Research Guides"– Poster Session at World Usability Day, Simmons College, Boston, MA. November 12, 2009.
• "Cyber Zed Shed Webcast Series 1: Facebook, Twitter, and Sprout" -ACRL e-Learning Webcast. August 18, 2009.
• "Three Stories, Copyright and Digital Content" Keynote Address- 2009 CET Symposium: "The Digital Scholar," Smith College, Northampton, MA. May 4, 2009.
• Content Collage: Institutional Repositories"- Computers in Libraries 2009, Crystal City, VA. April 1, 2009.
• "Tweeting in the Library" -ACRL 14th National Conference, Seattle, WA. March 15, 2009.
• "Technology in User Instruction: Using Del.icio.us, Twitter, Wikis and Blogs in the Classroom" - Simmons College, Boston, MA. April 1, 2008.
• "How I Learned to Love Reading Online: A Look at E-books and E-book Readers" - Simmons College, Boston, MA. February 21, 2008.
• "Get a Second Life: Virtual Worlds as a Platform for Marketing and Communications" - Boston Media Social Club, Harvard Club of Boston, Boston, MA. May 17, 2007.
• "An Overview of Subsidiary Rights"- Emerson College, Boston, MA. November 2006.

Publications

Books

• We’ve Got Blog: How Weblogs Are Changing Our Culture (editor)- Perseus Books Group, 2002.

Chapters

• "General Interest Titles", Magazines for Libraries, 19th Edition, December 2010.

Articles

• "New Title Tweets", Computers in Libraries, Vol. 30, Number 5,June 2010.
• "The Portable e-Book", USKG Serials, November 2009.
• "Rekindling Your Interest in E-Books," Simmons College Library Newsletter, Fall 2008.

Reviews

• Review of Manga Guide to Databases by Takahashi, Mana, and Shoko Azuma. Journal of Web Librarianship, Volume 4, Issue 1, 2010.
• Review of Ranking Web of World Repositories website. Choice, Volume 47, Issue 11, July 2010.
• Review of Purdue e-Scholar website. Choice, Volume 47, Issue 7, March 2010.
• Review of Web Accessibility edited by Jenny Craven. Journal of Web Librarianship, Volume 3, Issue 3, July 2009.
• Review of Javascript for Programmers by Harvey M. Deitel & Paul Deitel. The Tech-Static, June 2009.
• Review of Bank on Yourself by Pamela Yellen. Library Journal, May 1, 2009.
• Review of Digital Print Styles Recipe Book by Tim Daly. The Tech-Static, May 2009.
• Review of Virtual Worlds, Real Libraries edited by Lori Bell and Rhonda B. Trueman. Journal of Web Librarianship, Volume 3, Issue 2, April 2009.
• Review of Sharepoint for Project Managers by Dux Raymond Sy. The Tech-Static, April 2009.
• Review of Intellectual Property and Open Source by Van Lindberg. The Tech-Static, March 2009.
• Joint Review of Always Be Testing by Bryan Eisendberg, John Quarto-von Tivadar, and Lisa T. Davis and Website Optimiztion by Andrew King. The Tech-Static, January 2009.
• Review of Search Engine Marketing by Mike Moran and Bill Hunt. The Tech-Static, January 2009.

Grants

• Simmons Staff Development Grant, $718
• Information Literacy Collective, Emerson College, 2011, $1,000.