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October 05, 2012

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CURRICULUM VITAE

Jewel Hope Ward

*** ******** abov7u@r.postjobfree.com

Chapel Hill, NC 27517 -5630 http://agaliha.com

919-***-**** m http://tamingdata.com

EDUCATION

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

PhD. in Infor mation and Library Science Expected 2012

Interests: Data+metadata transfer preservation systems and infrastructures, including:

networked

information, preservation data grids, the OAI -PMH, digital preservation, mark -up

languages,

information+web design, system and information processes, and digital libraries.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

M.S. in Information Science 2002

Master s Paper: A Quantitative Analysis of Dublin Core Metadata Element Set (DCMES)

Usage in D ata

Providers Registered with the Open Archives Initiative (OAI)

Area of Concentration: Information Systems

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

A.B. in International Studies and History 1990

Area of Concentration: Americ an Foreign Policy in Communist East Asia

WORK EXPERIENCE

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

Research Assistant2006present

Data Intensive Cyber Environments (DICE) Group & Odum Institute (2009present): Write iRODS rules and workfl ows for iRODS that conform to ISO

MOIMS-RAC standards for the DCAPE project; write social science preservation

policies, and write them as rules to be implemented within iRODS.

H. W. Odum Institute for Research in Social Science & DICE Group, Metadata

and Digital Object Bulk Extraction, Ingest and Validation project, part of the

NARA Transcontinental Persistent Archive Prototype, an NSF funded project

(

2007-2009): coordinated and researched project to extract and ingest DDI

metadata and digital objects fro m the Odum Data Archive into iRODS and the

iRODS iCAT. Created XSLTs to transfer metadata from the data archive into

the iRODS iCAT. Created XSDs to validate metadata ingest into and out of the

iCAT. Advised on the OAI -PMH. Analyzed DCMES and DDI metadata quality

and content . Tested implementation of OAI -PMH DP and SP. Analyzed and

reported results. Researched, analyzed and reported on methods to retain

Terms and Conditions and rights restrictions on Social Science data and

metadata after ingest into iRODS . Documented microservices in Doxygen for

the iRODS 2.x code release.

SILS, Digital Curation and Trusted Repositories Project

(

2006 -2007):

Researched and wrote requirements for an ingest survey for a pilot

institutional repository. Interviewed and engage d librarians and faculty.

Analyzed results and developed requirements and processes for the ingest of

each collection into the institutional repository. Wrote up and presented

results of research and application of survey instrument.

The University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

Digital Resources Librarian

(

Program Manager, USC Digital Archive) 20042006

Coordinated the Program Management, Operational/Technical Management,

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and Research and Development needs of the USC Digital Archive in

collaboration with teaching faculty, division personnel, and external partners

in order to facilitate system development. The cross -departmental

coordination included: digital imaging, outreach and marketing, research and

development, systems development and maintenance, web services and

programming, collection development, metadata, and related projects. Other

duties involved system enhancements; data analysis/data mining/management

reporting; research and development; creating and documenting processes,

policies, and procedures; providing training; creating proposals and budgets;

and, coordinating the activities and agenda of USC's Digital Library Round

Table (DLRT), including inviting speakers. Advised on and facilitated the

implementation of an OAI -PMH Data Provider and Service Provider.

Chair, DLRT; Member, CIS Production Group (OAI -PMH Advisor); and, Member,

Digital Archive Implementation Team.

Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM

Post-master s Graduate Research Assistant20032004

One year internship in the Research Library. Liaison for internal and external

projects to implement two institutional repositories. Provided systems

administration of institutional repository software as well as training of and

technical support for the r epository s users. Coded and tested information

retrieval software for a focused crawler prototype development project.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

Research Assistant20012002

SILS, 3D Rare Book Digital Library System, an NSF -funded project (2002):

designed, coded, developed content, created graphics, and updated the

project web site. Conducted the literature review; responsible for the creation

and maintenance of project documentation.

SILS, TeraScale Project, an NSF-funded project (2001): duties included

managing CVS, Linux systems administration, troubleshooting, installing

programs, administering the server, technical writing, and providing technical

support to the project s programmers (i.e, junior -level s ys adm). Developed

and updated the project web site; responsible for content creation and

maintenance.

Interpath Communications, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC

Senior Analyst19982001

Engineering, Senior Analyst (2001): analyzed and defined divis ion s load

testing needs. Met with and compared load testing tools offered by vendors;

analyzed reports, documented the tools and workflow. Performed customer

audit. Analyzed both Engineering and the Network Operations Center s

information needs and dev eloped recommendations for both short - and long -

term solutions.

Network Operations, Senior Analyst System Control (2000 - 2001): technical

supervisor; managed crises/events and change management; ensured high

priority tickets were worked; and supervised te chnicians in the network

operations center. Successfully managed a project to merge the Engineering

division s varying intranet content into a one -point-of-entry digital library.

Service Delivery & Management, Business Analyst (1999 - 2000): lead

position ; point -of-contact between the Product Managers/other internal

organizations and Operations Support for product implementation into the

Arbor Order Management/Billing Process system. Managed, tracked and

resolved any issues that arose. Documented workflo w/business process

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documentation for both systems.

Service Delivery & Management, Reports Analyst (1998 - 1999): lead position;

provided technical writing and business process flow documentation; created

and analyzed various internal and external reports; and posted documents and

reports in HTML to the corporate intranet.

Kelly Technical Services, Research Triangle Park, NC

Technical Writer19971998

Contractor at networkMCI. Wrote online user guides and HTML help screens

for intranet software applic ations developed in -house and used by network

engineers to provision the hyperstream frame relay network. Designed,

coded, and maintained the department s (digital library) intranet web site, as

well as developed the content and created the graphics. Sup ervised co -op's

work on web site. Some web site systems administration. Trained the

support team and trainers on the department's software applications.

Sun Forest Systems, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC

Content Developer19951996

Content Develo per (1995 - 1996): maintained and updated two company web

sites. Wrote articles and interviewed customers for profiles. Coded HTML.

Involved in the development and design of new sites. Spearheaded

negotiations with a Japanese consortium interested in t he BuildNet project.

Administrative Assistant (1995): managed sales lead database; managed and

authored content material for company web sites; proofread and edited

company manuals, tutorials, and marketing material. Supported twelve sales

representative s and one manager.

Decision Support Systems, Ltd., Auckland, New Zealand

Receptionist/Secretary1993

Duties included administrative and graphics support for sales presentations,

word processing, invoicing, front line reception, and other duties related to

office management.

Grosvernor Holdings, Ltd., Auckland, New Zealand

Personal Assistant1992

Assisted in the day -to-day running of a small trading company, advertising,

and marketing agency. Helped mainstream the computer system. Responsible

for assisting in sales and marketing projects. Additional duties involved word

processing, invoicing, bill collection, and front line reception.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

Administrative Assistant1991

Department of Human Resources, Employee Services: assisted in implementing

and publicizing programs available to employees. Duties involved budget

management, graphics presentations, word processing, and some general

secretarial duties.

PUBLICATIONS AND POS TERS

(2008). NARA Transcontinental Persistent Archive Prototype SDSC, U Md, UNC Collaboration

Project. Extended Status Report, January -March 2008, April 2008.

Ward, J. (2007). Project Briefing. NARA Research Prototype Persistent Archive Extension

Status

Report July -September 2007. UNC -CH, October 2007.

Ward, J., Hank, C., & Z hang, Y. (2007). Briefing Paper Ingest Survey for the UNC -CH

Pilot IR.

Digital Curation/Institutional Repository Committee, v. 1.0. A Product of the Digital

Curation &

Institutional Repository Committee. Chapel Hill, NC: UNC -CH University Library & the U

NC-CH

School of Information and Library Science, September 2007. Retrieved November 25, 2009

from

http://ils.unc.edu/~wardj/IRC/ingest_survey -v1.0.pdf

Ward, J. (2005). Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI -PMH)

Data

Provider (DP) R equirements. Document submitted to the DLF OAI Best Practices Committee

form the basis of OAI -PMH DP training materials to be published by the DLF and IMLS, 19

May

2005.

PRESENTATIONS, DEMOS, ETC.

"Extracting and Ingesting DDI Metadata and Digital Ob jects from a Data Archive into

the iRODS

extension of the NARA TPAP using the OAI -PMH", invited speaker at IEEE Computer Society

meeting, Eastern NC Section, Raleigh, NC, 17 November 2009.

Extracting and Ingesting DDI Metadata and Digital Objects from a D ata Archive into

the iRODS

extension of the NARA TPAP using the OAI -PMH, demo given at the Society of American

Archivists Summer Camp 2009, Chapel Hill, NC, 29 July 2009.

Enabling Collection Interoperability and Preservation Using iRODS and the OAI -PMH,

presentation given at the DLF Forum Spring 2009, Raleigh, NC, 6 May 2009.

Central Repository for a DL How -to, initiated and lead a Birds of a Feather (BOF)

session with

Barrie Howard (DLF) at the DLF Forum Spring 2006, Austin TX, 11 April 2006.

USC s D igital Archive, one speaker as part of, The ISD Team: Disseminating

Information

Throughout ISD presentation to faculty and staff who work in the Information Services

Division

(ISD) at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 4 May 2005.

USC Digital Archive OAI -PMH Implementation, invited speaker at The Getty Research

Institute,

Los Angeles, CA, 6 April 2005.

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University of Southern California Digital Archive Past Present Future one speaker as

part of a

larger University of Southern Cal ifornia library faculty and staff presentation at the

Pacific Rim

Digital Library Alliance, Taipei, Taiwan, 19 October 2004.

A Quantitative Analysis of Unqualified Dublin Core Metadata Element Set Usage within

Data

Providers Registered with the Open Archi ves Initiative, speaker at the Digital Library

Round Table

lecture series at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 22 September

2004.

Global Access to Archival Materials Related to Los Angeles and the Pacific Rim: the

USC Digital

Archive, one speaker as part of a larger library faculty presentation on seamless access

to a Thai

delegation visiting the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 25 August

2004.

Status Report of the Institutional Repository Project, overview and status report on

nine

institutional repository projects, invited speaker via VTC at the Alliance for Innovation

in Science

and Technology Information (AISTI) ePrint Project Workshop, Santa Fe, NM, 27 April 2004.

Metadata Research, or, Murphy s Law in Action: How to Bumble Your Way Through a

Master s

Paper, Graduate, and Get Published, invited speaker via VTC to Dr. Jane Greenberg s

metadata

class at the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North

Carolina at

Chapel Hill, Chap el Hill, NC, 6 April 2004.

Tracking Service Prototype, invited speaker at the Research Library, Los Alamos

National

Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 6 October 2003 and 6 January 2004.

Something About Digital Libraries and Metadata : Two Weeks in Japan, inv ited

speaker at the

Research Library, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 28 & 30 July 2003.

"The Research Library at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL): an Overview" and "The

Open

Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting: Overvi ew", invited speaker to the

School of

Library and Information Science and library faculty and staff at Keio University, Tokyo,

Japan, on

17 June 2003.

"The Research Library at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL): an Overview", "Metadata

Digital Librar ies and an Overview of the OAI -PMH", and " A Quantitative Analysis of

Unqualified

Dublin Core Metadata Element Set Usage within Data Providers Registered with the Open