Information Technology Development
Resume:
Karen Coyle Berkeley, CA *****
******@******.***
http://www.kcoyle.net
Current Digital Libraries Consultant
Since 2003-
Analysis of problems and issues in digital library development. Technical issues include: metadata
development and coordination, rights management languages and systems, technical standards
for digital materials. Policy issues include: intellectual property rights, privacy and patron confi-
dentiality.
Some Recent Projects
2004 - Study on Rights Expression Languages
http://www.loc.gov/standards/Coylereport_final1single.pdf
2005 - Analysis of return on investment for RFID systems in California libraries, for the
California State Library
2006 - Development of Digital Rights Framework, for California Digital Library
http://cdlib.org/inside/projects/rights/
Information Technology Specialist
Work Experience
1981-2003, University of California, California Digital Library
Oakland, CA
General Area: Development of on-line databases and information retrieval systems for the li-
Duties
braries of the 9 University of California campuses. The University of California Union Catalog is one
of the largest library catalogs in the country, with over 23 million items representing 10 million
titles. Until 2002, it also housed eight in-house databases of journal citations totaling 40 million
records.
Project design and leadership For projects lasting 12 or more months with a team of 4-6
programmers. Analysis of each new source of bibliographic metadata; develop metadata cross-
walks to internal database format; development of specialized indexing routines for the subject
matter; design of a production flow for database update.
Metadata development and translation. Development of processing programs for a wide
variety of bibliographic metadata. Included data analysis, program specification, creation of index-
ing algorithms, translation to standard character sets, including MARC8 and Unicode.
Database development. Design, write specifications, and create test environment for new
databases and input sources.
Data modeling. For bibliographic, textual and numeric data resources.
Standards. Represent the University in national standards forums primarily relating to metadata
and digital libraries. Served as a member of the MARC standards committee and represent the
University to that group for about fifteen years total. Member of NISO committee AX for the
development of the OpenURL standard.
Technology Work on mainframe, PC and UNIX platforms. A working knowledge of a variety of
Skills
programming languages and tools, such as C, C++, Java, Perl, HTML. Extensive use of biblio-
graphic data formats such as MARC, METS, OpenURL, and variety of character sets, including
Unicode.
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S elected previous 1977-1978 Researcher, Union Catalog of Periodicals
positions Centro Nazionale Ricerche, Turin, Italy
1975-1977 Documentalist
International Labor Organization, Training Center, Turin, Italy
Certificate in Library Science, Specialization in Automated Information Retrieval
Education
1980 University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Master of Library Science
1972 University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA.
Bachelor s Degree in Sociology
1971 University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
American Library Association (ALA)
Professional
California Library Association (CLA)
Memberships
American Library Association, Library and Information Technology Association
Professional
Top Technologies Expert Group
Activities
LITA Monographs Acquisitions Editor (2001-2005)
MARBI (MARC Standards Advisory Committee), RUSA Representative (2002-2005)
ALA Task Force on E-Books (2002-2004)
ALA Task Force on Privacy and Technology (2001)
Selected recent Managing Technology Column in The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2005-(ongoing)
writings
The Rights in Digital Rights Management. D-Lib Magazine, September, 2004
Future Considerations: the Functional Library Systems Record, Library Hi Tech v. 22. n. 2, 2004, pp.
166-174
Rights Management and Digital Library Requirements, Ariadne, Issue 40, July 30, 2004, http://
www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue40/coyle/intro.html
Rights Expression Languages: a White Paper for the Library of Congress. February, 2004. http://
www.loc.gov/standards/Coylereport_final1single.pdf
Open Source, Open Standards, in: Information Technology and Libraries, v. 21, n.1, March, 2002.
pp.33-36.
Stakeholders and Standards in the Ebook Economy: or It s the Economics, Stupid! Library Hi Tech, v.
19, n. 4, 2001. pp. 314-324
Computers, Privacy and, in: Encyclopedia of Computer Science, 4th Edition. NY, Grove s Dictionaries,
2000. pp 1427-1430
The Virtual Union Catalog: A Comparative Study. D-Lib Magazine, March, 2000. http://www.dlib.org
Digital Signatures: Identity in Cyberspace. AALL Spectrum, December, 1997. pp 8-10.
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Blueprints Needed for Information Highway On-Ramps. American Libraries, December, 1997. pp.
35-36.
Coyle s Information Highway Handbook. Chicago, American Library Association, 1997. 297 p.
Privacy or Paranoia? Does electronic monitoring have a chilling effect on your freedom? Sunserver
Magazine, February, 1997, vol. 11, no. 2. p. 1, 21
Selected talks and ap- Development and Testing of Schema for Expressing Copyright Status Information. Digital Library
pearances Federation Spring Forum, April, 2006
The Changing Standards Landscape. Hawaii Library Association, November, 2005.
When Private Becomes Public. Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting, August, 2005.
Copyright in the Digital Age. Sponsored by Access Canada, March 25, 2004.
The Technology of Copyright: Digital Rights Management. Library of Congress Luminary Lecture.
November 19th, 12003
Technology and Society: Shaping Library Policy (Keynote). Amigos Annual Conference, March,
2003
OpenURL, the Next Generation in Linking Standards. Amigos Annual Conference, March, 2003
The Virtual Union Catalog. Mellon Foundation Conference on Union Catalogs, Tallinn, Estonia,
October, 2002
Library Privacy Before and After September11, 2001, California Public Library Directors Forum,
April, 2002
Future of Libraries, keynote, Strait to the Future Conference, Hobart, Tasmania, August, 1998
Information Futures: Charting New Frontiers. Northern California Law Librarians Institute. March
21, 1997, Concord, Calif. Panel: Privacy Law
Impact of Information Commercialism: The Downside. LITA/LAMA Conference. October, 1996,
Pittsburgh, Penn.
Future Libraries: Threats to Public Access in the Digital Age. Sponsored by Computer Profession-
als for Social Responsibility, Berkeley Chapter. August 7, 1996, San Francisco, Calif.
Information Beyond the Year 2000: Issues for the Special Librarian. Special Libraries Association,
San Diego Chapter. March 22, 1996, San Diego, Calif.
The Changing Face of Information. Southern California Technical Services Processing Group. May
19, 1995, Upland, Calif.
Changing Libraries, Changing Lives. Manitoba Library Association. May 13, 1995, Manitoba, Canada.
Internet and the Borderless Community. World Affairs Council of Northern California. September
13, 1994, San Francisco, Calif.
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For more information
Copyright in the Digital Age. Sponsored by Access Canada, March 25, 2004.
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