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1 Curriculum Vitae Sílvia Barcellos Southwick Updated March Olivia Heights Ave Henderson, NV Phone: (315) Current Professional Position I am the Digital Collections Metadata librarian at the UNLV Libraries. I provide leadership for the UNLV Libraries in selecting metadata standards, adapting these standards to satisfy local needs, and coordinate implementation of metadata in digital collection projects. Most recently, I have been involved with the design, planning and implementation of the UNLV Libraries Linked Data Project. Blog for the Linked Data Project: Education Ph. D. (2001) Information Transfer Syracuse University, School of Information Studies Dissertation: Understanding Intermediation in a Digital Environment: An Exploratory Case Study Dissertation Advisor: Barbara H. Kwasnik Masters of Science Library and Information Science (Dec 2009) GPA: 4.0 Certificate of Advanced Study in Digital Libraries (Dec 2009) GPA: 4.0 Masters of Science (1981) Applied Computation Focus: Information Retrieval Bachelor of Science (1976) Electrical Engineering Syracuse University, School of Information Studies Instituto de Pesquisas Espaciais, São Paulo, Brazil Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil Skills (applied in professional practice) Linked Data Concepts and technologies for transforming metadata into linked data Digital library projects: design, development and deployment Design and implementation workflows for metadata creation and management Metadata practices and standards: Open Access Initiative (OAI-pmh) protocol, Dublin Core, MARC, etdms (electronic theses and dissertations), Dublin Core Application Profile Digital asset management system: CONTENTdm Web technologies: HTML, XML and XLT Graduate level teaching (see Academic Experience below for list of courses taught) Research: experience with qualitative and quantitative research methodologies, and the use of software tools for data analysis such as Atlas.ti, QDA and SPSS. System development: system analysis and design, computer programming, project management, database design, and report and grant writing Languages: fluent in Portuguese, English and Spanish Curriculum Vitae: Silvia Barcellos Southwick 1

2 Professional Experience 01/01/2011 to present Digital Collections Metadata Librarian at University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas 09/01/2010 to 11/30/2010 Digital Collections Specialist at University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas 09/01/2009 to 05/30/2010 Metadata Specialist at University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas 10/02/2006 to 08/30/2007 South American Client Service Representative, The Bank of New York Mellon 01/2004 to 07/2006 Assistant Professor at SUNY Buffalo School of Informatics Department of Library and Information Studies 02/1983 to 10/2003 System Analyst and Project Manager, Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia (IBICT), Brasília, DF Brazil. 02/1979 to 01/1983 System Analyst, Ministry of Agriculture, Brasília, DF Brazil Professional Responsibilities as Digital Collections Metadata Librarian, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (tenure-track position) In this position, I provide leadership for the UNLV Libraries in selecting metadata standards, adapting these standards to satisfy local needs, and coordinate implementation of metadata in digital collection projects. Additionally, I design, plan and implement the UNLV Libraries Linked Data Project. Main responsibilities: Lead the implementation of the UNLV Libraries Linked Data Project which transforms digital collections metadata into linked data Provide metadata expertise and serve as a resource for non-marc metadata design, structure and standards. Assist colleagues in other Libraries Departments on metadata issues. Evaluate, select, adapt and design metadata schemas for digital collection projects maintaining a high degree of interoperability with existing UNLV Libraries digital collections and national standards. Participate in the design of the workflow for importing, revising, creating and maintaining metadata in digital collections. Train staff and interns in the creation and management of metadata and in the use of CONTENTdm for these purposes. Develop metadata quality control procedures and coordinate their implementation in digital projects. Create and maintain an Application Profile containing detailed information about all metadata elements used in UNLV Libraries digital collections. The Application Profile serve as a guide for developing new digital collections as well as recording UNLV Libraries policies, procedures and best practices in metadata creation and maintenance. Professional Responsibilities as Metadata Specialist University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas In this position I worked collaboratively with UNLV Special Collections and digitization staff to plan and create metadata, contributing to the development of two LSTA grant-funded digital collections Menus: The Art of Dining and Historic Landscape of Nevada. My main responsibilities are the definition of a metadata schema and creation of metadata records using the CONTENTdm application. I also have devised and implemented automated color corrections for the menu images using Photoshop. Other key responsibilities include: Curriculum Vitae: Silvia Barcellos Southwick 2

3 Create and use controlled vocabularies Research information related to materials being digitized Define file naming structure for archival and processed images Revise digitization procedures from previous projects to incorporate the newly defined scanning settings and procedures Define and design a workflow for processing images including scanning, pre-processing and color correction phases Prior Professional Responsibilities in Brazil Project Manager: Brazilian Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations a networked digital library that provides unified access to distributed electronic theses and dissertations among Brazilian universities. Coordinator: government initiative to establish a national metadata standard for electronic theses and dissertations (mtd-br) adopted by members of the Brazilian information community. Project Manager: Open Archives Protocol Project - implementation project of the Open Archive Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) for the digital library being developed. This allowed metadata transfer from Brazilian universities and information centers (data providers) to a union catalog of metadata hosted by IBICT. The union catalog is used to offer public access to the harvested resources and expose metadata to be harvested by other data services such as the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (developed by Virginia Tech). Selected Prior Consulting Projects Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Brasília, Brazil member of the Technical Committee for Interchange and Production of Information to Support Research and Development Actions Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique; supported by United Nations Development Program. Objective: design an information system for university libraries CONICIT, San Jose Costa Rica; supported by UNESCO. Objective: design an automated Union Catalog of Serials for Costa Rican university libraries Consejo Superior de las Universidades Centroamericanas; supported by UNESCO. Objective: design an automated union catalog of serials for Central American university libraries. Services at UNLV Libraries Campus Level UNLV Library Faculty Senator Elected by faculty to represent the Libraries at Faculty Senate 2013-present Faculty Travel Committee This committee is charged with recommending the distribution of funds to support faculty travel and development for the spring and fall semesters. College/School Level 2013 Co-chair of the Special Collections Librarian Search Committee 2013 Member of the Search Committee for the Mountain West Digital Library Metadata Librarian 2013-present Mountain West Digital Library Geospatial Task Force Task force charged with making recommendation to the Mountain West Digital Library concerning geospatial metadata Library Faculty Professional Development Committee Curriculum Vitae: Silvia Barcellos Southwick 3

4 I became co-chair of this committee, starting July Digitization Advisory Committee This committee is charged with developing a formal process of proposing and selecting digitization projects. I am the member who represents the Libraries at-large Usability Working Group I joined the group in November 2011 as the digital collections representative. I have contributed to the planning and evaluating of Summon usability tests present Linked Data Study Group (chair) I have been coordinating meetings and facilitating discussions on the topics of linked data and semantic web in the UNLV Libraries. Also, I have been researching, selecting and posting relevant information resources on the internal digdocs wiki and on the Linked Data Project ( Chair of the Search Committee for the UNLV Libraries Head of Discovery Services Librarian Cabinet (starting July 2012) Elected by faculty to represent the Libraries at-large present Institutional Repository Advisory Committee Starting in July 2012, I have been member of the IR Advisory Committee with monthly meetings to discuss issues related to the IR operation and plans for future actions. Professional and learned societies March 2014 present: Co-chair of the Mountain West Digital Library (MWDL) Linked Data Interest Group. I have volunteered to chair this group and coordinated the kick-off meeting. I prosed to start as an interest group and later to transform it in a task force present Utah Academic Library Consortium Digitization Committee I have participated in virtual discussions and I physically attended meetings. Metadata Task Force (Member from 2011 to present) I have actively participated in revising the MWDL Dublin Core Application Profile which version 2.0 was released in July Digital Assets Management Systems Interest Group I have been member of this group since November I attended most of its meetings, which occurs twice a year, to discuss CONTENTdm (advantages and problems with new versions) and alternative solutions for digital preservation present Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) --Linked Library Data Interest Group I have attended meetings of this group in ALA conferences to discuss linked data topics and learn what others are doing in this area present Library of Congress -- Bibliographic Framework Transition Forum This forum discusses the transition of MARC format to linked data. I have been monitoring actions of this group as it provides insights for the UNLV linked data project. Service at SUNY Buffalo Chair of the Admissions and Academic Standards Committee from Fall 2004 through Spring A major responsibility was in writing the Student Chapter of the MLS accreditation program presentation. Member of the Advisory Committee for the Master in Informatics Member of the university advisory committee for testing and evaluating the adoption of the Turnitin software Academic Experience at SUNY Buffalo Curriculum Vitae: Silvia Barcellos Southwick 4

5 Teaching SUNY Buffalo, School of Informatics Department of Library and Information Studies Spring 2004 Fall 2004 Spring 2005 Fall 2005 Spring 2006 Systems Analysis and Design Information Storage and Retrieval Survey of Information Science and Services Introduction to Information Technology Systems Analysis and Design Introduction to Information Technology Knowledge Management Introduction to Information Technology Introduction to Information Technology (two sections) Research developed at SUNY Buffalo Medical Image Retrieval (2006) This project focused on developing and evaluating an information retrieval technique to combine content-based image retrieval and text-based information retrieval for retrieval of medical images. I was a co-investigator in this research project. The authors have participated in the image task in the Cross Language Evaluation Forum 2005 and Cross-Language Information Retrieval (2006) This project involved developing and evaluating a system to perform cross-language information retrieval. The authors have participated in CLEF 2005 in the Portuguese monolingual information retrieval task as well as in the bilingual English-Portuguese information retrieval task. Research Grants AT&T grant for developing research for medical image retrieval system Traveling grant as part of a larger university grant from a large Buffalo-based company. I also have developed a knowledge management workshop for the company as part of the grant. Scholarships and Awards Innovation Solutions Award in recognition to outstanding contributions to the University Libraries 2002 Doctoral Prize School of Information Studies Graduate School / Syracuse University Virtual Reference Desk (VRD) 2000 Conference Best Student Paper Award, Seattle Spring and Summer Research Creative Project , Syracuse University Brazilian Government Scholarship to pursue doctoral degree ( ) Publications and Presentations Dissertation Southwick, S. B. (2001). Understanding intermediation in a digital environment: An exploratory case study. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Syracuse University, Syracuse. Review of Dissertation Curriculum Vitae: Silvia Barcellos Southwick 5

6 Hahn, K. L. (2003). Understanding Intermediation in a Digital Environment: An Exploratory Case Study: By Silvia Barcellos Southwick. Unpublished PhD dissertation, Syracuse University, UMI order number AAT Library & Information Science Research, 25(1), Peer-Reviwed Journal Articles Lampert, C. K., & Southwick, S. B. (July 01, 2013). Leading to Linking: Introducing Linked Data to Academic Library Digital Collections. Journal of Library Metadata, 13, Southwick, S. B., & Lampert, C. (2011). Metadata Dictionary Database: A proposed tool for academic library metadata management. Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 23(4), Southwick, S. B. (2006). The Brazilian electronic theses and dissertations digital library: Providing open access for scholarly information. Ciência da Informação, 35(2), Lobo, M. F. D., & Barcellos, S. O. (1992). Guias de fontes de informação: Metodologia para geração e automação. Ciência da Informação, 21(1), Barcellos, S. O. (1989). A project for improving interaction between users and information centers: Public access to databases in Brazil. The Electronic Library, 7(4). Book Chapter Southwick S. B. & Skoric J. (2012). Putting metadata in practice. In Monson, J. (Ed.), Jump-Start Your Career as a Digital Librarian: A LITA Guide (pp ). Chicago: ALA TechSource. Invited Conference Presentations Southwick, Silvia B. & Lampert, Cory K. (2013, Dec.). Linked Data Demystified: The UNLV Linked Data Project. NISO Webinar: Library Linked Data: From Vision to Reality [estimated 180 attendees -- webinar] Lampert, C. K. & Southwick, S. B. (2013, December) Transforming CONTENTdm Metadata to Linked Data. Presentation at CONTENTdm Virtual Conference Southwick, S. B. & Lampert, C. K. (2013, November) Exposing Missing Links: From CONTENTdm digital Collections Metadata to the Linked Open Data. Paper presentation at Best Practices Exchange Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah. Southwick, Silvia B. & Lampert, Cory K. (2013, October) Not Just for Geeks: A practical approach to linked data for digital collections managers. Full-day workshop for Mountain West Digital Library partners which included presentation about linked data and hands-on exercises on how to transform digital collection into linked data. I consider this as a scholarship as I have to create original content for this workshop. Southwick, S. & Lampert, C. (2012, November) Linked data demystified: Practical efforts to transform CONTENTdm metadata into linked data. Presentation in the Virtual OCLC CONTENTdm User Group Meeting, November 7, Southwick, S. B. (2002a, October). Arquivos abertos como solução de interoperabilidade para bibliotecas digitais. Paper presented at the XII Seminário Nacional de Bibliotecas Universitárias Recife, Brazil. Southwick, S. B. (2002b, October). Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações. Paper presented at the XII Seminário Nacional de Bibliotecas Universitárias, Recife, Brazil. Papers Published in Conference Proceedings Ruiz, M. E., Shapiro, S., Abbas, J., Southwick, S. B., & Mark, B. (2007). UB at GeoCLEF 2006, Lecture Notes in Computer Science. 730/2007, Ruiz, M. E., & Southwick, S. B. (2006). UB at CLEF 2005: Bilingual CLIR and Medical Image Retrieval Tasks, Lecture Notes in Computer Science. 4022/2006, Southwick, S. B. (2003). Digital intermediation: An exploration of user and intermediary. Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 44, Southwick, S. B., & Southwick, R. (2003). Learning digital library technology across borders. Proceedings of the 2003 Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, Curriculum Vitae: Silvia Barcellos Southwick 6

7 Southwick, S. B. (2002). Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações: Integrando sistemas nacionais de informação de teses e dissertações. Proceedings of the 54a. Reunião Anual da SBPC. Zhang, P., Small, R. V., M., Von Dron G., & Barcellos, S. (2000). A two-factor theory for website design. Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 6, Zhang, P., Small, R. V., M., Von Dron G., & Barcellos, S. (1999). Websites that satisfy users: A theoretical framework for web user-interface design and evaluation. Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2, Barcellos, S., & Gaspar, A. C. (1996). Antares: Uma experiência brasileira no estabelecimento de uma rede de serviços de informação em C&T. Proceedings of the V Foro de Redes de América Latina y el Caribe, Lima, Peru, Barcellos, S. (1987). A utilização da RENPAC para acesso às bases de dados do IBICT. Proceedings of the 14o Congresso de Biblioteconomia e Documentação, Recife, PE, Brazil. Barcellos, S. (1985). Características desejáveis de software para exploração de bases de dados bibliográficas. Proceedings of the VII Congresso Regional de Informática, Brasília, DF, Brazil. Barcellos, S. O. (1985). Problemas de desenvolvimento de software para automação de bibliotecas com pequenos computadores. Revista de Biblioteconomia de Brasília, 13(1), Santana, P. H., & Barcellos, S. O. T., E. (1983). Um sistema de recuperação de informações apoiado por tesauro. Proceedings of the V Congresso Regional de Informática, Olinda, PE, Brazil. Santana, P. H., & Barcellos, S. O. (1981). Um sistema flexível de recuperação de dados documentários. Proceedings of the Congresso Nacional de Informática, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Refereed Conference Presentations Southwick, S. B. & Lampert, C. K. (2014, April). Practical Work in Linked Data using Digital Collections: Unleashing the Expressivity of Data. Presentation at the Coalition for Networked Network Spring 2014 Membership Meeting, St Louis, Missouri. Southwick, S. & Hunsaker, A. (2013, June). Survival of the Fittest: The Evolution of Metadata in Digital Collections. Poster session presented at the ALA 2013 Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois. Southwick, S. B. & Lampert, C. K. (2013, April). Transforming Digital Collections Into Linked Data: The rise of Missing Links. Poster session presented at the ACRL 2013 Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana. Southwick, S. B. & Skoric J. (2011, October) Keeping track of objects and metadata at UNLV: From material selection through metadata quality control. Paper session presented at 2011 Midwest CONTENTdm User Group Meeting, Muncie, Indiana. Southwick, S. B. & Lampert, C. (2011, March). Metadata Dictionary Database (MDD): A proposed tool for academic library metadata management. Poster session presented at ACRL 2011 Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Southwick, S. B., & Pavani, A. (2004, June). Building a national networked ETD digital library in Brazil: A collaborative project involving government and universities. Paper presented at the 7th Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations, Lexington, KY. Pavani, A., & Southwick, S. B. (2004, June). Some practical points on organizing ETD consortia. Paper presented at the 7th Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations, Lexington, KY. Barcellos, S. (2000, October). Understanding intermediation in a digital environment: An exploratory case study. Paper presented at the Virtual Reference Desk 2000, Seattle, WA. Barcellos, S. (1988, October). Un Proyecto para mejorar la interacción entre usuarios y centros de información: Acceso público a bases de datos en Brasil. Paper presented at the Congreso Internacional de Informacion Cientifica y Tecnica, La Habana, Cuba. Molino, E., Telles, C., Visiedo, O., Cruz, R., & Barcellos, S. O. (1988, October). Formato de intercambio de información referencial. Paper presented at the Congreso Internacional de Informacion Cientifica y Tecnica, La Habana, Cuba. Work in Progress Journal Articles Curriculum Vitae: Silvia Barcellos Southwick 7

8 Working title: UNLV Libraries experience on transforming CONTENTdm digital collections metadata into linked data: A transferable practical approach This paper is based on the computer lab script used for the workshop on linked data. It provides an overview of linked data concepts and explain step-by-step how to implement the transformation of metadata from digital collections to linked data. I believe this will be a welcome paper for professionals of the library community who are interested in understanding and applying concepts of linked data. Working title: Survival of the Fittest: The Evolution of Metadata in Digital Collections This paper is based on a poster that the authors presented at ALA This poster was very well received. We decided to write a paper in response to the interest expressed by the audience and by four journal editors. Curriculum Vitae: Silvia Barcellos Southwick 8

Ph.D. Computer Engineering and Information Science. Case Western Reserve University. Cleveland, OH, 1986

Victor Matos Address: 4984 Farnhurst Rd. Lyndhurst OH 44124 Phone: (216) 382-2264 (Home) Email: matos@cis.csuohio.edu Web-Page: http://cis.csuohio.edu/~matos Education Ph.D. Computer Engineering and Information