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Chris Mavergameschrismavergames <at> gmail <dot> comhttps://portal.uni-freiburg.de/imbi/team?showEmployee=cmavergablog: mavergames.orgfacebook: facebook.com/mavergamestwitter: @mavergameslinkedin: linkedin.com/in/chrismavergames
Cochrane Collaboration, Freiburg, Germany: Director of Web Development - Manage worldwide web development for Cochrane entity sites including the Collaboration’s flagship site, cochrane.org. - Manage a team of php and Java programmers in developing a multilingual web platform using the Drupal CMS that supports more than 100 websites worldwide. - Coordinate information architecture, enterprise architecture and Web 2.0 technologies and semantic web/linked data inititatives. Jan. 2006 – Oct. 2006 British Library, London, UK: Metadata Librarian, Archival Sound Recording digitisation project - Process and archive digitised sound files in mp3 format by applying metadata and segmentation information for inclusion in the library’s JISC-funded Archival Sound Recordings project: http://sounds.bl.uk. - Participate in planning and implementation meetings in order to improve processes and workflows in the fulfillment of the project. March 2003 – Nov. 2005 New York City College of Technology - CUNY, Brooklyn, NY: Multimedia Resources Librarian/Director of Multimedia Services and Webmaster - Oversaw operations to develop, maintain and provide access to the multimedia collections including cataloguing of all non-print materials. - Served as webmaster of the library’s website including coordinating the purchasing of new tools and technologies. - Served as subject specialist in the fields of biology, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, music, physics, and performing arts. - Managed a project to digitize a collection of LPs and provide access to these recordings. Jan. 2000 – March 2003 Time Magazine, Research Center, New York, NY: Research Assistant - Indexed and performed quality control on articles from Time Inc. publications for in-house and online databases. - Managed a project to provide additional tagging of XML-formatted metadata and online support for articles published on Fortune.com. - Coordinated copyright and electronic rights protection efforts. - Assisted writers and editors at various publications with research using an array of online and print resources. May 1999 – Dec. 1999 Fortune Magazine, New York, NY: Editorial Assistant - Managed the editing and proofreading of materials for the Fortune Global Forum in Shanghai, China. - Acted as liaison with conference producers and editors on-site in Shanghai. June 1998 – April 1999 CNN, Turner Broadcasting, Atlanta, GA: Contracts Coordinator - Developed and maintained a tracking database for legal contracts between Turner and its cable affiliates. - Coordinated with chief legal counsels to address contractual issues. June – Aug. 2002 Columbia University, Butler Library Preservation Department, - Performed basic repairs on books, maps and other ephemera. - Prepared and scanned rare documents for inclusion in a digital library project. - Trained in using equipment such as an ultrasonic welder and a de-acidification bath. June 1998 – April 1999 New York University, New York, NY - Attended summer institute entitled “Managing Electronic Resources for Your Library.”
Sept. 2000 – Aug. 2002 Long Island University, Palmer School of Library and Information Science, NYU/Brookville, NY - Selected courses: Metadata Description and Access, Subject Analysis, Preservation, Rare Books, and others. - Degree: Master of Science in Library and Information Science. Sept. 1992 – Dec. 1996 University of Georgia, Athens, GA - Degree: Bachelor of Arts in English; Minors in Music and French.
English (native); French (very good); German (very good).
Proficient in Mac OS and Windows environments; web development in Dreamweaver; Drupal CMS; Photoshop, Logic, audio and video editing; Metadata standards (Dublin Core) and XML; Semantic Web standards (RDF, RDFs, OWL); knowledge of PHP, JSP and other server-side technologies.
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