DCAPS Profiles
Division
of Library Information Technologies (DLIT)
Oya Rieger, Assistant University Librarian for Division
of Digital Scholarship Services
Digital
Media Group (DMG)
Mira Basara, Digitization Specialist
Shakhya Bodhiwamsa, Digital Imaging Specialist
Rhea Garen, Digital Photographer
Danielle Mericle, Coordinator, Digital Production
Bronwyn Mohlke, Structural Metadata Specialist
Fiona Patrick, Project Coordinator
Jim Reidy, Web Programmer
Steve Rokitka, Web and Print Designer
Copyright
Peter Hirtle, Intellectual Property Officer
Fiona Patrick, Coordinator, Copyright Services Office
Electronic Publishing
David Ruddy, Director, Scholarly Communication Services
Metadata Services
Glen Wiley, Chief Metadata Librarian
Liz Muller, Metadata Librarian
Greg Nehler, Metadata Assistant
Nancy Solla, Metadata Assistant
Division
of Library Information Technologies (DLIT)
Oya Rieger is Assistant University Librarian for Division
of Library Information Technologies at the Cornell
University Library, where she oversees the library's repository development,
digital preservation, electronic publishing, digitization, and e-scholarship
initiatives. Her responsibilities also include coordinating the library's
large-scale digitization collaborations with Microsoft and Google. She
is the coauthor of the award-winning Moving Theory into Practice: Digital
Imaging for Libraries and Archives (Research Libraries Group 2000).
A member of several digital imaging and preservation working groups,
Ms. Rieger co-chaired a group charged with developing ANSI/NISO Technical
Metadata for Digital Images. Her most recent
publication is sponsored by the Council on Library and Information
Resources and focused on the preservation implications of large-scale
digitization indicatives.
Digital Media
Group
Mira Basara is the Digital Imaging Specialist for
Cornell University Library’s Digital Media Group (DMG). She is
proficient in using several computer software packages in word processing,
creating database, and digital imaging programs. As part of the production
team, she is responsible for scanning complex and less complex materials,
assisting in the quality control of imaging projects, assisting with
maintenance of imaging and workflow databases. Basara keeps a track
of projects and images, and is responsible for providing statistics
of digital production. Her experience as a production engineer is instrumental
in acquiring project organization and workflow management skills. She
received her AAS in computer information systems from Tompkins Cortland
Community College and her BS in petrochemistry, gas, petroleum and chemical
engineering from the University of Novi Sad in Yugoslavia.
Rhea Garen is the Digital Photography Coordinator
for Cornell University Library’s Digital Media Group (DMG). She
manages imaging projects and coordinates the digitization of the Rare
and Manuscript Collections’ exhibitions and patron requests. Garen
performs high-end digital photography captures, works with Luna Insight
collections, and provides technical support and research. She has a
background in scientific imaging and conventional and digital photography.
Garen is also a fine art photographer with an extensive exhibition history.
Her educational background includes an AB in biology from Cornell plus
considerable graduate level course work in photography, fine arts, and
graphic design.
Danielle Mericle is the Digital Lab Coordinator for
Cornell University Library’s Digital Media Group (DMG). She oversees
general workload management and scheduling for the DCAPS group. Additionally,
she functions as Project Manager on a number of faculty grant initiatives,
and Digital Photographer for the Echols Southeast Asia IMLS grant and
the KMODDL NSF grant. She has an extensive background in the library
environment. Prior to coming to Cornell Library, she worked as the primary
digital photographer for New York Public Library’s Digital Unit,
and as a digital imaging specialist for University of Georgia’s
Library Photo Services. Additionally, Mericle has taught all levels
of photography at a number of institutions, including Alfred University
and Syracuse University; currently she works as an adjunct professor
at Ithaca College. She holds a BFA and an MFA in photography.
Bronwyn Mohlke is the Structural Metadata Specialist
for Cornell University Library’s Digital Media Group (DMG). Mohlke
has worked on several digital projects, and has helped develop the system
used to organize and store structural metadata.
Fiona Patrick is Project Coordinator
for Cornell University Library's Digital Consulting and Production Services.
She also coordinates copyright services for Cornell University's Copyright
Information Center. Her background includes digital library project
management, intranet development for Corning, a Fortune 500 company
and five years as a research librarian for META Group, an information
technology consulting firm. She has a BA in history and an MS in library
science.
James G. Reidy is a Web Systems Designer for Cornell
University Library’s Digital Media Group (DMG). He is the software
engineer for the Global Performing Arts Database (GloPAD) project, a
consultant for the Kinematic Models for Design Digital Library (KMODDL)
project and he coordinates communication between the Library CommonSpot
Content Management System Implementation Group and the Cornell Information
Technologies (CIT) division. Reidy has over 25 years of experience in
the commercial world as a software engineer in the fields of digital
imaging, color page layout, database systems, health systems, data analysis
and visualization, and web application development.
Steve Rokitka is a Web and Print Designer for Cornell
University Library's Digital Media Group (DMG). He creates visual identities
and user interfaces for library sites and works to make sites more usable
and accessible. He also works as an illustrator and chalkboard artist
and holds a bachelor's from RIT in Professional & Technical Communications.
Copyright
Peter B. Hirtle is the Intellectual Property Officer
for Cornell University Library. He also serves as Technology Strategist
for the Library’s Instruction, Research and Information Services
Division. Previously, Hirtle served as Director of the Cornell Institute
for Digital collections where he explored the use of emerging technologies
to expand access to cultural and scientific sources through the development
and management of distinctive digital collections. He is a Fellow and
Past President of the Society of American Archivists, and chairs its
Working Group on Intellectual Property. He also served as the Associate
Editor of D-Lib Magazine http://www.dlib.org, a monthly magazine about
innovation and research in digital libraries. Hirtle is a frequent speaker
at professional meetings, and has taught workshops on the Internet,
digital imaging, and copyright.
Fiona Patrick coordinates copyright services for Cornell
University's Copyright Information Center.
See bio above.
Electronic Publishing
David Ruddy is the Director of Scholarly Communicatin Services.
He joined the staff of Project Euclid at
its inception in 2000 and has been closely involved with developing
the technical infrastructure that supports this library-based electronic
publishing initiative. He currently directs the development and extension
of that system and manages the production environment of Project Euclid
and other CUL e-publishing efforts. He has worked with SGML and XML
applications and systems for many years, both in the area of humanities
text computing and metadata services. He holds an MA, MS, and PhD all
from the University of Michigan.
Metadata Services
Glen Wiley - Chief Metadata Librarian, 607.254.5145
He has created metadata records, developed metadata application profiles,
and coordinated a variety of digital collection projects. Glen has experience
using metadata schemas such as Dublin Core, Encoded Archival Description
(EAD), Medatata Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS), and VRA Core.
He has made cataloging and metadata presentations on his work and research
at various universities and conferences, including State University
of New York at Albany, OCLC/SOLINET Georgia Users Group, and North Carolina
Library Association. Glen holds a BFA in history of art and a MS in
library and information science from Syracuse University.
Dianne Dietrich - Research Data Specialist, 607.254.5145
Dianne is responsible for providing consultation, assessment, and support
services to facilitate all aspects of digital data curation. She works
at the intersection of digital data, technology, and metadata for the
libraries. Dianne holds a BA in mathematics from Wesleyan University
and a Master of Science in Information from the University of Michigan.
Liz Muller- Metadata Librarian, 607.254.5145
Liz has worked in CUL Library Technical Services since 2005, having
served as a catalog management assistant in DMMS, a copy cataloger for
the Harris and Native American collections, and most recently as a rare
books cataloger. As a Metadata Librarian, Liz is responsible for providing
metadata consultation, design, development services, and outreach to
facilitate the use of digital and analog information for research and
education across a wide array of academic disciplines. Liz holds an
AB in history from Princeton University, MA in history of architecture
from Cornell University, and MS in library and information science from
the University of Illinois.
Greg Nehler - Metadata Assistant, 607.254.8094
Since joining Metadata Services in 2003, Greg has developed a metadata
application profile for Kinematic Models for Design Digital Library
(KMODDL) following the CEN guidelines. He is also conversant in the
NISO Metadata for Images in XML Schema (MIX) and has used it to create
collection-level technical metadata for digital image collections. He
has worked at Cornell for nearly twelve years, primarily as a cataloger.
He holds a BA in English from Portland State University and a MA and
Ph.D. in Hungarian studies from Indiana University.
Nancy Solla - Metadata Assistant, 607.254.8094
She conducts metadata quality-control assessments and creates metadata
records for a wide variety of CUL digital projects. She has also performed
project analyses, developed metadata application profiles, and served
as project manager for digital collection projects undertaken by the
Cornell Library and by Metadata Services clients. Nancy has been involved
in the design, creation, and maintenance of several web sites, including
the Library Technical Services Department and Metadata Services web
sites. She holds a BA in art history from Wells College.
