OHSU Library Staff - Friday Valentine

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Friday Valentine, MLS

Serials & Metadata Librarian

Oregon Health & Science University Library

503-494-0883 / fax: 503-494-3322

Cataloging library materials in all formats
Library database management/maintenance
Planning, developing, and organizing collections of digital objects
Developing metadata schema for digital collections
Electronic resource management
Electronic theses and dissertations
Participating in various campus-wide digital projects, e.g. the development of an institutional repository
Collaborating with the Library's Historical Collections & Archives Department to create and maintain digital collections of historical materials

Metadata/Cataloging standards for digital libraries
Digital copyright and rights management/usage for educational environments
Table-of-Contents/descriptive enhancements for metadata/cataloging records
Authority control, access/retrieval/indexing,information architecture, knowledge management
Digital video production

Digital Theses Librarian, OGI/OHSU, Beaverton, OR (Jan. 2006-July 2006)
Indexer, Healthwise Inc., Boise, ID (Feb. 2006-Aug. 2006)
Digital Resources Librarian/Cataloger, OHSU, Portland, OR (Jan. 2001-June 2005)
Cataloging/Database Services Specialist, Blackwell's Book Services, Lake Oswego, OR (March 1992- Dec. 2000)

"OHSU/OGI Electronic Theses & Dissertations Collection: Text Collection Challenges" (PPT), ContentDM User Group Meeting, July 23-24, 2006.
"Metadata for the Digitally Challenged", Oregon Library Association, April 2006.
"Beyond Google! Savvy Searching for Text, Images, and Multimedia", Workshop for PORTALS, Portland, OR, February 2005; co-presenter: Andrew Hamilton.
"OHSU's Homegrown Knowledgebase", Online Northwest 2005; co-presenter: Laura Zeigen.
"Opportunities at Vendors: What Paraprofessionals Do", Oregon Library Association/Support Staff Division Conference, 1998. Panel Presenter.

April 11, 2007