Janet Taylor
User Experience and Design Librarian at Harvard University- Claim this Profile
Click to upgrade to our gold package
for the full feature experience.
-
Czech Native or bilingual proficiency
Topline Score
Bio
Gary McGath
Janet provided her user-interface expertise on a web service project for which I was writing the software. She demonstrated good knowledge, communicated well, and was responsive to the various needs of the project.
Dustin Goldman
Janet tirelessly advocates for the advancement of usability, adoption of standards based web design, and improved user interfaces at the Harvard Library. She has a keen understanding of how advancements in these areas can be categorized as, "non-tivial with existing infrastructure and code base," "possible with existing infrastructure and code base," and "not possible with existing infrastructure and code base," and how to prioritize implementing improvements accordingly.
Gary McGath
Janet provided her user-interface expertise on a web service project for which I was writing the software. She demonstrated good knowledge, communicated well, and was responsive to the various needs of the project.
Dustin Goldman
Janet tirelessly advocates for the advancement of usability, adoption of standards based web design, and improved user interfaces at the Harvard Library. She has a keen understanding of how advancements in these areas can be categorized as, "non-tivial with existing infrastructure and code base," "possible with existing infrastructure and code base," and "not possible with existing infrastructure and code base," and how to prioritize implementing improvements accordingly.
Gary McGath
Janet provided her user-interface expertise on a web service project for which I was writing the software. She demonstrated good knowledge, communicated well, and was responsive to the various needs of the project.
Dustin Goldman
Janet tirelessly advocates for the advancement of usability, adoption of standards based web design, and improved user interfaces at the Harvard Library. She has a keen understanding of how advancements in these areas can be categorized as, "non-tivial with existing infrastructure and code base," "possible with existing infrastructure and code base," and "not possible with existing infrastructure and code base," and how to prioritize implementing improvements accordingly.
Gary McGath
Janet provided her user-interface expertise on a web service project for which I was writing the software. She demonstrated good knowledge, communicated well, and was responsive to the various needs of the project.
Dustin Goldman
Janet tirelessly advocates for the advancement of usability, adoption of standards based web design, and improved user interfaces at the Harvard Library. She has a keen understanding of how advancements in these areas can be categorized as, "non-tivial with existing infrastructure and code base," "possible with existing infrastructure and code base," and "not possible with existing infrastructure and code base," and how to prioritize implementing improvements accordingly.
Experience
-
Harvard University
-
United States
-
Higher Education
-
700 & Above Employee
-
User Experience and Design Librarian
-
2006 - Present
Member of the Library Projects team within Library Technology Services. We evaluate, design, implement and configure systems and technology solutions that support preservation of and access to digital library and archives collections and content. Responsible for user experience and interface design that improves usability, desirability, value, and adoption of new and enhanced interfaces by designing user interactions based on needs analysis and user research. Includes accessibility advocacy and compliance testing.
-
-
Systems Librarian
-
1997 - 2006
Project management for the development of library systems, support for web technologies, web development and web site maintenance.
-
-
-
New England College of Optometry
-
United States
-
Higher Education
-
100 - 200 Employee
-
Acting Director, Systems Librarian
-
1995 - 1997
As acting director, responsible for library services in a small academic library during a major library renovation. As systems librarian, responsible for IT in the academic sector of the college. Integrated networks, provided desktop support, selected and implemented new integrated library system. As acting director, responsible for library services in a small academic library during a major library renovation. As systems librarian, responsible for IT in the academic sector of the college. Integrated networks, provided desktop support, selected and implemented new integrated library system.
-
-
Education
-
1994 - 1995
Syracuse University
Master of Library & Information Science - MLIS -
1990 - 1993
Rochester Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA
Community
