Cristy Danford

Academic Systems Technologist at Barnard College
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Toledo, Ohio, United States, US

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Jeremy M. Johnston

Cristy is an outstanding employee. She has greatly contributed to the Papers of William F. Cody's digital initiatives. I would strongly recommend her for any position within her field of expertise.

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Experience

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Academic Systems Technologist
      • Sep 2022 - Present

      -Development and maintenance of technical infrastructure for Instructional Media and Technology Services, serving Barnard faculty, Barnard Library, and the Centers at Milstein -System administration, feature development, migration, and automation assistance for Barnard Archives digital collections and finding aids -Web hosting administration, development assistance, and associated policy for faculty, staff, and student websites and other digital projects -Creation and analysis of Voyager ILS reports for Barnard Library staff -Inventory, licensing, documentation, and technical support for a variety of academic technologies -Archipelago, ArchivesSpace, IIIF -Unix/Linux, SSH, AWS, Docker, Git, Apache Solr, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Twig, React, JSON, npm, Drush, etc., -Plesk, Drupal, WordPress, Omeka, Scalar -Web archiving/born-digital, ArchiveBox, Internet Archive/Archive-It -Voyager ILS, Prepackaged Access Reports, SQL queries via Oracle Show less

    • United States
    • Software Development
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Systems Librarian
      • Oct 2019 - Apr 2022

      -Provision of extensive telephone and email support for Sierra and Millennium customers -Unix system administration via SSH and MySQL/PostgreSQL to configure, analyze, and troubleshoot complex library systems for public and academic libraries and consortia throughout the country -Circulation and ILL expert with crossover support for OPAC, discovery, collections, reporting, and technical issues -Support and configuration for a number of services and devices for authentication, circulation, inventory, fines payment, etc., to include APIs, RFID, and SIP2 -Cooperation and collaboration among L3 support, CloudOps, DevOps, Sales, and Customer Success teams -Netsuite, Jira, Confluence, and other tools for communication and documentation Show less

    • United States
    • Libraries
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Branch Manager
      • Aug 2014 - Apr 2019

      -Direction and support of branch personnel, policy, collections, programs, outreach, marketing, facilities, and systems -Management of collection development via inventory, acquisitions, weeding, and the implementation of material donations policies -New employee interviews and training, yearly employee evaluations, guidance in employee goal setting and fulfillment in support of the Library’s strategic plan; Volunteer management -Branch budget management, project management, statistical analysis, associated proposals and reports -Community partnerships, event planning, public speaking and presentations, fundraising and grant proposals -Significantly increased the number and diversity of programs; Created and maintained social media accounts, press releases, and other marketing efforts -Development and implementation of first annual system-wide Library staff development day -Technology support and instruction for patrons of all ages; Development and execution of youth programs in robotics, coding, and 3D printing -Development and coordination of YA summer reading program and associated community service project -Responsible for branch closing, reopening, repairs, and all communications in response to Hurricane Irma -Design and implementation of stacks and furniture relocation for the creation of a dedicated YA space -Contributing member of new library building project -Assisted in planning and executing the implementation of new public access computers and administered the associated virtual desktop system -Implementation of digital tools for project management and operations among a staff of 6 -Circulation, reference, ILL, and technology assistance to patrons, Polaris ILS Show less

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • System and Database Administrator, Visual Resources
      • Oct 2013 - Aug 2014

      -Term position providing administration, maintenance, and further development for DIMLI, an open source digital image management system created by my predecessor -System administration, backup, and security for multiple testing institutions -Digital imaging workflow using DSLR, copy stand, slide scanner, and Adobe Photoshop -Assistance in the development of faculty and student digital research projects and exhibitions -HTML, CSS, PHP, SQL, and JavaScript toward improved UI and discovery -VRA Core, Getty Vocabularies, import and interoperability of legacy data -XAMPP/LAMP, version control/GIT, Oxygen/XML, Ubuntu Server, MySQL, shell scripts Show less

    • Library Assistant
      • Jun 2011 - Oct 2013

      -Circulation, reference, ILL, readers advisory, and technical assistance to patrons; SirsiDynix ILS -Donations assessments, program assistance, and other duties as assigned -Circulation, reference, ILL, readers advisory, and technical assistance to patrons; SirsiDynix ILS -Donations assessments, program assistance, and other duties as assigned

    • United States
    • Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Library Technician, McCracken Research Library
      • May 2011 - Oct 2013

      -Archival processing, preservation, and finding aids, digital access to finding aids -Original and copy cataloging of new, rare, and special materials -Digital archive collections content management, digitization, description, and system administration for a variety of digital objects -Technical liaison, metadata, and project assistance for Cody Archive, a digital archive collaboration with the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln -Assistance in the development of related digital scholarship, grant proposal contributions to include technical specifications and preservation plans -Research and reference assistance to patrons and museum staff, permissions assistance -ArchivesSpace, EAD, SirsiDynix, OCLC Connexion, LCSH, MARC, RDA -CONTENTdm, Dublin Core, TEI, OAI-PMH, OpenRefine, HTML, CSS Show less

Education

  • Wayne State University
    MLIS, Digital content management and systems implementation
    2010 - 2013
  • Bowling Green State University
    BA, Sociology, American Culture Studies
    2005 - 2009

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