Check out my blog at StructurallySound.org
Check out my blog at StructurallySound.org
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Last modified: May 12, 2008 UTC
This is a short list of some of my skills:
Florida State University ( 2000 - 2004 ) Tallahassee, FL, USA
M.L.I.S: Information Architecture
Liberty University ( 2000 - 2004) Lynchburg, VA, USA
30 Graduate Credit Hours: Philosophy and Religion
Liberty University ( 1996 - 2000 ) Lynchburg, VA, USA
B.S.: Communication, specializing in Media Graphics; Philosophy and Social Science
Selected Employment History Only: For a more comprehensive history, please see my Curriculum Vitae (PDF)..
In this position, I collaborate with users, University stakeholders, and library personnel to create a seamless, integrated web presence for the Libraries. This includes responsibility for web design and development, usability testing, server administration, and content management.
I coordinated access to over $3.5 million in annual electronic resource subscriptions, including customizing and configuring related software tools, maintaining relevant database information, troubleshooting reported issues, and providing front-line technical support.
I supervised and personally provided on-site instruction for multi-media computer lab and equipment.
We are currently in the beginning phases of redesigning the website of the Florida State University Libraries "from the ground up" using the open-source content management system Drupal
This includes conducting user research, creating new content management strategies, and renovating the overall visual design and navigation.
Expected launch date: Summer 2009.
I helped design this site back in Summer 2007 shortly after I was hired as the Web Development Librarian for the Florida State University Libraries.
We were on a very short timeline, and emphasis was placed on making immediate improvements to the accessibility, usability, and overall branding of the site.
It was also based on Drupal.
In order to match the changes made to the main Libraries's site in 2007 (see above), we had to re-"skin" aspects of the online journal search interface.
We also launched a new search interface for our online catalog in 2007, based on the Endeca search product.
Customizations to the default "theme" of the catalog were made to help provide consistency between it and other aspects of the Libraries' web presence.
I designed a blogging platform for the Florida State University Libraries based on Wordpress Multi-User.
Unfortunately, the project did not "catch on" and was later discontinued, but the theme itself reflected the colors and branding of the other FSU Libraries' and its web presence.
This was one of the first websites I developed as part of a team. It was done as a student of the College of Information.
The basic layout of the site is the same as it was when we designed it; however, many aspects of the site have changed from our original version.
I helped design this site while working in the Digital Media Center at Florida State University Libraries.
I was commissioned to come up with a basic XHTML template for both the Digital Library Center and Digital Media Center using the same template.
(This site has also changed since its original creation.)
Also available on Slideshare:
Jackson, Millie. Blackburn, Jonathan. MediaWiki Open-Source Software as Infrastructure for Electronic Resource Outreach, Electronic Resources and Libraries 2007. Atlanta, GA, February 22-24, 2007. McDonald, Robert. Blackburn, Jonathan. MediaWiki Open-Source Software as Infrastructure for Electronic Resource Outreach, Five Weeks to a Social Library (Online Course). February 12-March 7, 2007.
