Bryan P. Carson
MLIS, MA • (802) 443-5341 • <>
Work Experience
Middlebury College - Middlebury, Vermont
Electronic Services Librarian (May 2003-present)
· Manage the College Library’s Web site.
· Implement and maintain SubjectsPlus
· Configure and customize the library catalog's Web interface (III Millennium)
· Support EZProxy
· Support digital library projects
o OCLC CONTENTdm administrator
o Information architecture consultant
· Serve on Library and Tech Liaison Teams to academic departments including the Sciences, Psychology, Computer Science, Mathematics, French.
· Technology Liaison to the Summer Language Schools
· Support research of students and faculty through reference and library instruction
Carnegie Mellon University - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Information Assistant - Engineering and Science Library (September 2002-May 2003)
Contract Cataloger - School of Computer Science (November 2002-May 2003)
Duquesne University - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Reference Librarian - Temp (September-December 2002)
WhizBang! Labs (now defunct) - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Manager - Data Quality Assurance (August 2000-May 2002)
· Managed a Data Quality Analyst and a team of 40 Data Labelers/Verifiers.
· Created labeled training data for automatic extraction of unstructured data from Web sites (machine learning).
University of Pittsburgh
Instructor - XHTML Workshops - Department of Library and Information Science (Fall 2002-Spring 2003)
Field Placement Intern - Department of Information Systems, University Library System (summer 2000)
Graduate Student Assistant - School of Information Sciences Computing Lab (1999-2000)
Goethe-Institut -- Atlanta, Georgia
Assistant Librarian at Goethe-Institut Atlanta Library, German Cultural Center (1994-1996)
Cataloger: Cataloged 75% of library's collection into OCLC and InMagic.
Teaching
Abroad:
Franklin College Switzerland -- Sorengo (Lugano), Switzerland
Instructor of English as a Second Language (ESL) (1998-1999)
Advantage English -- Nagoya, Japan
Instructor of ESL (summer 1997)
Austrian Public School System -- Innsbruck, Austria
English Instructor in public secondary schools: Höhere Technische Lehranstalt (HTL) Innsbruck, HTL Fulpmes (1989-1990)
United States:
Spring International Language Centers
Instructor of ESL in the intensive program at Auraria Higher Education Center, Denver, CO. Instructor in Executive English Program at Arapahoe Community College, Littleton, CO. ESL instructor in special program (Shimane University Communication and Culture Program) at Spring International at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. (1997-1998)
University of Denver -- Denver, Colorado
Instructed ESL in the intensive program and business English in the SK Telecom Global Training Program at the English Language Center
Inlingua -- Atlanta, Georgia
Instructor of German and English as a Second Language (1996)
International Education Center -- Atlanta, Georgia
ESL Instructor (1993-1995)
University of Florida -- Gainesville, Florida
Graduate Teaching Assistant - German Instructor (1988-1991)
Rosenstock-Huessy Archival Project - University of Florida Department of Religion
· translation German-English / English-German
· database configuration, data entry (1992-1993)
Miscellaneous
Freelance Translator of business and genealogical documents (German-English)
Education
United States:
University of Pittsburgh
MLIS (2000)
University of Florida
MA (with thesis) in German, TESOL courses (1992)
BA (with Honors) in German Area Studies (1988)
Abroad:
Universität Innsbruck (1989-1990)
Universität Bonn (1986-1987)
Eurocentre Intensive Language Schools:
· Paris, France (1986)
· Cologne, Germany (1986)
· Florence, Italy (1989)
Computer and Information Technology Skills
· Operating systems: Windows, DOS, UNIX, Linux, Mac OS X
· HTML, XHTML, XML, SQL
· Drupal (expertise: server to desktop)
· Content Management Server (Microsoft)
· OCLC CONTENTdm
· ILS: Innovative Interfaces (Millennium), DRA, Endeavor / Voyager, Sirsi / Unicorn
· PHP, JavaScript
· Applications: Microsoft Office Suite for PC and Macintosh, MS Access, Adobe Suite, OCLC (Passport and Passport for Windows), InMagic, db/TextWorks, CINDEX (indexing), MultiTes (thesaurus)
Foreign Languages
· German - fluent (near-native)
· French - fluent
· Italian - fluent
· Spanish - working knowledge
· Dutch - working knowledge
Certifications
German:
· Prüfung Wirtschaftsdeutsch International (1995)
· Zeugnis Zentrale Mittelstufenprüfung (1987)
· Goethe-Institut: Zertifikat Deutsch als Fremdsprache (1986)
· Eurocentre Foundations for European Languages and Cultures: Fähigkeitszeugnis für Deutsch (1986)
French:
· Eurocentre: Attestation de Niveau de Compétence en Langue Française (1986)
Italian:
· Eurocentre: Attesto del Grado di Conoscenza della Lingua Italiana (1989)
Professional Organizations
· American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T)
· American Library Association (ALA)
· Educause