Resume - Arthur W. Rhyno

Systems Librarian
Co-owner. Essex Free Press.
Leddy Library, University of Windsor
401 Sunset Avenue
Windsor, ON
N9B 3P4

E-mail: arhyno@uwindsor.ca
Fax: (519) 973-7076
Phone (Office): (519) 253-4232 Ext. 3163
Home Page: http://www.uwindsor.ca/library/leddy/people/art

Work Experience

1993 - Present - Systems Department, Leddy Library, University of Windsor.

Duties include selecting, developing, and/or installing appropriate hardware/software for library activities, including internal LAN and campus wide applications. Supporting Voyager Library Management System. Trouble-shooting communications with campus networks and developing network applications. Researching and investigating new technologies for library processes.

1989 - 1993 (Adjunct Appointment 1993 - Present). Assistant Systems Librarian, Queen Elizabeth II Library, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Designing, managing and maintaining automated systems in the library, including locally developed library system, various CD-ROM databases on a local area network; and departmental, commercial, and administrative databases in the SPIRES database management system.

1990 - 1993 - Instructor for Computers in Libraries course, Department of Continuing Studies, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Developing course materials, assignments and exams for students. Conducting teleconferences and giving lectures to students on library uses of computers and how to maintain the hardware/software necessary for library applications.

1988 - Co-op Work Term, Information Technology Services, National Library of Canada.

Assessing the potential of new technologies for Canadian library community. Researching and writing reports explaining various technologies of relevance to libraries.

1987 - Library Assistant, Business School Library, University of Western Ontario.

Providing reference and general library services.

Education

• M. L. I. S. (1988), School of Library and Information Science, University of Western Ontario
  
• B.A. (1985), Major in Math and Computer Science, Saint Francis Xavier University

Computer Skills

Programming Skills
• Java, JavaScript, C, C++, Perl, Expect, PHP, COBOL, Python, Modula, PC Assembler
  
Statistics
• SPSS, SAS
  
DBMS
• ORACLE, InstantDB, MySQL, SPIRES, some familiarity with Informix, Progress, and Sybase
  
Middleware Infrastructures
• Enterprise Java beans (EJB), Castor, CORBA, .Net

Presentations

• Information Landscapes & Spaghetti Code. Zap Your Pram. Cavendish, Prince Edward Island. October, 2003
• Documents Come Alive: Sources for Local History & Genealogy. Humanities Resource Group. University of Windsor. September, 2003
• Top Tech Trends, (panel discussion). OLA Regional Institute, Windsor, Ontario. May 2003. OLA Regional Institute, St. Catharines, Ontario. April 2003. OLA Super Conference 2003, Toronto. February, 2003
• Librarians are from Mars, IT is from Venus, (with Jean Foster). OLA Super Conference 2003, Toronto. February, 2003
• IT Projects on a Shoestring, (with Geoff Sinclair). OLA Super Conference 2003, Toronto. February, 2003 How to Talk to Technical People, SOHLIN Annual Meeting. Windsor. April, 2002
• Windsor Internet Booking System Workshop, Working with Open Source Preconference. LITA/ALA. Emory University. Atlanta, Georgia. June, 2002
• Is XML in Your Future? NASIG. San Antonio, Texas. May, 2001
• Web Portals: Gateways to Information , (with Ken Roberts), OLA Super Conference 2001, Toronto, Ontario, February 2, 2001
• The Impact of Information Technology on Academic Libraries , (with Mark Haslett and Walter Giesbrecht), OLA Super Conference 2001, Toronto, Ontario, February 2, 2001
• Pytheas and the Problem of Phoenician Tin, Netspeed 2000, Calgary, Alberta, Saturday, September 30, 2000
• XML: Not a Dirty Acronym Anymore, CLA ETIG Preconference, Edmonton, Alberta, Wednesday, June 21, 2000.
• Open Source and Libraries, OLA Super Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Thursday, February 3, 2000
• Databases, Metadata & Markup, OLITA Digital Library Workshop, Mississauga, Ontario, October 29, 1999
• Rolling Out Your Own Browsers, Access '99, Guelph, Ontario, Monday, October 25, 1999
• Creating Electronic Text from Paper & Pixel, EPIG Preconference on Raising a Digital Library Project, CLA '99, Toronto, Wednesday, June 16, 1999
• Technology Readiness for the Millennium, OLA Super Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Thursday January 21, 1999
• PCs and Networking: The Upgrading Dilemma, OLA Super Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Thursday January 21, 1999
• Resource Compilers & Other Programming Tools for Locking Down Browsers , Microcomputer Security Workshop, Hamilton Public Library & Thunder Bay Public Library, Oct. - Nov. 1998
• Java and ActiveX for Libraries, OLA Preconference Seminar, Toronto, Ontario, Thursday, Jan. 22, 1998.
  
• VRML to Navigate Information Space, Access 97, Calgary, Alberta, Monday, September 29, 1997.
  
• Sessions on Internet Security, Java, and Instructional Technology at CLA '97, Ottawa, Ontario, June 18-22, 1997.
  
• Java & ActiveX: What Are They and Why Do They Matter ?, APLA Preconference Workshop, St. John's, Newfoundland, Thursday, May 22, 1997.
  
• Publicizing the Library on the Internet, OLA '97, Toronto, Feb. 8, 1997.
  
• Java - Caffeine-Induced Additive For Your Library Service, CLA '96, Halifax, Nova Scotia, June 6, 1996.
  
• Alternative Ways of Providing Internet Access to Your Library Catalogue - Z39.50, Web Forms, Telnet, etc., CLA '96 Internet Preconference, Halifax, Nova Scotia, June 5, 1996.
  
• Building the Library Home Page,Workshop on Instruction in Library Use, Wilfrid Laurier University, May 16, 1996.
  
• Finding Information in the Virtual Haystack, Presentation for Graduate Internet course, University of Windsor, November, 1995.
  
• Plugging into the User's Desktop, Gateways and Browsers, University of New Brunswick, Oct. 23-24, 1995.
  
• WAIS & Z39.50, Presentation for Graduate Internet course, University of Windsor, March, 1995.
  
• Sessions on Z39.50 and World Wide Web resources at "Clients and Servers: Information Access in the 1990s", Memorial University of Newfoundland, Sept. 1994.
  
• "Batch Processing Workshop", CLA '93, Hamilton, Ontario, June 1993.
  
• "Alternative Microcomputer-based Interfaces to SPIRES", SPIRES 1991 Fall Workshop
  
• "Networking CD-ROMs", SPIRES 1990 Fall Workshop

Volunteer Work

Architect, Open Source Digital Library System

St. Clair Area Community Access Network (1995-1996)

• Board of Directors
  
• Chair, Technical Planning Group

Partnerships

• Windsor Public Library - Windsor on Wheels, Some Assembly Required, and Bienvenue à Windsor . Recent recipient of Library Strategic Development Fund (LSDF) grant to create Windsor-Essex Centre of Digital Expertise.
  
• University of Arizona - PYTHEAS (Open Source ILS) and WIBS (Internet PC Booking System).
  
• OLITA - NetUse application (used for Acceptable Use Policies).
  

blogs

• LibraryCog
• Frequent contributor to /usr/lib/info

Publications

• Using Open Source Systems for Digital Libraries. Libraries Unlimited. ISBN: 159158065X. 2003.
  
• "From Library Systems to Mainstream Software". Library Hi Tech. 21(3). 2003.
  
• "Database Driven XML with Zope and Castor" in XML in Libraries. Edited by Roy Tennant. Neal Schuman. ISBN: 1555704433. 2002
  
• "XML and Relational Databases: Uses and Opportunities for Libraries", OCLC Systems & Services. 18(2). 2002
  
• "The Quantum Physics of Cataloguing", Access. Fall/Winter 2003.
  
• "Libraries on the Grid", InsideOLITA. Fall/Winter 2002
  
• "The End of the ILS", InsideOLITA. Fall/Winter 2001.
  
• "100 Years of Technology in Libraries: What's Next?", Access. Winter 2000/2001
  
• "Information Technology & Libraries in the New Millennium", InsideOLITA. Winter 2000.
  
• "The Linux Connection", Access. Winter 1999/2000
  
• "RDF and Metadata: Adding Value to the Web", Feliciter. Sept. 1998.
  
• "Y2K: Too Close for Comfort", Access. Fall 1998.
  
• "Java in Context", Feliciter. January 1998.
  
• "Maximizing the Medium: Batch Processing with CD-ROM Products and Backseat Driver", CD-ROM Professional. November 1992.
  
• Contributions to 2nd edition of Computers in Libraries. Course manual. Dept. of Continuing Studies, Memorial University of Newfoundland. 1991.
  
• Survey on Information Technology Projects in Canadian Libraries. ITA Working Paper #18-E. National Library of Canada. 1989.

Awards

2004 Ontario College and University Library Association's Academic Librarian of the Year.

2003 Highly Commended Award. Emerald Literati Club.

1992 Canadian Association of College and University Libraries Innovation Achievement Award.

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