LAURIE N. TAYLOR
Digital Scholarship Librarian, Scholarly Resources & Services
George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida
ADDRESS:
George A. Smathers Libraries
P.O. Box 117000
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611-7000
TEL: 352.273.2902
EMAIL: Laurien@ufl.edu
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. 2006 University of Florida, English/Digital Humanities
RECENT POSITIONS HELD
2014 –
Digital Scholarship Librarian, Scholarly Resources & Services, George A.
Smathers Libraries, University of Florida
2011 - 2013 Digital Humanities Librarian, Scholarly Resources & Research Services (Digital
Library Center, 2011-2012), George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida
2008 – 2011 Interim Director, Digital Library Center, George A. Smathers Libraries,
University of Florida
2007 – 2008 Digital Projects Librarian, Digital Library Center, George A. Smathers Libraries,
University of Florida
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Technical Director, Digital Library of the Caribbean & Caribbean Newspaper Digital Library
Contributing Editor, Archive Journal (http://archivejournal.net/)
Member, Modern Language Association
Executive Board Member, Global Outlooks :: Digital Humanities (GO::DH)
RECENT AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND GRANTS
 “Developing Librarian" Digital Humanities Pilot Training Project.(UF; 2014)
 Florida and Puerto Rico Newspaper Project (National Digital Newspaper Program; 2013)
 Pioneer Days in Florida (National Historic Publications and Records Commissions; 2013)
 Archive of Haitian Religion and Culture (National Endowment for the Humanities; 2012)
 Unearthing St. Augustine (National Endowment for the Humanities; 2012)
 Digital Humanities Collaboration (UF Faculty Enhancement Opportunity Grant; 2012)
 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Position Description Bank (ARL; 2012)
 Caribbean Newspaper Digital Library (Department of Education; 2009-2014)
 America's Swamp: the Historical Everglades (NHPRC; 2009-2011)
PUBLICATIONS
Selected Refereed Publications
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Outreach and Assessment for Locally Curated Digital Collections: ARL SPEC Kit, coauthored with Marilyn Ochoa and Mark V. Sullivan. Washington, DC: Association of
Research Libraries (ARL), 2014.
“Data Curation for Small Databases; Research Data Management Solutions for Dinky
Databases,” co-authored with Mark V. Sullivan and Val (Davis) Minson. 21st Century
Librarian (Vol. 4: Research Infrastructures). Ed. Brad Eden. Lanham, MD: Rowman &
Littlefield/Scarecrow Press, forthcoming 2016. (Abstract:
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“Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC): Creating a Shared Research Foundation,” coauthored with Margarita Vargas-Betancourt and Brooke Wooldridge. Scholarly and
Research Communication (2013): <src-online.ca/src/index.php/src/article/view/114/246>.
“Scholarly Publishing in the Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC),” co-authored with
Brooke Wooldridge, Lourdes Santamaria-Wheeler, Mark V. Sullivan, Benjamin
Hebblethwaite, and Megan Raitano. Library Publishing Toolkit. Geneseo, NY: Milne
Library, SUNY Geneseo, Monroe County. 2013: <http://dloc.com/AA00016370>.
“Digital Dreams: the Potential in a Pile of Old Jewish Newspapers,” co-authored with
Rebecca Jefferson and Lourdes Santamaria-Wheeler. Journal of Electronic Resources
Librarianship 24.3 (2012: 177-188): <http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00012882/00001/pdf>.
“Increasing Access to Agricultural Publications Using Digital Repositories and the
Semantic Web,” co-authored with Val Davis, Stephen Williams, Dina Benson, Sara
Russell Gonzalez, and Mark Sullivan. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference
on Digital Libraries, 2010. <http://ufdc.ufl.edu/IR00000077/00001>.
"Developing an Open Access, Multi-Institutional, International Digital Library," coauthored with Brooke Wooldridge and Mark Sullivan. Resource Sharing & Information
Networks, 2009. <http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00004150/00001>.
Playing the Past: Video Games, History, and Memory, co-edited with Zach Whalen.
Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press, 2008.
"Gaming Ethics, Rules, Etiquette and Learning." Handbook of Research on Effective
Electronic Gaming in Education. Ed. Richard E. Ferdig. Information Science Ref., 2008.
"Open Source and Academia," co-authored with Brendan Riley, Computers and
Composition Online (Spring 2004): <www.bgsu.edu/cconline/tayloriley/intro.html>.
"When Seams Fall Apart: Video Game Space and the Player," Game Studies: the
International Journal of Computer Game Research 3.2 (Dec. 2003):
<http://www.gamestudies.org/0302/taylor/>.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
 Various presentations and workshops on scholarly practices and activities with the Digital
Library of the Caribbean (dLOC); 2013 examples include:
 “Enhancing Metadata & Creating Context: Creating Intellectual Access”
“Collaboratively Developing Intellectual Infrastructure as Scholarship”
 “Workshop: dLOC’s myDLOC Tools - Digital Curation, Research, & Teaching”
 “Digital Humanities & Class Collaboration” (dLOC Advanced Training Institute)
 “Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) Orientation & Workshop.” THATCamp (The
Humanities And Technology Camp) Caribe, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico: Nov. 11-14, 2012.
 “Research Data Lifecycle Management: Tools and Guidelines.” Invited position paper
and presentation with E. Deumens, R. Schipper, C. Botero, R. Garcia-Milian, H. Norton,
M. Tennant, S. Acord, and C. Barnes. National Science Foundation (NSF) “Workshop on
Research Data Lifecycle Management.” Princeton University: July 18-20, 2011.
 "The Role of Digital Libraries in Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation," presentation
with Brooke Wooldridge. Association of Caribbean University, Research and
Institutional Libraries (ACURIL) 2011 Conference, Tampa, FL: Jun. 1, 2011.
 “UF Smathers Libraries Publishing Services,” presentation with Isabel Silver. Institute of
Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Library Publishing Services Workshop, Georgia
Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA: May 5, 2011.
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