Stacy S. Person
ssperson@buffalo.edu
Education
M.L.S., School of Information and Library Studies, University at Buffalo.
December, 1995
B.S., Psychology, York College of Pennsylvania.
December, 1991.
Experience
University at Buffalo. Digital Library Center.
2007 to present
Instructional Support Specialist
Director of Digital Library Collections
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Manage daily operations of the Digital Library Center.
Perform all purchasing and maintain the budget for the DLC.
Project Manager and Application Administrator for UBdigit (ubdigit.buffalo.edu)
Work with collection owners during the process of putting their collections into the Digital
Library.
University at Buffalo. Educational Technology Center.
1999 to 2007
Instructional Support Specialist
Managing Director for ETC Operations
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Manage daily operations of the Educational Technology Center, including supervising two
professional staff and one clerical staff.
Project Manager and Application Administrator for UBdigit (ubdigit.buffalo.edu)
Perform all purchasing and maintain the budget for the ETC.
Copy and layout editor for UBlearns Update Newsletter.
Aid faculty, instructors, and TAs in the development and use of instructional technologies.
Maintain and perform collection development for the ETC Collection.
Act as the ETC's database expert.
University at Buffalo. School of Management.
Spring, 1996 to Winter, 1999
Instructional Support Technologist
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Developed and maintained the School of Management World Wide Web site
(http://www.mgt.buffalo.edu). A variety of software tools are used for this, including HTML
editors and converters. Migrated the School of Management Web site from the University’s
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Unix server to an NT server within the School of Management. This site is running on an NT 4.0
server with Internet Information Server, and Microsoft FrontPage as the
development/management tool.
Supervised the Jacobs Computer Lab. This included setting policies, making purchase
recommendations for both hardware and software, and being a contact person for the five
graduate assistants who run the lab day-to-day.
Oversaw the two technology classrooms in the School of Management. Assured that the
equipment worked properly and that the instructors using the classrooms understood the
proper use of the equipment.
Trained School of Management faculty and staff in the use of the School of Management Web.
Included how to create new Web pages and maintain the information already on the Web.
Created templates to aid in this process, as well as to ensure that all sections of the School of
Management web remain consistent in appearance and usability.
Created and maintained an area on the School of Management Web for instructors to use to
make their course materials available via the Web.
University at Buffalo. University Libraries. Central Technical Services.
Spring, 1996
Assistant Librarian
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Worked on various retrospective conversion projects.
Prepared Directory of North American Research Libraries (URL:
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/cts/directory/) for the Web.
School of Information and Library Studies. University at Buffalo.
Fall, 1994 to Winter, 1995.
Graduate Assistant
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Helped students with all aspects of PC use, including software and hardware problems.
Assisted students with DIALOG online searching.
Instructed students in the use of OCLC, e-mail, and various Internet components, in both group
and individual sessions.
Installation and troubleshooting of hardware and software.
Assisted professors in preparing for and teaching classes.
University at Buffalo. University Libraries. Central Technical Services. Acquisitions
Department.
Summer, 1995
Student Assistant
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During the extended leave of the Head of Orders Section, assisted Head of Acquisitions
Department in all phases of department operation.
Worked on various retrospective conversion projects.
St. Mary's Seminary and University. The Knott Library.
Spring, 1992 to Fall, 1994
Acquisitions Assistant
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Conducted all aspects of library acquisitions, including ordering books, periodicals, and office
supplies and maintaining the records for these orders
Managed the library budget.
Computerized all processes in the acquisitions office.
Committees
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University Libraries Directors Council
University at Buffalo Distributed Computing Consultants group (DCC) (Fall, 1996 - present)
MyUB Need-To-Know Subcommittee -- ETC Representative (Spring, 2006)
Elected member of the DCC Executive Board (Fall, 1998 - 2004)
Coordinator for DCC Web Development Working Group (Winter, 1997 - Fall, 1998)
Webmaster for DCC Web site (Fall, 1998 - 2004)
DCC Representative on the University Information Technology Steering Committee (ITSC) (Fall,
1998 - Fall, 2001)
ITSC Hiring & Retention Subcommittee (Fall, 1999 - 2000)
Internship Working Group of the ITSC Hiring & Retention Subcommittee (Fall, 1999 - Spring,
2000)
IT Staff Survey Working Group of the ITSC Hiring & Retention Subcommittee (Fall, 1999 - 2001)
DCC Representative on the Web Access Subcommittee of the Information Technology
Coordinating Committee (ITCC) (Winter 2000 - Fall 2001)
Distance Learning at UB Working Group
iConnect@UB TechTools CD Committee (Spring, 1999 - 2003)
Blackboard Support Team (Spring, 2000 - Summer, 2003)
Blackboard 5.5 Level 3 Implementation Team; Training Subgroup Chair (2001)
ASAB Course Management Infrastructure Subgroup (Winter, 2002)
Blackboard 5.5 to 6.x Migration Team (Spring/Summer, 2003); Training Subgroup Chair
2003 Presidential Search Committee -- UBlearns Liaison (invited) (Spring/Summer 2003)
iConnect Software Standards Committee (2006 - present)
Presentations
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TA Orientation -- IT at UB -- August, 2007
TA Orientation -- IT at UB -- August, 2006
Western New York Library Resources Council Digitization Expo -- UBdigit: Campus-wide access to
shared digital assets -- May 24, 2006
TA Orientation -- IT at UB -- August 23, 2005
Conferences
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Stewardship of Digital Assets: Sustaining Digital Collections Workshop, Philadelphia, PA,
November 14-15, 2007
DigCCurr2007, An International Symposium in Digital Curation, Chapel Hill, NC, April 18-20, 2007
De Lange Conference VI, "Emerging Libraries", Rice University, Houston,TX, March 5-7, 2007
Digital Preservation Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, October 1-5, 2006
Persistence of Memory, Boston, MA, November 1-2, 2005
American Library Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, June 24-28, 2005
EDUCAUSE, Denver, CO, October 18-22, 2004