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Electronic Collections Staff



 

Staff



 

Head of Electronic Collections, VACANT

Sphere of activities:

  • overall management of the activites of Electronic Collections
  • coordinate Yale Participation in NERL (NorthEast Research Libraries Consortium) shared resources
  • coordinate negotiating of e-resources licenses and maintenance of legal files
  • coordinate authentication & authorization issues for e-resources
  • oversee centrally funded e-resources
  • coordinate Library participation in OARE (Online Access to Research in the Environment), manage technical and contents aspects of program
  • support database management and maintenance of the World Health Organization HINARI project


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Nisa Bakkalbasi is the Electronic Collections Librarian

Sphere of activities:

  • manages the lifecycle of major interdisciplinary e-journal packages
  • coordinates collecting and activating e-journals and databases
  • leads the development & support of the Electronic Resource Managment tool (Verde)
  • manages the knowledgebase of the OpenURL reslover and Journals A-Z tool (SFX)
  • coordinates various activities related to the gathering and processing of usage statistics for the Library's e-resources
  • participates in reviewing and negotiating licenses for e-resources
  • participates in troubleshooting problem reports
  • liases with relevant related groups, including staff of the Integrated Libraries and Technology Services department, various acquisitions departments, the catalog department, and relevant standing committees


Nisa Bakkalbasi
Electronic Collections Librarian
SML - Rm. B58
Phone: (203) 436-2851

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Elizabeth Beaudin is the Manager, International Digital Special Projects

Sphere of activities:

  • project management for Project AMEEL (Arabic and Middle Eastern Electronic Library) and Iraq ReCollection, an NEH granted effort to digitize Iraqi academic journals
  • project and technical support for OARE (Open Access to Resources on the Environment)
  • design and development of open source software for new electronic collections
  • grant writing
  • supervision of staff members and student workers for special digital projects
  • administration of databases, servers, and data loads for OACIS union catalog and new digital repositories
  • maintenance of Linux servers
  • expert user of the department


Elizabeth Beaudin
Manager, International Digital Special Projects
SML - Rm. 310
Phone: (203) 432-8441

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Benjamin Diebold is the International E-Collections Project Specialist

Sphere of activities:

  • responsible for technical development for OARE
  • responsible for content management for OARE
  • oversee systems architecture development and website presentation www.oaresciences.org
  • coordinate technical activities with staff at UNEP and the WHO
  • assist with publisher and partner communications, responsible for content data entry
  • contribute to project direction and program future
  • coordinate digitization work-flow for the AMEEL project
  • review and produce AMEEL project documentation
  • design and implement tests of quality assurance


Benjamin Diebold
International E-Collections Project Specialist
SML - Rm. 310
Phone (203) 436-2850

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Zhongren Lin is an Electronic Collections Assistant

Sphere of activities include:

  • update URL information in Metalib
  • adjust default interface settings for databases
  • input/update information in the Electronic Resource Management tool (Verde)
  • collect usage statistics for e-resources
  • update usage statisitics web site with new basic information and assists in development of new procedures for statistics


Zhongren Lin
Electronic Collections Assistant
SML - Rm. B58
Phone: (203) 432-9408

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Diana Quiñones is an Electronic Collections Assistant

Sphere of activities include:

  • verify subscription status of print and electronic journals tha affect online journal packages and costs
  • input/update information in the Electronic Resourse Management tool (Verde)
  • input/update information in the OpenURL resolver (Yale Links) and Online Journals A-Z tool (SFX)
  • participate in troubleshooting problem reports


Diana Quinones
Electronic Collections Assistant
SML - Rm. B58
Phone: (203) 432-9408

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Yasmin Ramadan is the AMEEL Project Technical Assistant

Sphere of activities:

  • run the Optical Character Recognition (OCR) process for Arabic & English texts
  • scan AMEEL journals
  • process raw images to optimize them for the OCR process
  • support and organize student workers for the AMEEL project
  • manage the upload of finished documents to the server


Yasmin Ramadan
AMEEL Project Technical Assistant
SML - Rm. 310
Phone: (203) 436-4803

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Lisa C. Thomas is the Digital Collections Librarian

Sphere of activities:

  • coordinate the collection of electronic books
  • support local digital collection production and growth
  • manage locally loaded resources [e.g. databases, other electronic resources]
  • coordinate preservation concerning electronic & digital collections
  • participate in electronic resource management, license review, and troubleshooting activities


Lisa C. Thomas
Digital Collections Librarian
SML - Rm. B58
Phone (203) 436-4831

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Jeffrey Watts is an Electronic Collections Assistant

Sphere of activities include:

  • process license paperwork and maintain legal files
  • ensure licenses are available in online form and update availability of licenses online
  • order supplies and track departmental expenses
  • perform quality control for the AMEEL project
  • support ongoing projects and student workers


Jeffrey Watts
Electronic Collections Assistant
SML - Rm. B58
Phone: (203) 432-7427

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Mission Statement


Support the creation and acquiring of e-resources at Yale University Library including the integration of these activities into traditional operations.

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Motto

If it's Cool; if it Works; Spend Money (Effort) on it.

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