Curriculum Vitæ, Ellis Weinberger

Personal details

Address

Email: ew206@cam.ac.uk

Skills

Management

Supervise software development, re-creating the functionality of a legacy typesetting system, and providing image and text content delivery over the web.

Supervise production of digital images of manuscripts, ensuring production rates and quality.

Supervise maintenance and use of storage system for digital images, facilitating continuity of service.

Communication

Discuss risks and costs with photographers and with security researchers, reaching consensus on security policy and procedures for image storage system.

Consult with staff to produce procedures for image production, facilitating staff cooperation.

Lecture on digital object preservation, providing content suitable for various audiences.

Analytical

Research and publish guidance on digital object preservation, providing clear, simple guidelines.

Research and implement procedures for re-creation of functions of legacy editing and typesetting system, saving staff training time.

Develop and implement method to expedite transliteration slip production, increasing production rate of cataloguing project.

Technical

Code PERL for text processing, enabling faster volume production, and for image processing, facilitating swifter web delivery.

Code XHTML and CSS for web pages, providing clear and accessible content.

Provide hardware and software support, saving staff time.

Appointments Held

1996 - 2009

Employment at Cambridge University Library

January 2002 - February 2009

Research Associate Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit, and Darwin Correspondence Project, Cambridge University Library.

Consult with photographers, and write effective procedures for manuscript digitising; manage digitising projects by talking to photographers, helping them solve problems, and checking images and metadata. Communicate with photographers and security experts, and agree on requirements and costs for secure storage of image files; write and enforce policies and procedures which enable cheap and secure storage of images. Work with editors and researchers, and write procedures which enable production of printed volumes during re-creation of typesetting system; supervise typesetting system software development in a manner which keeps the production staff satisfied.

March 1999 - January 2002

Project Officer Consortium of University Research Libraries Exemplars in Digital Archives project, Cambridge University Library.

Communicate with digital preservation experts, librarians, and archivists, and write policy documents on collection management, intellectual property rights, and security requirements, so that people can continue to use legacy digital objects. Present to groups and publish papers, so that people can understand the problems and the solutions involved in preserving the ability to use digital objects.

August 1996 - March 1999

Research Assistant Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit, Cambridge University Library

Supervise a manuscript digitising, and web software development project, enabling users to find and view images they need; present and publish on the manuscript digitizing project, enabling others to learn by example. Edit descriptions, compile indexes, and prepare camera ready copy, for manuscript catalogues, enabling publication of volumes. Negotiate with academics overseas and with local staff to facilitate the planning of joint projects. Negotiate rights for publishers to use Genizah manuscript images, enabling others to publish.

July 1995 - August 1996

Principal Library Assistant Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica Section, The Library, School of Oriental and African studies, The University of London.

Catalogue volumes in a variety of languages, giving users ability to find volumes easily. Develop and implement method to expedite transliteration slip production, increasing production rate of cataloguing project.

August 1992 - August 1994

Bookseller and buyer for Literary Criticism, Drama, Science Fiction, Crime, Biography, and Spoken Word, Waterstone's Booksellers, 48/49 The High Street, Exeter, Devon.

May 1990 - August 1992

Customer Care Officer Comet Service Department, Frog Street, Exeter, Devon.

August 1986 - August 1987

Cataloguer Hebrew University Library, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel.

March 1985 - August 1986

Bookseller The Bookstop bookstore, Du Nawas Street, Jerusalem, Israel.

February 1982 - February 1985

Staff Sergeant Signal Corps Instructor, and Operations Room Sergeant, Signal Corps, Israel Defence Forces.

Education and training

2006, Department of Geography, Cambridge University, Fundamentals of Integrated Geographical Information Systems.

1996, Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Cambridge, Introductory Arabic.

1994-1996, Department of Information and Library Studies, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, MSc. (Econ), Information and Library Studies.

1990-1991, Exeter College, Exeter, Devon, Certificate of Management Studies Course, BTEC.

1987-1989, Cygnet Training Theatre, Exeter, Devon, theatre training.

1985-1987, Hebrew University, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel, dual major, humanities and social sciences.

Voluntary activities

As Co-Chair of the East of England Faiths Council, work with faith communities and regional government in the East of England, analysing housing and resilience issues, so that regional government knows what the faiths can do for the region, as well as what faiths need. As member of the Voluntary Sector Working Group of the Regional Resilience Forum of the East of England, work with faiths to provide guidance and contacts for use in emergencies.

Additional details

References and publication list on request.

If you have any questions, please e-mail ew206@cam.ac.uk.

Mr Ellis Weinberger