Brett Bonfield

Current

• Director at Collingswood Public Library
• Co-Founder at LISInfo
• Consultant at Consultant

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Past

• Reference Librarian at Saint Joseph's University
• Digital Projects Librarian at Temple University Libraries' Paley Library
• Special Projects Librarians at Temple University

• Reference at The University of Pennsylvania's Lippincott Library of the Wharton School
• Director of Fundraising & Communication at NPower Pennsylvania
• Web Communications Manager at University of Pennsylvania
• Staff Writer at University of Pennsylvania

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Education

• Drexel University
• Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick

Recommended

5 people have recommended Brett

Connections

77 connections

Industry

Libraries

Websites

• My Website

Brett Bonfield’s Summary

I'm a librarian interested in the intersection of computers and libraries.

Brett Bonfield’s Specialties:

Writing; Fundraising; Project management; HTML, XHTML, CSS, RSS, and Atom; Website usability, accessibility, metadata, and information architecture; Hosted software (CMS, frameworks, and database-backed site technologies); Ability to specify programming languages and adapt programs; Significant experience with Microsoft Windows, Linux/Unix, and Palm operating systems.

Brett Bonfield’s Experience

• Director

  Collingswood Public Library

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Libraries industry)

  May 2008 — Present (3 months)

  I work with my colleagues to make sure the Library meets the needs of our neighbors here in Collingswood.

• Co-Founder

  LISInfo

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Libraries industry)

  March 2007 — Present (1 year 5 months)

  LISInfo will be a comprehensive catalog of things related to library and information science (e.g., associations, blogs, conferences, jobs, mailing lists). It's not a wiki; it will have a controlled vocabulary and its records will be created by editors familiar with the field of librarianship. Gabriel Sean Farrell and I co-founded and are co-developing this open source, open data project.

• Consultant

  Consultant

  (Libraries industry)

  1991 — Present (17 years)

• Reference Librarian

  Saint Joseph's University

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  November 2007 — April 2008 (6 months)

• Digital Projects Librarian

  Temple University Libraries' Paley Library

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Libraries industry)

  September 2007 — April 2008 (8 months)

• Special Projects Librarians

  Temple University

  (Libraries industry)

  2007 — 2008 (1 year)

• Reference

  The University of Pennsylvania's Lippincott Library of the Wharton School

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Libraries industry)

  August 2006 — December 2007 (1 year 5 months)

• Director of Fundraising & Communication

  NPower Pennsylvania

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  June 2005 — September 2006 (1 year 4 months)

• Web Communications Manager

  University of Pennsylvania

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

  1998 — 2002 (4 years)

• Staff Writer

  University of Pennsylvania

  (Libraries industry)

  1994 — 1998 (4 years)

Brett Bonfield’s Education

• Drexel University

  MS, Library and Information Science, 2006 — 2007

• Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick

  BA, English, 1988 — 1991

Additional Information

Brett Bonfield’s Websites:

• My Website

Brett Bonfield’s Groups:

LISInfo, ALA, Drexel University, Idealware, SLA

Brett Bonfield’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• reference requests
• getting back in touch