Jill Hurst-Wahl

Current

• Committee member at Regents Advisory Council on Libraries
• ePractitioner at Enitiative
• Senior Instructor at Syracuse University

• Owner at Hurst Associates, Ltd.

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Past

• Chair, SLA-IT Blogging Section at Special Libraries Association
• Director of Intelligence, Manning & Napier Information Services at Manning & Napier Advisors
• Database Product Manager, Manning & Napier Information Services at Manning & Napier Advisors

• Project Manager, Manning & Napier Information Services at Manning & Napier Advisors
• Research Librarian at Manning & Napier Advisors
• Supervisor, Business Support Library at Corning Incorporated
• Analyst - Business Systems at Corning Incorporated
• Training Coordinator, Information Systems at Corning Incorporated

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Education

• Elmira College
• University of Maryland

Recommended

5 people have recommended Jill

Connections

168 connections

Industry

Information Services

Websites

• Hurst Associates, Ltd.
• Digitization 101 blog
• eNetworking 101

Jill Hurst-Wahl’s Summary

Jill Hurst-Wahl is a:

* Frequent speaker on the use of social networking tools in various types of organizations. Talks about specific tools and their users, trends, benefits, and inhibitors.

* Frequent presenter and author on SecondLife.com, a virtual world that is being created by its residents. Those residents include for-profit and not-for-profit organizations, as well as many skilled individuals. In 2006, did a TV interview on Second Life (http://www.9wsyr.com/mediacenter/?videoid=146782).

* Consultant on digitization planning projects, working with corporations, libraries, museums and other organizations to help them acquire the knowledge, training and resources needed to embark on a digitization program. As part of her digitization consulting activities, she writes Digitization 101 (http://www.Digitization101.com) a blog focused on issues surrounding creating, managing, preserving and marketing digital assets. She also provides an overview workshop on digitization geared towards managers and decision-makers.

Jill Hurst-Wahl started her consulting business providing business research and competitive intelligence services. She is available to talk to organizations about how they might acquire and use information more effectively in order to support their decision-making processes.

Jill Hurst-Wahl’s Specialties:

Social networking tools, Second Life, Digitization planning, digitization project management, competitive/business intelligence research

Jill Hurst-Wahl’s Experience

• Committee member

  Regents Advisory Council on Libraries

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Libraries industry)

  October 2007 — Present (10 months)

  This 12-member council advises the Board of Regents in NYS on issues concerning library policy, and makes recommendations to the Regents for implementing library programs and initiatives. In addition, the Regents Advisory Council collaborates with the officers of the State Education Department in developing a comprehensive statewide library and information policy.

• ePractitioner

  Enitiative

  (Non-Profit; Primary/Secondary Education industry)

  October 2007 — Present (10 months)

  Will launch a CEO Discussion Series in which Central New York CEOs will share their experience with aspiring business people in the community. The series will be held at various locations in the Syracuse area in order to reach a wide audience, including all five Enitiative campuses. This project is made possible, in part, through an Enitiative award. Enitiative (the Syracuse Campus-Community Entrepreneurship Initiative) is funded by a grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, focusing on entrepreneurship in the arts, technology, and our neighborhoods.

• Senior Instructor

  Syracuse University

  (Privately Held; Primary/Secondary Education industry)

  January 2001 — Present (7 years 7 months)

  Currently teach "Creating, Managing and Preserving Digital Assets" and "Second Life Librarianship" (both online) in the School of Information Studies.
  
  Previously taught classes in management principles, starting an information business, business resources and information reporting.

• Owner

  Hurst Associates, Ltd.

  (Privately Held; Myself Only; Information Services industry)

  February 1998 — Present (10 years 6 months)

  I help people/organizations connect themselves & their content with the world.
  
  1) Since 2001, I work with organizations (e.g., South Central Regional Library Council) to strategize about possible digitization programs that will digitize historical materials or internal documents for increased access. I have given digitization planning workshops across New York State and for the Computer in Libraries Conference (2006 & 2007), Special Libraries Association (SLA) (2006), and the Florida-Caribbean Chapter of SLA (2007). I blog frequently about digitization at www.Digitization101.com.
  
  2) Since 2004, I help people use social networking tools to connect, share and collaborate with colleagues and users. I help organizations create strategies for using social networking tools to position themselves positively the public eye. I have given presentations and workshops on social networking tools and Second Life in NYS, Florida and California.

• Chair, SLA-IT Blogging Section

  Special Libraries Association

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  January 2007 — December 2007 (1 year)

• Director of Intelligence, Manning & Napier Information Services

  Manning & Napier Advisors

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Investment Management industry)

  May 1997 — February 1998 (10 months)

  * Worked with CEO to design and build a strategic intelligence business aimed at middle-market companies.
  * Created information-based research products to increase the quality of information available to middle-market companies for use in strategic business decisions.
  * Defined internal and external resources for use on client research projects.
  * Provided analysis to MNIS on its competitors and products/technologies of interest. Assisted the patent analysis product team (MAPIT) on client projects.

• Database Product Manager, Manning & Napier Information Services

  Manning & Napier Advisors

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Investment Management industry)

  January 1996 — April 1997 (1 year 4 months)

  * Worked with Manning & Napier Information Services (MNIS) on its DR-LINK product for use in the intellectual property, current awareness and retrospective searching markets.
  * Managed the process of loading data (primarily full-text articles) into DR-LINK according to all specifications for use by customers. Works with programmers, operations, marketing, customer support and content providers on understanding requirements for specific databases.
  * Wrote specifications for the loading of content, for use by programmers and internal testers.
  * Communicated with content providers to ensure that content is delivered in a manner and format consistent with licensing agreements.
  * Provided competitive intelligence to the team on products, technologies and companies.
  * Identified and proposed to marketing and licensing team content that would be beneficial to our current and future customers.

• Project Manager, Manning & Napier Information Services

  Manning & Napier Advisors

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Investment Management industry)

  August 1995 — January 1996 (6 months)

  * Managed user interface development for DR-LINK through seven versions. Worked with both in-house and contract programmers on new features, enhancements and bug fixes. Instituted procedures to get the user interface development under control. Developed specifications for new features from team and beta site input.
  * Assisted customer support during periods of increased activity. Provided over-the-phone and on-site training and troubleshooting.
  * Supplied competitive intelligence to the team on products, technologies and companies.

• Research Librarian

  Manning & Napier Advisors

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Investment Management industry)

  September 1993 — August 1995 (2 years)

  * Firm’s first librarian hired to develop information resources in support of the equity analysts.
  * Implemented new information resources for the firm’s use. Introduced end-user searching, alert services, and information delivery to the desktop.
  * Handled firm’s brokerage research budget (i.e., commission dollar budget) during 1994 and 1995.
  * Developed overviews of copyright considerations to assist the firm in understanding the implications of the copyright law and fair use of its work and publications.
  * Evaluated DR-LINK as a potential new product for the firm. Developed with a team a new information product (DR-LINK). Consulted on various aspect of the development including user interface design and content acquisition. Provided competitive intelligence to team.
  * Wrote and evaluated business proposals for firm’s owners on new business ideas including information consulting.

• Supervisor, Business Support Library

  Corning Incorporated

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GLW; Glass, Ceramics & Concrete industry)

  January 1989 — August 1993 (4 years 8 months)

  * Oversaw all staff hiring and performance reviews.
  * Traiedn staff to use various information sources, including online searching, and to provide effective library and research services.
  * Oversaw library’s operating and charge-out budgets.
  * Marketed the library to divisions and business units in order to increase their awareness of the library’s resources and capabilities.
  * Managed vendor relationships as key liaison to external information providers.
  * Performed primary research and marketing analysis for business units.
  * Used feedback from clients to understand future information needs and to modify the library’s resources.
  * Participated in development of a full-text database for use as a competitive intelligence tool. Marketed product to Corning business units and other companies.
  * Managed the library’s optical scanning and OCR operation which was used primarily by the operating divisions to convert text in ASCII to create a searchable internal database.

• Analyst - Business Systems

  Corning Incorporated

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GLW; Glass, Ceramics & Concrete industry)

  September 1987 — December 1988 (1 year 4 months)

  Maintained international sales and marketing systems resulting in daily dissemination of information to European, Latin American, and Asian sales offices. Coordinated implementation of system in Europe and provided onsite training. Directed hardware and software upgrades and provided around the clock support worldwide. These efforts resulted in a 30% reduction in system problems.

• Training Coordinator, Information Systems

  Corning Incorporated

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GLW; Glass, Ceramics & Concrete industry)

  June 1983 — August 1987 (4 years 3 months)

  * Developed workstation and mainframe personal computing software training courses using team approach.
  * Provided classroom and lab/hands-on instruction both individually and in a team teaching environment at corporate, plant, and subsidiary locations.
  * Developed expertise in many PC, mini, and mainframe personal computing packages enabling high level support for a growing client-base of over 3,000 individuals.
  * Developed applications in support of a new worldwide sales and marketing system for Latin American and Asian sales offices, provided reporting capabilities not previously available, resulting in more effective and efficient tracking of sales information. System provided next day delivery of information to sales offices that previously took 2 - 3 weeks.

Jill Hurst-Wahl’s Education

• Elmira College

  BA, Religion/Philosophy and English

• University of Maryland

  MLS, Library Science

Additional Information

Jill Hurst-Wahl’s Websites:

• Hurst Associates, Ltd.
• Digitization 101 blog
• eNetworking 101

Jill Hurst-Wahl’s Interests:

digitization, social networking tools, Second Life, competitive intelligence, business research

Jill Hurst-Wahl’s Groups:

Special Libraries Association, Association for Independent Information Professionals, Rochester (NY) Professional Consultants Network, Independent Consultants Network (Ithaca, NY), South Side Entrepreneurs Association (Syracuse, NY), Women Business Owners Connection (Syracuse, NY), Syracuse University, Information Today Inc. conferences, International Taoist Tai Chi Society

•    Syracuse University Alumni Network member
•    Speakers and Panelists member
•    Professional Second Lifers member
•    Library Society of the World member
•    Special Libraries Association member

Jill Hurst-Wahl’s Honors:

* 2007 - 2009 ePractitioner as part of the Syracuse Campus-Community Entrepreneurship Initiative (www.entrepreneurship.syr.edu).
* 2007 Small Business Administration (SBA) Minority Small Business Champion for the Syracuse (NY) Region.
* Received the 1993 Distinguished Achievement Award from the South Central Research Library Council in October 1993 for work with the corporate librarians in the Southern Tier of New York State.

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