Jim Tuttle

Current

• Digital Repository Librarian at North Carolina State University Libraries

Past

• Geospatial Data Librarian at NCSU Libraries
• Instructional Technology Graduate Assistant at University of Illinois
• Systems and Network Administrator at Prairienet Community Networking Initiative

• Information Architecture Intern at Abbott Laboratories

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Education

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Connections

145 connections

Industry

Libraries

Websites

• My Website
• My Company
• My Blog

Jim Tuttle’s Summary

Digital projects librarian specializing in data repository ingest workflow, digital preservation, and curation. Also experienced in corporate information architecture, usability testing, ontological taxonomy design, and process automation. Interested in curation and preservation of complex digital data.

Jim Tuttle’s Specialties:

Data archive ingest workflow, data processing automation, metadata transformations, web application engineering. Programming experience, project management, project documentation, digital preservation.

Jim Tuttle’s Experience

• Digital Repository Librarian

  North Carolina State University Libraries

  (Libraries industry)

  June 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)

• Geospatial Data Librarian

  NCSU Libraries

  (Libraries industry)

  January 2005 — June 2008 (3 years 6 months)

• Instructional Technology Graduate Assistant

  University of Illinois

  (Libraries industry)

  2004 — 2005 (1 year)

• Systems and Network Administrator

  Prairienet Community Networking Initiative

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  April 2003 — December 2004 (1 year 9 months)

• Information Architecture Intern

  Abbott Laboratories

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Pharmaceuticals industry)

  June 2004 — August 2004 (3 months)

  Created taxonomic ontology to consolidate and organize multiple electronic document repositories containing circa 2,600 items
  • Functioned as liaison between e-Business team and IT department
  • Responsible for project documentation, usability studies, and client training
  • Participated in study and design of IBM WebSphere intranet portal software and experience

Jim Tuttle’s Education

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  MSLIS , Library and Information Science , 2003 — 2004

  Graduate Assistant, System and Network Administration, Prairienet CNI
  Graduate Assistant, LIS 454: Network System Administration
  Graduate Assistant, Distance Education, Instructional Technology Office

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  BA , Anthropology , 2000 — 2003

  Field school supervisor Hildemeyer site (Middle/Upper Mississippian interface)
  Phase I-III investigations for Illinois Historic Preservation Agency and Illinois State Museum

Additional Information

Jim Tuttle’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Company
• My Blog

Jim Tuttle’s Interests:

Karate, unix, relationship of technology and culture, religion in culture, my cat

Jim Tuttle’s Groups:

asist, acm, NDIIPP, CVNA, Digitial Library Federation, TriLUG, ibiblio

•    Python Community
•    Digital Libraries
•    Abbott Laboratories Employees & Alumni
•    code4lib
•    UIUC GSLIS Students & Alumni
•    ACRL

Jim Tuttle’s Honors:

Digital Library Federation Fellowship, Spring 2007
North Carolina State University Libraries Fellow 2005-2007
James Scholar (unacknowledged), University of Illinois
Hahn Scholarship for outstanding undergraduate work in LAS, University of Illinois

Jim Tuttle’s Contact Settings

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• career opportunities
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