Thomas Keays

Current

• Information Specialist at Syracuse University

Past

• Programmer and Information Specialist at Indiana University Bloomington
• Library Technician at Indiana University South Bend

Education

• Indiana University Bloomington
• Indiana University Bloomington
• Indiana University Bloomington

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Website
• My Company

Thomas Keays’s Experience

• Information Specialist

  Syracuse University

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  September 1981 — Present (28 years 3 months)

  Science librarian with information concentrations chemistry, computer science, and physics. Involved in web development for my institution including serving as chair of the Web Development Team from 2006-2007.

• Programmer and Information Specialist

  Indiana University Bloomington

  (Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  1979 — 1981 (2 years )

  Programmer and database searcher at IUB's Chemical Information Center, writing custom search routines to produce and deliver weekly SDIs (selected dissemination of information) of Chemical Abstracts for subscribers. In the summer of 1981, I did similar programming and searching work for the School of Education to produce custom bibliographies.

• Library Technician

  Indiana University South Bend

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

  1977 — 1979 (2 years )

  Library technician at public services desk. Responsible for processing course reserve materials, supervising the circulation desk, and stacks maintenance.

Thomas Keays’s Education

• Indiana University Bloomington

  MLS , 1981 — 1984

• Indiana University Bloomington

  MLS , Library and Information Science , 1979 — 1981

  Activities and Societies:

  Margaret I. Rufsvold Graduate Fellowship, Beta Phi Mu

• Indiana University Bloomington

  BA , Biology , 1972 — 1976

  Activities and Societies:

  Phi Beta Kappa

Additional Information

Thomas Keays’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Company

Thomas Keays’s Interests:

Web design, information architecture, usability

Thomas Keays’s Groups:

Code4Lib

•    Linked Data Web
•    OpenSocial
•    code4lib
•    OWLED

Thomas Keays’s Honors:

Syracuse University Exemplary Achievement Nominee 2002,
Syracuse University Exemplary Achievement Award 2003

Thomas Keays’s Contact Settings

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