Project manager, service manager and UI designer
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Web Archiving Service Manager at California Digital Library
- Past
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- Consultant at Art Institute of Chicago
- Library Web Coordinator at DePaul University
- Consultant/Instructor at Chicago Library System
- Instructor at Dominican University Graduate School of Library and Information Science
- Instruction Librarian at DePaul University
- Education
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- DePaul University
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of California, Berkeley
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Tracy Seneca’s Summary
Tracy Seneca’s Specialties:
project management, user-interface design, instructional design, public speaking, systems analysis
Tracy Seneca’s Experience
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Web Archiving Service Manager
California Digital Library
(Information Technology and Services industry)
2005 — Present (4 years )
I currently coordinate the Web-at-Risk project, a web archiving initiative funded by the National Digital Information Infrastructure Preservation Program. In partnership with New York University and the University of North Texas, the California Digital Library is building the Web Archiving Service to enable librarians to capture, curate and preserve web-based government and political information. The Web-at-Risk project is multifaceted; it involves extensive user needs assessment, experimentation with promising web archiving technologies, and policy development. My role is to manage these activities and to insure that they inform the development of Web Archiving Service. The Web Archiving Service is a Java-based application with a Ruby on Rails front-end that extends CDL's existing Digital Preservation Repository.
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Consultant
Art Institute of Chicago
(Non-Profit; Museums and Institutions industry)
July 2007 — January 2008 (7 months)
Working with Susan Peacock and staff at the Ryerson & Burnham Libraries at the Art Institute of Chicago, migrate several databases of Chicago Architectural information from FileMaker Pro to CONTENTdm. Customize the CONTENTdm interfaces as appropriate for each collection, and insure that collections are cross-searchable where needed.
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Library Web Coordinator
DePaul University
(Information Technology and Services industry)
2000 — 2005 (5 years )
In this position I developed, implemented and maintained the Libraries' external web presence as well as internal web-based services for librarians and faculty. DePaul University serves 23,000 students at eight campuses in the Chicago area.
Specific Projects:
I designed and built DePaul’s Copyright Clearance Request System. CCRS allows faculty and library staff to request copyright clearance, tracks repeat usage of items, generates letters to publishers and records publisher responses.
I led a redesign project for the Libraries’ web site consisting of 400+ pages and 6 database-driven applications.
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Consultant/Instructor
Chicago Library System
(Non-Profit; Information Technology and Services industry)
1998 — 2005 (7 years )
I designed and taught continuing education workshops for librarians, focusing on applied technology skills. Workshop topics included using Camtasia and Macromedia Flash and Action Script to create interactive online research tutorials. I also taught usability assessment courses, and co-taught a survey design workshop focusing on web-based surveys.
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Instructor
Dominican University Graduate School of Library and Information Science
(Educational Institution; Libraries industry)
2003 — 2003 (less than a year)
I taught LIS 764: Library User Instruction, an introduction to the principles of information literacy. This course developed a conceptual framework for library user education, including an overview of learning theory, teaching methods, and instructional design.
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Instruction Librarian
DePaul University
(Educational Institution; Libraries industry)
1997 — 2000 (3 years )
I provided frequent class presentations using innovative active learning approaches. I developed instructional materials in print and on the Web, and contributed to the design of DePaul's first online research instruction program.
Tracy Seneca’s Education
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DePaul University
MAAT , Computer Science , 2005
The Master of Arts in Applied Technology program combined a series of management seminars with a core curriculum of Computer Science coursework, and allowed for individual flexibility in advanced coursework. My program included systems analysis and design, project management, digital design, usability analysis and leadership skills.
- Activities and Societies:
- Upsilon Pi Epsilon: International Honor Society for the Computing and Information Disciplines
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University of California, Berkeley
MLIS , Library Science , 1995
My coursework in the SLIS program included Howard Besser's "Impact of New Information Environments: Mulitmedia and Networks" seminars from 1993-1995. These courses encouraged critical examination of the emerging Internet technologies.
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University of California, Berkeley
BA , Humanities , 1988
My humanities thesis provided a Jungian analysis of selected texts from James Joyce and Hermann Hesse.
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Tracy Seneca’s Interests:
Application design, user interaction, database design, web-based library services, social impact of technology, public service Travel, photography, printmaking, music
Tracy Seneca’s Groups:
American Library Association
Library Information Technology Association (LITA)
ACM
SIGCHI
Association for College and Research Libraries (ACRL)
International Internet Preservation Consortium
Tracy Seneca’s Honors:
Upsilon Pi Epsilon - International Honor Society for the Computing and Information Disciplines
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