Skills and Training
Skills
Languages
- Spanish: fluent reading; proficient writing
- French: proficient reading
- German and Italian: bibliographic knowledge
Web Development
- Coding: advanced (X)HTML and CSS; intermediate PHP and JavaScript
- Concepts: W3C standards, Section 508, intermediate WordPress and Drupal development
- Software: Dreamweaver, manual text-editors, various FTP clients
Databases
- Coding: intermediate SQL and VBA
- Concepts: database normalization and design
- Software: MySQL, Microsoft Access
Digitization and Metadata
- Concepts and practices: digital imaging, digital asset management, optical character recognition
- Schemas and standards: Dublin Core, EAD, MARC, AACR2
- Software: Extensis Portfolio, PhotoShop, Adobe Bridge, OmniPage ProX, XMetal, Zoomify
Other Software and Operating Systems
- Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat, MS Office
- Windows and Mac operating systems
Additional Training
Web Development
- Web Accessibility Forums, State of Texas Department of Information Resources, Pickle Research Campus, University of Texas, April 26 and June 21, 2007
- AccessU Web Accessibility Conference, Knowbility, Saint Edward's University, May 8-9, 2007
- Web Application Development I, course taken for graduate credit through the School of Information Science and Learning Technologies, University of Missouri, fall semester 2005
- Developing Digital Projects Workshop, Missouri Library Network Corporation, June 15, 2005
Rare Books and Special Collections
Preservation
- Disaster Prevention and Preparedness and Salvage Techniques for Library Materials, University of Missouri Libraries, June 15-16, 2004
