./ Me…

My name is George. My background and expertise are in the related areas of resource discovery, distributed digital libraries and repositories, structured open data (especially within Linked Open Data (LOD) and repository contexts), and human-computer interaction (HCI).

I am based within Information Services at the University of Glasgow as Assistant Director - Digital Libraries. I work and lead on repository and digital library services, while also supporting activities within Open Research, research discovery, and digital scholarship. My background is both as an academic and as a practitioner. I have a PhD in Computer & Information Sciences from the iSchool at the University of Strathclyde, specializing in topics surrounding resource discovery in heterogeneous digital environments. I also happen to be an avid Wikipedian and an advocate of the knowledge commons.

I am a chartered member (MCLIP) of the Chartered Institute of Library & Information Professionals (CILIP) and a registered Fellow (FHEA) of UK Advance HE (formerly the UK Higher Education Academy).

./ Previously…

Prior to working at the University of Glasgow I did the following things:

• Open Repository Manager & Technologist (Scholarly Publications & Research Data), University of Strathclyde
• Project Evaluator & Business Analyst, Jisc funded Principles in Patterns (PiP) project
• Senior Lecturer in Information Management & Systems at Liverpool John Moores University – lecturing in information retrieval, structured data, resource discovery, and information architecture; research in distributed digital repositories and Semantic Web technologies
• Research Fellow, Centre for Digital Library Research in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde
• Research Assistant, Centre for Digital Library Research in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde