March 2008 - Aaron Swartz

Aaron Swartz is Tech Lead for the Open Library project. Before that, he was the co-founder of Reddit.com, Metadata Advisor to Creative Commons, and co-author of the RSS 1.0 specification. He currently lives in San Francisco.

Guest for show: March 2008: Code4lib

 

April 2008 - Frances Haugen

Frances Haugen is an associate product manager for Google Book Search focusing on creating a better user experience. She works on ways to improve search quality, including developing APIs, developer & library relations, internationalization, metadata, and rights.

Guest for show: April 2008: Google Book Search API

May 2008 - John Mark Ockerbloom

John Mark Ockerbloom is a digital library architect and planner at the University of Pennsylvania, where he has worked since 1999. John received a Ph.D. in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University and a bachelor’s degree from Yale University. He has been involved in a number of community digital library architecture planning projects in areas that include digital formats and preservation, institutional repositories, courseware, and his present work on ILS and discovery integration. His areas of interest include information discovery, digital repositories and preservation, distributed architectures, and enhancing open access to information. He edits The Online Books Page (onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu) and blogs at everybodyslibraries.com.

Guest for show: May 2008: ILS API

June 2008 - Taco Ekkel

Taco Ekkel is Director of Development with Medialab Solutions BV, creator of AquaBrowser Library, a search and discovery solution for libraries. In his role, he has been responsible for product strategy and product design, and he has overseen the growth of the AquaBrowser technology platform into the first and most popular search and discovery solution for the library market. Taco holds a master’s degree in computer science from the University of Twente.

Guest for show: June 2008: Bolt-on OPACs

July 2008 - Loriene Roy

Dr. Loriene Roy is Professor in the School of Information, the University of Texas at Austin. She is Anishinabe, enrolled on the White Earth Reservation, a member of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe. She was elected to serve as the 2007-2008 President of the American Library Association.

Guest for show: July 2008: ALA - Anaheim