Leah Root

Publishing/Web Services Developer

AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY:

• Develop, program, and maintain Milne Library internal web applications, Digital Publishing, Digital Collections, and Faculty-Student collaborative digital projects
• Technical Support to Library Staff, Faculty, and Library Patrons
• Web Team Lead: Redesigned Milne Library Web pages within Drupal constraints; work with Research Instruction Librarians to streamline content and test usability (UX); ensure WCAG3 Accessibility compliance
• Databases: T-SQL & mySQL, administration and design,  ARGOS query generation, ARGOS report & datablock programming
• Servers: Windows IIS, Windows Apache, Linux RedHat, Ubuntu, and Debian Apache administration
• Platforms/Languages: WordPress, Pressbooks, Drupal, Omeka, LibCal, LibApps, C# .NET, PHP, bash, perl,WP-CLI, PRINCE XML, jQuery, vue.js, JSON, XSLT

PROJECTS & APPLICATIONS:

• Open SUNY Textbooks / SUNY OER Services -  Developed, programmed, and maintain: OpenSUNY Textbooks public-facing platform backend and front end, including  custom download statistics; install and maintain Pressbooks and PRINCE XML publishing platforms; ensure content discoverability, ease of sharing books and content with other Open Textbook and OER web resources; worldwide access to books and content from desktops, laptops, mobile devices
• Milne Library News & Events  WordPress API feed - displayed on websites and video displays throughout campus
• Information Delivery Services (IDS) and ILLiad InterLibrary Loan Services
• Consultation,  Instruction, Room Requests, Circulation Reserves, Community Borrower Book Renewals
• Library Hours API  Database, interface, and webservice to display hours and exceptions on websites and  video displays throughout campus
• DataPortal / Student Success Project -  Built and maintain single-sign on Web Portal and Database; SQL queries, single sign-on secure forms for recording and statistical analysis of Library questions, requests, consultations, Milne Library Staff Directory, instruction sessions, journal collection statistics, Headcounts, Gatecounts
• Digital Thoreau
• NaRMo - National Book Review Month
• OpenValley
• The Proceedings of Great Day (Scholarly Journal)
• Minerva (Milne Library Publications)

SERVICE:

• SUNYLA Delegate, 2017-2019
• Open SUNY Textbooks Advisory Council - 2016 to present
• SUNY Geneseo Student Conduct Board - 2015 to present
• SUNY Geneseo Interpersonal Violence Board - 2015 to present
• LibraryJuice Academy - Moodle LMS consulting - 2014

PRESENTATIONS:

• "Library as Publisher: The Story of Open SUNY Textbooks" - Library Technology Conference, Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota.  March 14, 2018  View or Download Slides
• "OpenSUNY Textbooks: How WordPress saved our Open Educational Services Program" - WPCampus: Where WordPress Meets Higher Education,  Canisius College, Buffalo, NY.   July 15, 2017
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• Google Analytics Primer: How to interpret Google Analytics for different types of websites  - COMN 277 : Online Journalism,   Ginni Jurkowski. November 2016
• "Open SUNY Textbooks Summit: Takeaways, Adaption, Adoption, and the Future"  (co-presented with Allison Brown) Milne Library Professional Development Workshop, Milne Library. June 2015
• "Open SUNY Textbooks and Textbook Publishing Services"  (co-presented with Allison Brown) BC Campus Open Textbook Summit, Simon Fraser University Harbor Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia. May 2015
• "Keep your PC or Mac Clean with CCleaner"  Milne Library Professional Development Workshop, Milne Library. June 2014
• "Library Hours: Let's Build a Simple Widget" ALA-LITA Lightning Talk, Library and Information Technology Association Forum, Louisville, KY. November 2013