Tim Dennis

Last updated January 14th 2012
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Tim Dennis

Oakland, CA 94609 USA

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Education 

MS

August, 2004 - May, 2006

UC Berkeley - School of Information , Berkeley, CA
Information Management & Systems

 

BA

August, 1986 - June, 1990

Millsaps College, Jackson, MS
Sociology

 

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Work Experience 

Research Technology and Services Specialist

Berkeley, CA

UC Berkeley The Library Data Lab

August 2006 - present


  • Drupal site builder on 8 Library websites implementing diverse domain requirements (e.g. re-purposing & presenting bibliographic data, campus authentication, workflows, actions & triggers).
  • Internal Drupal consultant for multiple Library units including best-practice advise on site building, module selection & configuration, server setup & configuration, and theme development.
  • Coordinates the Technology Training Program for 400 staff member library unit.
  • Provides numeric data/statistical information consultation to students and faculty.
  • Writes Python scripts for data acquisition, manipulation and cleaning.
  • Offers training courses to library staff on various technologies including Drupal.

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Web, Electronic, and Government/Numeric Data Specialist

Berkeley, CA

UC Berkeley Library

May, 2002 - August, 2006


  • Selected, installed, maintained, & customized web collaboration applications (e.g. wikis, blogs, & IM).
  • System administration of library development server including creating and managing accounts, monitoring logs, update applications, and monitor usage and security logs.
  • Project manager of cross-functional teams in developing and implementing new library web based services (IM Reference).
  • Trained users and created instruction materials on adoption of new collaboration tools.
  • Provided numeric data/government information reference to students and faculty via IM, email, and face-to-face.

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Usability Specialist/Researcher

Berkeley, CA

Center for Document Engineering

September, 2005 - May, 2006


  • Completed needs assessment for academic web pattern library application.
  • Developed a pattern library using participatory design techniques, personas, scenarios, lo-fi and hi-fi prototyping.
  • Conducted usability analysis and user testing on patterns and library interfaces.
  • Front-end engineer for application using parallel development environments in JSP, XSL, XML, & BerkeleyDB XML and PHP, CSS, XHTML, MYSQL, & JavaScript.

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Government Information Reference Specialist

Berkeley, CA

UC Berkeley The Library

March, 1999 - April, 2002


  • Webmaster for the Government Information web pages.
  • Managed a 10, 000 volume government document reference collection including catalog maintenance, binding, stacks maintenance, and record troubleshooting.
  • Performed advanced bibliographic research on format migration of government documents.
  • Provided government information reference service to students, faculty, and community researchers on the GSSI Reference Desk.

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Skills 

Drupal (id: jt14den)

  • Intermediate site building knowledge: CCK, Views, Panels, User management
  • Intermediate use of Features to maintain DB configuration
  • Novice themer: Use base theme/sub-theme & modify/extend templates & CSS
  • Intermediate development skills: Drush tools for installing, configuring, & managing sites, Drush+git for features

Programming/Web Development
  • Intermediate scripting skills: Python, PHP
  • Intermediate HTML & CSS
  • Intermediate SQL: queries and data modeling
  • Databases: MySQL, SQLite
  • Basic version control skills: SVN, Git (github id: jt14den)

Sys Admin
  • Intermediate unix/linux systems & tools
  • Intermediate understand Linux package managers
  • Intermediate experience with LAMP configuration & server setup

Statistical Software
  • Novice STATA & R user

UX
  • Information Architecture: Taxonomy development, card-sort
  • User Research: User interviewing, task analysis, persona & scenario development
  • Usability: Experience with user testing techniques of different audience types
  • Design: Paper prototyping, wire-frames
  • Keep up-to-date by attending various UIE webinars

Communication
  • Offered over 15 workshops on technical topics for the library staff training program
  • Demonstrated ability translate user needs to programmers and likewise, to translate technical topics to novice users
  • Highly effective in cross-functional team settings

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RESEARCH 

  • Getting started in Drupal. UC Berkeley LibTech. 2010.
  • Using the Content Construction Kit (CCK) in Drupal. UC Berkeley LibTech. 2010.
  • Drupal Study Group. UC Berkeley LibTech. 2009.
  • Intro to Google Analytics. UC Berkeley LibTech. 2009.
  • Google Data API. IASSIST 2008. May 27, 2008.

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