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EDUCATION
Certificate in Web Technology Solutions 2011 University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Master of Science in Library and Information Science 2007 Pratt Institute, New York, NY Graduated with distinction
Bachelor of Arts in History 2003 Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA Minor in Astronomy
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Director of Collection Services 2019 – present Reed College Library, Portland, OR § Manage acquisitions, cataloging, electronic resources, serials, and systems department § Conduct data-informed collection assessment and development § Negotiate renewals and licenses with publishers and vendors § Coordinate Federal Depository Library collection § Collaborate with faculty to develop and deliver course-integrated information literacy instruction § Provide reference services § Supervise two librarians, three specialists, and multiple undergraduate student workers
Data Services Librarian 2015 – 2019 Reed College Library, Portland, OR § Advised faculty and students on data curation best practices § Assisted faculty and students in locating and acquiring datasets § Wrote data management plans § Coordinated Federal Depository Library collection § Collaborated with faculty to develop and deliver course-integrated information literacy instruction § Provided reference services § Developed and maintained library collections § Supervised four undergraduate student workers
Digital Projects Librarian 2011 – 2015 Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente, Portland, OR § Created, managed, and promoted institutional repository program § Curated knowledge repository of SAS code § Implemented a linked-data scholarly profiles system § Led ORCID integration project to register researcher identifiers § Supervised one specialist and one graduate intern
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Digital Collections Librarian 2007 – 2010 Haverford College Library, Haverford, PA § Managed digitization projects of special collections and archival materials § Created finding aids and original catalog records § Produced and maintained online exhibits § Supervised four graduate interns and twelve undergraduate student workers
RELATED EXPERIENCE
Volunteer Systems Librarian & Cataloger 2009 – 2010 AIDS Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA § Migrated integrated library system § Created original and copy catalog records for books and videos
Cataloging Intern 2007 Columbia University Butler Library, New York, NY § Created copy catalog records for ebooks
Cataloging Intern 2007 Jewish Theological Seminary Library, New York, NY § Created original and copy catalog records for dissertations
Archival Intern 2006 Oregon State Archives, Salem, OR § Processed born-digital collection for public records compliance
Graduate Assistant 2005 – 2007 Pratt Manhattan Center Library, New York, NY § Staffed combined circulation and reference desk § Managed print serials
Citizen Outreach Director 2003 – 2005 Fund for Public Interest Research, Portland, OR and Philadelphia, PA § Hired, scheduled, trained, and supervised staff of 50 people § Raised $2.5 million for consumer and environmental organizations
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Content Management Systems Alfresco, Cascade CMS, Drupal, LibGuides, WordPress Content Standards AACR2, CCO, DACS, RDA Citation Managers EndNote, Reference Manager, Zotero Data Tools MarcEdit, Open Refine, QGIS, RStudio Databases Access, MySQL, PostgreSQL
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Digital Asset Management Systems Archivist Toolkit, CONTENTdm, DSpace, EmbARK Integrated Library Systems EOS, Koha, Millennium, Voyager Library Services Platforms Alma Markup Languages CSS, XHTML, XML, XSLT Scripting Languages JavaScript, PHP, Python, R, VBA Structure Standards Dublin Core, EAD, MARC, RDF Version Control Systems Git, GitHub
CONTINUING EDUCATION (selected)______
Center for Creative Leadership Frontline Leader Impact 2020 Federal Depository Library Program Coordinator Certificate Program 2019 Orbis Cascade Alliance Copyright First Responder 2018 Digital Library Federation eResearch Network 2017 Digital Library Federation E-Science Institute 2012
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
(Publications prior to 2010 under the last name Conners)
Bibee A., Gallagher E., Isaak D. (2021). Guiding Principles for Technical Services through a Content Analysis of Strategic Plans. In Samantha Hines (Ed.), Technical Services in the 21st Century (Vol. 42). Emerald Publishing Limited. doi: 10.1108/S0732-067120210000042003 (post-print: https://ufdc.ufl.edu//IR00011137/00001)
Conners, D. (2009). A 'Mind-Boggling' Implication: The Hebrew Bible, the Old Testament, and the Definition of a Work. Judaica Librarianship, 15, 1-12. doi: 10.14263/2330-2976.1049
Cohen D.H., MacFarlane J.J., Jaanimagi J., Landen O.L., Haynes D.A., Conners D.S., Penrose K.L., Shupe N.C. (2004). Tracer Spectroscopy Diagnostics of Doped Ablators in Inertial Confinement Fusion Experiments on OMEGA. Physics of Plasmas, 11(5), 2702-2708. doi: 10.1063/1.1647135
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Gallagher, E. & Isaak, D. (2020). The Small and Large of It: Leading a Team in Times of Disruption. Against the Grain, 32(6), 17–22.
Pierce P., Bedford E., Isaak, D., Williams E.P. (2020). Prerequisites for an Alliance Institutional Repository Program [White paper]. Orbis Cascade Alliance. https://www.orbiscascade.org/institutional-repositories- platform-project-group.
Bibee A., Gallagher E., Isaak, D. (2019). Content Analysis of ARL Strategic Plans (Version V2) [Data set]. Harvard Dataverse. doi:10.7910/DVN/NI8JFP.
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Isaak, D. (2016). PubMed2XL (version2.01). Journal of the Medical Library Association, 104(1), 92-94. doi: 10.3163/1536-5050.104.1.023
Conners D. (2008). A Ghost in the Catalog: The Gradual Obsolescence of the Main Entry. The Serials Librarian, 55(1-2), 85-97. doi: 10.1080/03615260801970790
Conners, D. & McCarthy, L. (2007). The Jobs Can Be Found. Library Journal, 132(14), 44-45. https://bit.ly/2nBXeTM
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
(*Indicates undergraduate student co-author)
Talks
Isaak D., *Chang T., *Pask C., *Carrillo A., Beiriger A. (2018). When You Are Falling, Dive: Launching a Thesis Digitization Project. Northwest Institutional Repositories User Group Meeting, Portland, OR. July 20, 2018. https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/26310
Isaak D. (2017). Data Repositories Table Talk. Northwest Institutional Repositories User Group Meeting, Portland, OR. July 21, 2017. https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/20672
Isaak D., Bjork K., Vyhnnanek K. (2013). The Changing Roles of Repositories: Where We Are and Where We Are Headed. Oregon Library Association and Washington Library Association Joint Conference, Vancouver, WA. April 25, 2013. doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1536800.v1
Bjork K., Kunda S., Isaak D., Vyhnanek K. (2013). Creating New Partnerships: Strategies for Growing Your Repository. 30th Annual Online Northwest Conference, Corvallis, OR. February 8, 2013. http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/20029
Isaak D. (2012). DIY IR: Building an Institutional Repository without Depending on Faculty Participation. 29th Annual Online Northwest Conference, Corvallis, OR. February 10, 2012. https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/19988
Conners D. (2009). Tri-College Cooperation Using CONTENTdm. Delaware Valley Archivists Group Meeting. Bryn Mawr, PA. December 3, 2009.
MacFarlane J.J., Cohen D.H., Penrose K., Conners D., Haynes D.A. (2001). Simulation of Hohlraum Radiation Environments and Tracer Spectra in Doped Ablator Experiments. Second International Conference on Inertial Fusion Sciences and Applications. Kyoto, Japan. September 10, 2001.
Posters
Conners D., Cohen D.H., MacFarlane J.J., Leidahl D.A., Bailey J.E. (2003). Creating an X-ray Nebula in the Laboratory: Spectral Diagnostics of Neon Photoionization Experiments on the Z-Machine. 201st Meeting of the American Astronomical Society. Seattle, WA. January, 7, 2003. doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1536802.v1
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Conners D., Penrose K., Cohen D.H., MacFarlane J.J. (2002). Radiation, Hydrodynamics, and Spectral Modeling of Indirect-Drive Fusion Experiments on the OMEGA Laser. 2002 Sigma Xi Student Research Conference. Galveston, TX. November 16, 2002. doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1536801.v1
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
American Library Association GLBTRT 50th Anniversary Planning Committee, member 2017 – 2019 GLBTRT Executive Board, director-at-large 2015 – 2017, 2019 GLBTRT Web Committee, chair 2012 – 2015 ALCTS PARS Program, Planning, and Publications Committee, member 2008 – 2010 ALCTS CCS Research and Publications Committee, member 2008 – 2010 Emerging Leaders Program, participant 2008 GLBTRT Membership Committee, member 2007 – 2008 NMRT Marketing Task Force, member 2007 – 2008
Cascadia OpenCon Organizing Committee, member 2018 – 2019
Eastern CONTENTdm Users Group Programming Subcommittee, chair 2009 Planning Committee, member 2008 – 2009
Northwest Five Consortium Data in the Disciplines IMLS Grant Steering Committee, member 2019 Evidence to Scholarship Mellon Grant Data Workshop Committee, member 2016
Orbis Cascade Alliance Institutional Repositories Platform Project Group, member 2020 Technical Services Team, institutional representative 2019 – present Data Management Subgroup, member 2016
Oregon Library Association ACRL-Oregon Executive Board, member-at-large 2020 – 2022 OLA Mentor Program, mentor 2017 – 2018
Oregon State Library State Librarian Interview Panel, interviewer 2018
Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries CLIR Hidden Collections Grant Technology Committee, member 2009 – 2010
William Way Community Center John J. Wilcox, Jr. Archives Advisory Committee, member 2015 – 2016
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COLLEGE SERVICE
Reed College New Hire Peer Mentorship, mentor 2021 Federal Depository Library Program, coordinator 2018 – present Information Security Team, library liaison 2018 – present Linguistics and Psychology Departments, library liaison 2015 – present Data Governance Team, member 2017 – 2019 Search Committee, member for 2017 – 2019 Archivist, Data Services Librarian, Electronic Resources Librarian, Humanities Librarian, Science Librarian, Special Collections Librarian, and Social Sciences Librarian
Haverford College Gest Fellowship Selection Committee, member 2007 – 2010 Collection Development Committee, member 2007 – 2009 Search Committee, member for Public Services Coordinator 2008
Tri-College Consortium (Bryn Mawr, Haverford, and Swarthmore Colleges) CONTENTdm Advisory Group, chair 2007 – 2010 Multiple Website Redesign Working Groups, member 2007 – 2010 Digital Storage Assessment Working Group, member 2009 Library Web Services Integration Committee, member 2007 – 2009
GRANTS & AWARDS
KFRI ORCID Integration #89334 2015 Project Manager ($25,801)
KFRI Profile RNS #89336 2015 Project Manager ($45,404)
KFRI Projects Database #89335 2015 Project Manager ($56,991)
KFRI CESR Publications Library #89304 2011 – 2015 Project Manager ($642,175)
NEH Friendly Association Papers #PT-50138-10 2010 – 2012 Project Manager ($31,065)
IMLS Quakers & Slavery #LS-00-09-0039-09 2009 – 2010 Project Manager ($32,964)