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My background and expertise are in the related areas of resource discovery, distributed digital libraries and repositories, structured open data, and human-computer interaction (HCI).</p> <p>I am based within <a href="https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/informationservices/">Information Services </a> at the <a href="https://www.gla.ac.uk/">University of Glasgow</a> as <a href="https://www.gla.ac.uk/stafflist/search/person/4edee6e48192/">Assistant Director - Digital Libraries</a>. I work and lead on repository and digital library things, while also supporting activities within <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_science">Open Research</a>, 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 <a href="https://www.strath.ac.uk/research/subjects/computerinformationscience/strathclydeischoolresearchgroup/">iSchool</a> at the University of Strathclyde, specializing in topics surrounding resource discovery in heterogeneous digital environments. I also happen to be an avid <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_community">Wikipedian</a> and an advocate of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Knowledge_commons&oldid=1126170265">knowledge commons</a>.</p> <p>I am a <a href="https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/ProfessionalRegistrationChartership">chartered member (MCLIP)</a> of the <a href="http://www.cilip.org.uk/">Chartered Institute of Library & Information Professionals (CILIP)</a> and a registered Fellow (<a href="https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/fellowship">FHEA</a>) of <a href="https://www.advance-he.ac.uk">UK Advance HE</a> (formerly the UK Higher Education Academy).</p> <h2 id="-previously">./ Previously…</h2> <p>Prior to working at the University of Glasgow I did the following things:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Open Repository Manager & Technologist (Scholarly Publications & Research Data)</strong>, <a href="https://www.strath.ac.uk">University of Strathclyde</a></li> <li><strong>Project Evaluator & Business Analyst</strong>, <a href="https://www.jisc.ac.uk/">Jisc</a> funded <a href="http://www.principlesinpatterns.ac.uk/">Principles in Patterns</a> (PiP) project</li> <li><strong>Senior Lecturer in Information Management & Systems</strong> at <a href="https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/">Liverpool John Moores University</a> – lecturing in information retrieval, structured data, resource discovery, and information architecture; research in distributed digital repositories and Semantic Web technologies</li> <li><strong>Research Fellow</strong>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Strathclyde_Faculty_of_Science#Former_Departments_and_Research_Units">Centre for Digital Library Research</a> in the <a href="http://www.strath.ac.uk/cis/">Department of Computer and Information Sciences</a>, <a href="http://www.strath.ac.uk/">University of Strathclyde</a></li> <li><strong>Research Assistant</strong>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Strathclyde_Faculty_of_Science#Former_Departments_and_Research_Units">Centre for Digital Library Research</a> in the <a href="http://www.strath.ac.uk/cis/">Department of Computer and Information Sciences</a>, <a href="http://www.strath.ac.uk/">University of Strathclyde</a></li> </ul> <p>Those that know how can grab and check out my <a href="/george.ttl">FOAF profile</a>.</p> <p><a href="https://geo-mac.github.io/george.ttl"><img src="https://geo-mac.github.io/images/foaf8015.gif" alt="Alt text" /></a></p> </section> <a href="https://github.com/geo-mac/geo-mac.github.io" class="btn btn-github"><span class="icon"></span>View on GitHub</a> </div> </body> </html>