Ateanna Uriri

Metadata Librarian, DIY Tech Enthusiast, Plant Parent.

Skills

HTML, CSS, Python, R, XML & RDF-based systems, Git, GitHub, LaTeX, Wikipedia, Omeka, Scalar, Tableau, SQL, SPARQL, Oxygen XML Editor, OpenRefine

Research interests

digital curation, metadata, data analysis, data management, digital humanities, emerging technologies

Developmental Activities

2019

Self-study Program, Metadata Design, Library Juice Academy

2020

Self-study Program, Metadata Implementation, Library Juice Academy

Certificate Program, Certificate in XML & RDF-based Systems, Library Juice Academy

2021

Professional Service, Committee Chair - Web Advisory, UTRGV University Library, Edinburg

Publications and Presentations

Journals

2019

Uriri, A. This is my First One: Finding and Building Community at RDAP Summit 2019. Journal of eScience Librarianship 2019;8(2): e1178. https://doi.org/10.7191/jeslib.2019.1178.

Presentations

2022

Invited Talk, LEADING Fellow Presentation for UCSD Library’s Love Data Week, University of California - San Diego

Invited Talk, LEADING: Data Science Innovation Across Our National Digital Infrastructure, Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) Spring Meeting

Experience

present

Metadata Librarian, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Identifies and oversees the creation and maintenance of descriptive, technical, and preservation metadata for the UTRGV Library, its digital collections, and its institutional repository
Creates, enhances, and performs quality control on non-MARC metadata for digital collections
Works with library and university departments to streamline ingestion of collections and automate metadata workflows

2021

LEADING Fellow, University of California - San Diego

Transformation and Enhancement of the Farmworker Movement Collection project
The key deliverable would be a pathway to a better managed and presented collection, capacity to enrich the collections holdings and value, and proof of concept presentation of results
Created different code/tools, including a Streamlit site, that could assist regular staff in better managing the collection

2016-2020

eSerials Specialist, University of Texas at Arlington

Assisted with managing on-going subscriptions in our integrated library system and provided order maintenance for university subscriptions
Activated and maintained electronic resource access and troubleshoot access interruptions

Education

2019

University of North Texas, Denton

Master of Science, Library Science
Graduate Academic Certificate, Digital Curation and Data Management
Graduate Academic Certificate, Storytelling

2016

University of North Texas, Denton

Bachelor of Arts, Journalism - News

2012

Texas State University - San Marcos, San Marcos

Bachelor of Arts, International Studies - International Relations

Download a PDF copy of my resume here.

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