Kevin M. Reiss
Education
- Areas of Concentration:
- Information Processing Standards and Web Technologies
- Thesis Project––In Progress
- A Literate Documentation System for XML Schema. Project Blog
- Recent Course Projects
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- DTD for documenting Document Type Definitions, includes XSLT stylesheets for conversion to XHTML. Project Home
- XML Schema for floral descriptions, in RELAX NG. Project Home
- Created a prototype for an XML-based publishing system for both
the web and print (pdf); materials to be published include office
documentation and instructional materials. Project Home
- Served as an information consultant to a team of MBA students
- Recent Course Papers
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- Recent Presentations
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- XML Schemas and Literate Programming. Presented to the EPRG on 9/9/03. HTML | SVG
- DSS: A Three-Layer Approach to XML Schema
Construction using Literate Programming: Documentation, Syntax
and Semantics. Poster Presentation at Extreme Markup Languages
2003, Montreal Canada. August 4-8, 2003. HTML | PDF
- XML Schema Languages and the Flora of North America. GSLIS Brownbag Talk. June 10, 2003. PDF | PPT
Bachelor of Arts in Economics-August 1998
Employment History
- Mina Rees Library
- Systems Librarian March 2006-Present
- Webmaster
- Staff and Student Support
- Provide Technical Support for all Library Systems
- Rutgers School of Law-Newark, Law Library
- Head of Digital Services September 2003-February 2006
- Webmaster and Database Administrator
- Supervise student workers on various digitization and web development projects
- Currently implementing the New Jersey Digital Legal Library containing previously unavailable (digitally) New Jersey Legal Resources.
- Information Discovery in Neuroscience Project
- Graduate Hourly May 2003-Present
- Design and implement a relational database containing project research data
- Set up processing system to map incoming XML data into a relational database
- Develop a web-based user interface for database
- Electronic Publishing Research Group
- Graduate Assistant August 2002-Present
- Teaching assistant for Document Processing LIS 450DP and Data Processing LIS 317A
- Webmaster and mailing list manager
- User services and technical support coordinator for teaching and reasearch activities
- Instructional Technologies
Office
- Graduate Assistant May 2001-December 2002
- Provide technical support for LEEP distance learners, on campus students
and graduate college faculty
- Teach workshops on basic computer skills and applications to
students and faculty
- Maintain, create and design web pages
- University
Archives
- Graduate Assistant January 2001-June 2001
- Manage and update material for a specific archival collection
- Create, maintain and update web pages for the collection
- Plan and execute reorganization of a specific archival collection
Ford Motor Credit Company
- Commercial Lending Branch-Customer Service Representative
- May 2000-August 2000
- Manage an assigned unit of commercial vehicle accounts
- Provide customer service over the phone
- Conduct collection activities on delinquent accounts
- Commercial Lending Branch-Wholesale Representative
- February 1999-April 2000
- Conduct wholesale inventory audits of commercial finance lines
- Prepare reports for management review
- Answer customer questions and concerns while in field
Computer Skills
Software
- MS Office Suite, Dreamweaver and Fireworks
Web Development Skills
Markup Languages
- DocBook, TEI, LaTeX, and XSL-FO
Databases
Programming Skills
- Python, PHP, Perl, Java, SQL and XSLT
Web Servers/Web Content Management
Operating Systems
- UNIX/Linux, Windows, Mac OS X
Professional Activities
- Served as Treasurer and Co-President for Student Chapter,
2001-2002
- Organized Chapter Activities
- Served as Vice-President for Student Chapter, 2000-2001
- Organized Chapter Activities
Honors
- Member, Alpha Chapter, Beta Phi Mu, the International Honor Society for Library and Information Science (November 13, 2004)
- Information Systems/Technologies Award for significant achievement in Information Technology by a student.
Awarded by vote of Graduate School Faculty
Contact Information
My current mailing address is:
217 East High St.
Somerville NJ, 08876
Telephone: (217) 390-1324
email: kevin.reiss [at] gmail.com
Professional References Available Upon Request
