What up. I'm Richard Cox and I'm not a librarian. I'm a library school dropout and a programmer.

What do I do?

Well, lifted from my profile on our libraries web site:

Richard is the Library Webmaster, and participates in Internet and relational database development, graphic design, and Web design and development, as well as outreach to and training for various schools and departments across the UNCG campus. He also assists in network administration duties as needed as a member of the Server Team. He currently chairs the Library's Web development group, and is head of the Web development and campus Web outreach teams, as well as being the team lead for the campus Web3 Project Team and sitting on the campus Web Oversight Committee and Assistive Technology Advisory Board. Like several of his ERIT colleagues, Richard attended UNCG, from where he holds degrees in English and Art. In his spare time, Richard enjoys DIY home-improvement projects, collecting Japanese monster film memorabilia, and dancing like a white boy.

 

 

Why am I at CIL?

Another fine question.  Lifted from the CIL web site:

 

Session D304 – Customizing Blackboard

2:45 PM – 3:30 PM

Richard Cox, Digital Technology Consultant, University of North Carolina

Lynda Kellam, Data Services & Government Information Librarian, University of North Carolina

Barbara Kountouzi, Coordinator of Education and Research Services, Bi, University of Pennsylvania

Robert Cagna, Department Head, Access and Document Delivery Serv, University of Pennsylvania

Mine and Lynda's bit:

Cox and Kellam begin by describing the planning, development and implementation pushing library content into the Blackboard course management system. Developed by the Electronic Resources and Information Technology Department (ERIT) at the University Libraries, University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG), this tool is built around a number of technologies and methodologies, including SOAP web services, ASP.NET, Java, Ajax, and Adobe Flex, enabling the library to provide current, customized links to databases and ejournals at the course level. This application may be the first to integrate library content dynamically into Blackboard at this level and scale.

 

Our presentation is online and available here:

http://docs.google.com/Presentation?id=ddj855jp_23g45sbt4b

Or maybe even here: