Technology
Research and Development
Mission Statement | Contact information | Staff
Mission Statement:
Perform research in new
technology-based systems and services on behalf of the MIT
Libraries, and provide high quality software development for new or existing
systems
commissioned by the Libraries.
Research may include both technical and
non-technical
aspects of research projects, e.g.:
- project managements
- requirements
analysis
- market
analysis
- product analysis
- system specification
Development includes:
- software and
systems analysis and programming
- testing and documentation
- training
the Libraries
Technology Operations or other relevant staff in system maintenance
and ongoing operation
Systems may be new, or may be existing systems that require significant
or complex changes
or improvements for continued use by the Libraries staff or patrons.
Eligible systems may
include:
- business-related (e.g. purchasing, processing, or other
core library services)
- user-related (e.g. online discovery or delivery systems, digital
library and archives systems,
etc.)
Contact information
Mailing
address:
Technology Research and Development
MIT Libraries
Building E25-131
77 Massachusetts Ave.,
Cambridge, MA 02139
Phone: 617.253.8296
Fax 617.452.3000
Staff
MacKenzie Smith, Associate Director for Technology, MIT Libraries
617.253.8184 | Building E25-131 | kenzie at mit.edu
- MacKenzie oversees the MIT Libraries' use of technology and manages its digital library research program. Her research agenda focuses on Semantic Web applications to digital libraries, Grid applications in digital libraries, and developing open source communities in the digital library domain.
She is currently acting as the project director at MIT for DSpace, MIT's collaboration with HP Labs to develop an open source digital repository for scholarly research material in digital formats. She was formerly the Digital Library Program Manager in the Harvard University Library's Office for Information Systems, where she managed the design and implementation of the Library Digital Initiative there. She also held positions in the library IT departments at Harvard and the University of Chicago. She holds a BA from the University of Washington and an MA in Library Science from the University of Chicago. Her research interests are in applied technology for libraries and academia, and digital libraries and archives in particular
Richard Rodgers, Head, Software Development, MIT Libraries
617.253.1663 | Building E25-131 | rrodgers at mit.edu
- Richard manages the MIT Libraries' software development staff as a member of the
Technology Research and Development group in the Technology directorate. He has been a
senior member of the Libraries' digital library research team for the past five years, and has
extensive knowledge of the DSpace platform, SIMILE technology, and other locally developed
systems. Prior to joining MIT, Richard was a senior IT manager at several Boston-area companies.
Richard is responsible for managing the Libraries' software developers, establishing policies
and best practices for in-house software development, as well as consulting with the Libraries'
project owners and product managers on technical aspects and timing of new software
development projects.
William Hays, Programmer, Software Development
617.324.5682 | whays at mit.edu
- Bill works on the DSpace platform and related systems for a variety of projects underway in the MIT Libraries. Bill's work focuses mainly on the use of DSpace for DOME -- the MIT Libraries' digital library collections online.
Sands Fish, Application Programmer
617.253.2048 | sands at mit.edu
- develops and enhances MIT Libraries applications and web sites.
- works
to evolve the DSpace@MIT implementation, as well as
contributing to the development of the DSpace product.
Larry Stone, DSpace Programmer
617.253.1459 | Building E25-131 | lcs at mit.edu | PGP Public Key
PGP key fingerprint: 5CAC 8BE7 A95A D8F3 E202 1F67 9694 DBF4 710D 1062
- Larry is a developer on the DSpace software platform and has worked on several of
the Libraries sponsored research projects, including CWSpace and PLEDGE.
He is currently working on the FACADE Project
- DSpace project website
- FACADE project website
William Reilly, Technology Project Manager
617.253.5716 | Building E25-131 | wreilly at mit.edu
- manages grant projects and other technology-dependent projects that
the Libraries define as high priorities.
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