Lora Woodford Email and Phone Number

Contract Overview: Ruby on Rails engineer supporting GSA’s Search.gov tool, which powers nearly 2,000 search boxes on Federal agency websites.• Lead development of new features, including a primary focus on faceted search.• Develop and implement bug fixes, modernization work, upgrades, and feature enhancements.• Write and maintain unit and integration test suites using, as appropriate, RSpec, Selenium, Cucumber, etc.• Expand and enhance internal and customer-facing… Show more Contract Overview: Ruby on Rails engineer supporting GSA’s Search.gov tool, which powers nearly 2,000 search boxes on Federal agency websites.• Lead development of new features, including a primary focus on faceted search.• Develop and implement bug fixes, modernization work, upgrades, and feature enhancements.• Write and maintain unit and integration test suites using, as appropriate, RSpec, Selenium, Cucumber, etc.• Expand and enhance internal and customer-facing APIs.• Participate in and encourage Agile development processes.• Conduct code reviews, pairing sessions, acceptance testing, and other activities in support of development team members.• Provide infrastructure and on-call support for small project team.• Coach and advise rapidly growing project team.• Contribute to technical documentation and developer onboarding materials. Show less

• Coordinate software releases of open source application that averages 3,000 global downloads annually.• Develop and implement feature enhancements, bugs fixes, and plugins as identified and prioritized by the ArchivesSpace community.• Write and maintain unit and integration test suites using, as appropriate, RSpec, Selenium, Capybara, Factory Bot, axe-core-gems, etc.• Participate in Agile-like development process, including providing work/points estimates for sprint tickets, daily… Show more • Coordinate software releases of open source application that averages 3,000 global downloads annually.• Develop and implement feature enhancements, bugs fixes, and plugins as identified and prioritized by the ArchivesSpace community.• Write and maintain unit and integration test suites using, as appropriate, RSpec, Selenium, Capybara, Factory Bot, axe-core-gems, etc.• Participate in Agile-like development process, including providing work/points estimates for sprint tickets, daily standups, and sprint retros.• Guide work of 1-3 independent contract developers and/or development firms, as well as actively support volunteer code contributors.• Collaborate with the Core Committers group on identifying, preparing, and reviewing code contributions.• Championed external accessibility audit and, once completed, led code remediation efforts across several accessibility-focused sprints.• Contribute to the technical FAQs/other technical.• Provide technical expertise in the development of training resources, with a particular focus on API documentation and accessibility recommendations.• Maintain active presence on the Users Group listserv and on appropriate sub-teams of the Technical Advisory Council. Show less

• Assisted ArchivesSpace community (generally) and LYRASIS-hosted ArchivesSpace clients (in particular) with technical issues, including: Installing/deploying the ArchivesSpace web application; upgrading to new versions; migrating data to and from the system; troubleshooting performance issues; responding to user support ticket requests; and resolving bugs, either through support or direct code contributions.• Promoted/Re-orged into newly created Junior Developer role after demonstrating… Show more • Assisted ArchivesSpace community (generally) and LYRASIS-hosted ArchivesSpace clients (in particular) with technical issues, including: Installing/deploying the ArchivesSpace web application; upgrading to new versions; migrating data to and from the system; troubleshooting performance issues; responding to user support ticket requests; and resolving bugs, either through support or direct code contributions.• Promoted/Re-orged into newly created Junior Developer role after demonstrating through volume and quality of code contributions that such a role was needed on the ArchivesSpace team. Show less

Instructor for AS.460.670 Digital Preservation.

Create, document, and manage workflows for acquiring, describing, processing, preserving, and providing access to born-digital materials • Integrate born-digital workflows with current procedures for print collections • Facilitate transfer of born-digital materials to Special Collections • Create disk images of born-digital materials received on physical media • Analyze born-digital content for the presence of confidential and sensitive information • Develop procedures for arranging… Show more Create, document, and manage workflows for acquiring, describing, processing, preserving, and providing access to born-digital materials • Integrate born-digital workflows with current procedures for print collections • Facilitate transfer of born-digital materials to Special Collections • Create disk images of born-digital materials received on physical media • Analyze born-digital content for the presence of confidential and sensitive information • Develop procedures for arranging, describing, and providing access to born-digital materials • Aid in the development of a repository for preserving and managing born-digital materials • Supervise student and professional staff in activities related to digital archives management • Manage the Special Collections department’s web archiving program.Assist University Archivist in establishing records retention guidelines for university records in both analog and digital form • Create accession records for university records transfers • Assist University Archivist in establishing records retention guidelines.Participate in creating policy, best practices, and professional standards for processing and descriptive work • Create and maintain related documentation and policies.Assist University Archivist in project development for grants and other fundraising activities related to born-digital materials • Manage grants awarded to the Archives unit that relate to born-digital materials, including 2016-2017 National Digital Stewardship Residency • Serve as the Libraries' representative on the Trusted Digital Repository committee of Academic Preservation Trust (APTrust). Show less

Title changed to reflect increased independence and management responsibilities of position.

Process collections (primary responsibility for university records, historical manuscripts, and local history) • Arrange and describe collections, including born-digital university records and websites • Create EAD collection guides, MARC records, and other finding aids • Accession all acquisitions • Asses preservation needs and perform preservation tasks as needed • Trained and supervise 2-year Processing Archivist.Write and maintain XSLT stylesheets to transform EAD-XML finding aids… Show more Process collections (primary responsibility for university records, historical manuscripts, and local history) • Arrange and describe collections, including born-digital university records and websites • Create EAD collection guides, MARC records, and other finding aids • Accession all acquisitions • Asses preservation needs and perform preservation tasks as needed • Trained and supervise 2-year Processing Archivist.Write and maintain XSLT stylesheets to transform EAD-XML finding aids to public HTML guides • Migrated collections data from the Archivists’ Toolkit to ArchivesSpace • Deployed Archivematica sandbox to address the accessioning, management, and preservation of digital records • Implemented and manage ArchiveIt-based web archiving program.Address university records management at an institution lacking existing program • Surveyed university offices on records management practices and needs • Conducted records management meetings with select departments and programs • Educated members of the university community about records management best practices, including guidance on proper handling of private and FERPA controlled data • Facilitate the transfer and storage of inactive records • Guide development of a sustainable records management program.Provide reference services • Oversee the fulfillment of reproduction requests • Manage reading room • Hire and supervise student employees • Support the department's instruction and outreach programs • Lead sessions on the use of special collections and archives in primary research and interrogating historical materials • Liaise with faculty colleagues to encourage instruction sessions and student research • Ensure security of the collections.Participate in and coordinate (interim) the libraries’ digital projects • Manage and maintain the department's web pages • Promote the use of Special Collections and University Archives materials through online outreach via Tumblr, Twitter, blogs, and other platforms. Show less

Process manuscript collections • Arrange, organize, and describe collections according to specific archival principles and standards (DACS, EAD) • Undertake basic preservation work • Use OPAC, OCLC, Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus, LCSH, TGM, and other bibliographic and reference tools to assign subject tracings and research collections.Produce EAD finding aids using XMetal Author, Notepad, and MS Excel • Modify and revise existing XSLT and XSL-FO stylesheets for HTML and PDF… Show more Process manuscript collections • Arrange, organize, and describe collections according to specific archival principles and standards (DACS, EAD) • Undertake basic preservation work • Use OPAC, OCLC, Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus, LCSH, TGM, and other bibliographic and reference tools to assign subject tracings and research collections.Produce EAD finding aids using XMetal Author, Notepad, and MS Excel • Modify and revise existing XSLT and XSL-FO stylesheets for HTML and PDF delivery of EAD-XML finding aids • Independently developed and maintain test instance of the eXtensible Text Framework (XTF).Designed and implemented repository collection location database • Coordinate manuscript collections’ maintenance and help manage physical space needs • Supervise and train student assistants to support manuscript processing.Create and maintain department webpages (including online exhibitions, subject guides, and legacy finding aids) using HTML/XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, Adobe Photoshop, and other languages/software products as needed • Participated on 18-month Library-wide taskforce investigating adoption of the Drupal content management system • Streamlined department web pages by writing stylesheets and utilizing server side includes for frequently repeated elements • Added social media toolbar to department web pages and monitor patron web visits and sharing behaviors.Participated in 12-month NHPRC-funded repurposing metadata grant project to fully digitize the George S. Messersmith papers.Provide technical support for departmental computing needs and oversee digital image and file management practices.Fulfill public service duties including reader services, reference assistance, and weekly reception desk assignment • Support manuscript coordinator with on-site and remote reference • Assist with digitization projects using Nikon D-50 camera, flatbed scanner, graphic design software, and large-format printers • Aid exhibition production and installation. Show less

Served as teaching assistant for University-administered, grant-funded Department of Defense Area Studies courses for federal agency employees and active-duty military personnel.Assisted seminar instructors with all aspects of their travel and teaching needs, including providing transportation to/from airport, hotel, dining and classroom facilities • Ensured instructor receipts were returned to the University for reimbursement purposes.Functioned as front-line support for… Show more Served as teaching assistant for University-administered, grant-funded Department of Defense Area Studies courses for federal agency employees and active-duty military personnel.Assisted seminar instructors with all aspects of their travel and teaching needs, including providing transportation to/from airport, hotel, dining and classroom facilities • Ensured instructor receipts were returned to the University for reimbursement purposes.Functioned as front-line support for instructors brought in from across the globe based on their areas of expertise • Liaised between instructors, facility personnel, and Department of Defense representatives in Maryland and the Delaware program director based at the University’s main campus 2-hours from the course facility. Show less

Courses: Western Civilization to 1648, Dr. Lawrence Duggan; United States History to 1865, Dr. Erica Armstrong DunbarAssisted in conducting large lecture classes (approximately 200 students) • Prepared photocopies, scheduled room reservations, and conducted review sessions • Maintained attendance and grade records for class.Led weekly discussion sections (approximately 80 students) • Created lesson plans, review activities, and assignments for section use.Graded tests… Show more Courses: Western Civilization to 1648, Dr. Lawrence Duggan; United States History to 1865, Dr. Erica Armstrong DunbarAssisted in conducting large lecture classes (approximately 200 students) • Prepared photocopies, scheduled room reservations, and conducted review sessions • Maintained attendance and grade records for class.Led weekly discussion sections (approximately 80 students) • Created lesson plans, review activities, and assignments for section use.Graded tests, essays, homework, and discussion participation for 80-100 students • Held weekly office hours. Show less

Instructed approximately 8-16 peers a week on successful writing skills.Practiced peer-reviewing and editing techniques • Participated in tutoring workshops.Delivered outreach presentations to publicize Writing Center.Scheduled appointments and completed required report forms in timely manner.

Checked facts and organized citations for faculty book publication.Compiled information from institutional publications housed in the University Archives for use in faculty research.Independently processed the papers of two former University Presidents in the University’s (unstaffed) Archives • Produced detailed finding aid, including biographical and scope and contents notes and full collection inventory.Conducted deed, tax, and architectural research of historic… Show more Checked facts and organized citations for faculty book publication.Compiled information from institutional publications housed in the University Archives for use in faculty research.Independently processed the papers of two former University Presidents in the University’s (unstaffed) Archives • Produced detailed finding aid, including biographical and scope and contents notes and full collection inventory.Conducted deed, tax, and architectural research of historic Selinsgrove homes.Communicated with University administrators regarding research activities. Show less