Resume

• 2010

  ProQuest

  Contract work for content migration from legacy Dialog/DataStar mainframe platform to new XML / FAST search engine platform. Provided content engineering data mapping to pre-defined DTD schemas

  as well as search quality and usability analysis.

  ProQuest

• 2001

  Thomson Corporation

  Special Libraries Association (SLA) Silicon Valley Chapter

  Analysis and data mapping for conversion of Dialog databases to XML formats.

  Thomson Corporation

  San Jose State University

  World's largest SLIS

  nearly 3000 online students

  Distance education program. I teach these classes:\n* Introduction to Information and Society\n* Information Environments and Trend Spotting\n* Online searching utilizing commercial search engines Dialog

  Factiva and Lexis-Nexis plus the public search engines

  including Google.\n\nOnline classes taught using major learning management systems : BlackBoard

  Angel

  and now Desire2Learn (D2L) plus web-conferencing service Elluminate for e-learning.

  Part-time Faculty

  Graduate School of Library & Information Science

• 1994

  Knight-Ridder Information

  Managed a product line with over $20 million in revenue from the library and business market. Responsible for licensing

  publisher relations and product management for biomedical

  pharmaceutical

  scientific

  and technical databases on Dialog

  one of the Big 3 fee-based search engines.

  Knight-Ridder Information

  Consultant & Senior Analyst

  Research and advisory services for the content industry.\n* Authored survey report on Enterprise Search in cooperation with Information Today

  with results presented at Enterprise Search Summit

  2007\n* Speaker at SIIA (Software and Information Industry Association) Content Forum

  2006 and 2007\n* Authored report on ebooks in libraries\n* Invited speaker representing library interests to Open eBook Forum.

  Shore Communications

  Information Industry Consultant

  Consulting services to various clients from start-up to established companies.

  EContent Strategies

  Published Member Award for Professional Literary Accomplishments

  Special Libraries Association

  Silicon Valley chapter

• 1992

  Negotiated licensing agreements with publishers for both content and software. Signed agreements for online industry's first electronic copyright compliance program.

  Dialog Information Services

• 1991

  Cupertino Public Library

  Santa Clara County Library System

  EContent Strategies

  Cupertino Public Library

  Santa Clara County Library System

• 1987

  Dialog Information Services

  Developed international business directories and trade publication databases for one of the first commercial search engines

  before the internet changed the online information business.

  Dialog Information Services

  Program Director

  Planning for chapter speakers and events.

  Special Libraries Association (SLA) Silicon Valley Chapter

• 1981

  Syntex Pharmaceuticals / Syva Diagnostics

  San Jose State University

  Palo Alto

  CA

  Provided information services to the medical diagnostics division of a large pharmaceutical company. Managed staff of five

  plus outside consultants.

  Manager

  Technical Support & Programming

  Syntex Pharmaceuticals / Syva Diagnostics

• 1980

  Mathematics

  B.A.

  Thought I wanted to be a math teacher

  but the one job that year went to basketball star who could also coach. Discovered I like to teach

  but not in a K-12 system.

  MBA - Masters in Business Administration

  My Silicon Valley business school experience.....a different world from academic research. Great program

  perfect combination of work and school.

  Santa Clara University - Leavey School of Business

  M.A

  Specialized in high plains archeology--you can read about my research on buffalo bones and bison kill sites in James Michener's book

  Centennial. Only problem--no way to make a living!

  Anthropology

• SLA

  Program Director

  Publishing

  Competitive Analysis

  Market Research

  Online Publishing

  Product Management

  Content Development

  Libraries

  Books

  Teaching

  Library

  Publisher Relations

  Cataloging

  Competitive Intelligence

  Writing

  Library Instruction

  Search

  Online Marketing

  Web 2.0

  Information Retrieval

  Research

  Ebooks Hit Critical Mass: Where Do Libraries Fit with Oprah?

  As ebooks increase in popularity

  what is the role of libraries in providing access? Originally a presentation to the Special Libraries Association.

  Ebooks Hit Critical Mass: Where Do Libraries Fit with Oprah?

  This book is your guide to the many technology tools that can be utilized to build your web presence. Stages from registering a domain name to creating a website and utilizing your domain for email and internet marketing are outlined. Available as ebook (PDF from publishers and Kindle version) and hard copy.

  I've Got a Domain Name - Now What??? A Practical Guide to Building a Website and Your Web Presence

  Press coverage of Search Marketing Expo (SMX) West produced by Third Door Media. Article written for Information Today publications. Latest developments in search from Google

  Yahoo and other search engines.

  SMX West 2011:Search Engines Respond to Users

  More extensive list of publications from my website: www.EContentStrategies.com.

  Selected publications in the online information / search marketing industry

  Bedord

  Jean

  Shore Communications