Simon O’Riordan (pronounced oh-REAR-den) is the new metadata analyst in the Library. His role as Metadata Analyst is to provide metadata expertise for digital scholarship, digitalization and other metadata-dependent efforts as well as provide consultation on various metadata topics. In this role, Simon will also focus on the normalization of metadata in the Emory libraries, through […]
Kat Boushell is the newest finance/accounting specialist in LITS. Prior to her arrival at Emory, Kat spent 15 years as an executive benefits consultant with Aon Consulting, working on supplemental, incremental long-term disability. Before her time at Aon, she worked at a retail brokerage firm called AG Edwards. Originally from Washington DC, Kat moved to […]
Elizabeth Peele is the new Systems Librarian within the Library Core Systems Team. Many of you may remember Elizabeth from her time working at the Emory Libraries with her stints in GovDocs and the Beck Center. She is coming to Emory from her most recent position at the UNC Chapel Hill Wilson Library where she […]
Gayle Godbee has been hired as a Service Desk analyst following a 2014 contract apprenticeship in the same role. Before coming to Emory, Gayle worked for a year as an operations assembler in the data center at Google. She also spent two years as a service desk analyst at Intelliteach. Gayle initially wanted to be […]
Megan Slemons is the new GIS (Geographic Information Systems) Librarian in the Emory Center for Digital Scholarship. In this role she works with scholars to incorporate geospatial technologies into their research, such as visualizing data on a map or performing spatial analysis. She also works to develop and provide access to the library’s geospatial data collections. […]
Richard Xing comes to Emory after spending two years as a senior Java developer for Verizon Wireless. He also worked in the same role for two years at General Motors and fourteen years at Home Depot. A native of Beijing, China, Richard received a bachelor’s degree in international business at Beijing University of International Business. He moved to […]
Palmer White joins the project management office to manage a broad range of projects. Previously, he worked for four years as a project manager for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Palmer also spent eight years doing project management for the American Cancer Society and Home Depot. A native of Atlanta and graduate of Westminster High School, Palmer received his […]