Diane Daly
didaly@email.arizona.edu
(520) 304-6944
Education
Masters of Arts, School of Information Resources and Library Science
University of Arizona — Tucson, Arizona
4.0 GPA — Program is ALA-Accredited.
Diploma to be awarded May 2012
Digital Information Management (DIGIN) Certificate Program
University of Arizona — Tucson, Arizona
4.0 GPA thus far
Certification expected May 2012
Rutgers College Bachelor's Degree
Rutgers University — New Brunswick, New Jersey
3.94 GPA; 4.0 in both majors — graduated Summa Cum Laude
BA earned May 1997
Double Majors: Honors English Literature and Women's Studies
Select Projects
Drupal Views organization for the Office of Instruction and Assessment: Diverse content including graphical galleries and Simple content
Online Program Research for the Faculty Learning Community for Online Programs: Report; Spreadsheet; Presentation
Integrated Information Organization: Metadata schema, thesaurus, pilot repository, and award-winning poster presentation as part of An Integrated Approach to Information Discovery in Consumer Breast Cancer Research
Sharing-Oriented Copyright Education for Youth: Yes You Can Use that Copyrighted Work! (At least, most of the time)
Subject Guide and Database Tutorial: Resources for Elementary Education Majors
Technical Skills
Digital Information Organization
I work with web-based content and project management packages including Drupal, LAMP web server technology (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP); Databases; Metadata, Harvesting & information organization standards including controlled vocabularies and thesauri; HTML, forms, and portals; traffic analytics and search engine submission.
Instruction and Communication
Writing skills including technical, persuasive, creative, and academic writing, grantsmanship, and social networking. Web-based learning objects created include interactive tutorials in screencast, online subject guides, interactive digital lesson plans; prezis, and video presentations. Close familiarity with the D2L Learning Managment System.
Collaboration
Engaged in a variety of individual and collaborative projects in person and online, including approaches toward a Consumer Breast Cancer Virtual Research Environment; hands-on math and science education through the use of educational blocks and youth robotics with the UA College of Engineering; and research toward online educational programs for the university of arizona.
Experience
University of Arizona
Graduate Research Assistant — Tucson, Arizona
Spring 2011 - Present
Provide research, instructional, and technological assistance to Faculty at the School of Information Resources and Library Science, and the the Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Institute.
Faculty Learning Community for Online Programs
Graduate Research Assistant — Tucson, Arizona
Summer 2011
Assisting Dr. Chris Johnson, Educational Technology Professor at the University of Arizona South, and Dr. Sue South, of the Office of Instruction and Assessment, in making decisions about creating and implementing quality online programs that will have a lasting impact on the University of Arizona.
Pima County Public Library
Intern and Volunteer — Tucson, Arizona
2010 - 2011
Interned in summer of 2011 at Mission Library, with duties including program operation and technical training. I have also facilitated monthly discussions following Community Cinema showings of films from the PBS award-winning series Independent Lens for their entire 2010-11 season.
University of Arizona Office of Instruction and Assessment
Website Development Team — Tucson, Arizona
2010 - 2011
Created, maintained, and migrated sites from primary sources and html formats to the Drupal Content Management System. Assisted UA faculty and program administrators in the navigation and creation of Drupal website content. Specialized in information organization using SQL with Views.
Water Conservation Alliance of Southern Arizona
Administrative Assistant — Tucson, Arizona
2007 - 2009
Assisted Water CASA's Director Val Little in providing information, inventory control, programmatic assistance and a wide variety of services to members of Water CASA and their water customers.
JET Programme ALT with Kochi City Board of Education;
Tucson Unified School District
Educator — Kochi, Japan and Tucson, Arizona
2003 - 2007
Taught English to elementary school and junior high school students Kochi, Japan for one school year (2005 - 2006) as part of this selective team of teachers from English-speaking nations. Outside of the year in Japan, I taught on a substitute basis for all grades K-12 in the Tucson Unified School District.
Daly Websites
Website Designer — Tucson, Arizona
2006 - 2007
Created and maintained free or low-cost websites for Tucson enterprises and projects in conjunction with Pima Community College studies. Volunteer projects included the Arizona Yoga Association and Desert Harvesters.
Leadership
Vice President & Treasurer
January to May 2011
In the SIRLS Library Student Organization. Responsibilities included finance management and support of the Library Student Organization President.
Symposium Faculty Coordinator
Spring 2011
For the SIRLS 6th Annual Graduate Symposium, "The Broad World of Information: Issues, Applications, and Innovative Approaches," on March 26, 2011.
1st Place, Graduate Health Sciences
October 2010
Graduate & Professional Student Council Student Showcase 2010, for "An Integrated Approach to Information Discovery in Consumer Breast Cancer Research." (See projects.)
Diane Daly — didaly@email.arizona.edu — (520) 304-6944