CSUN WordmarkOviatt Library

Andrew Weiss - Digital Services Librarian

Duties and Responsibilities

  • CSUN ScholarWorks Institutional Repository (DSpace platform)
  • Digital collection development & digitization, including theses and dissertations
  • Outreach: demos, workshops & tutorials for ScholarWorks
  • Consultation on issues of academic publishing (copyright clearance, fair use, open-access publishing and Creative Commons licensing
  • Reference & bibliographic instruction (including English and Japanese)
  • Japanese language bibliographic recommender (Japanese Language Guide)

Current Projects

  • ETDs retro digitization (pilot)
  • Assessment team
  • ScholarWorks outreach

Professional Research Interests

  • Data Visualization & Data Assessment
  • Digital Libraries & Repositories (especially massive digital libraries)
  • Digitization procedures, techniques and project management
  • International Digital Standards
  • Partnerships and Collaboration

Education

  • MLISc, Library and Information Science, University of Hawaii at Manoa (2008)
  • M.A., English Literature, Temple University (1998)
  • B.A., English Literature, Kenyon College (1993)

Other Interests