mark notess @ Indiana University

Development Manager & Usability Specialist, Digital Library Program
  Current projects:
    Variations as a Testbed for the FRBR Conceptual Model (IMLS, $481,987)
    Variations3 Digital Music Library Project (IMLS, $768,747)
    Sakaibrary Project

Phones:  812.856.0494 (work),  812.361.8848 (cell)
E-mail:  mnotess@indiana.edu
Twitter:  mnotess

expertise

education

pubs/talks

• "Uncovering and Meeting Unspoken User Needs." Half-day pre-conference seminar presented with Paula Curtis at EDUCAUSE 2009 (November 2009).

• "Customer-Focused Community Source: Concepts and Processes." Presented at 10th Sakai Conference (July 2009).

• "Not Dead Yet: Why the Institutional LMS is Worth Saving." eLearn Magazine (July 2009).
  

• "Variations: Implementing an Open Source Digital Music Library System." Co-presented with Jon Dunn at the Digital Library Federation Spring Forum, May 2009, Raleigh, NC.

• "Finding Again: A Survey of Web Rediscovery Behavior." Presented as part of the IU Digital Library Brown Bag Series on April 8, 2009.

• "The e-Learning Rules of Engagement" eLearn Magazine (November 2008).

• "Streaming Music for Teaching and Learning: A Hands-On Introduction to Variations." Half-day pre-conference seminar presented with John Dunn and Phil Ponella at EDUCAUSE 2008 (October 2008).

• "Tools for Designing Learning: Who Will Use Them?" eLearn Magazine (July 2008).

• "What Exactly is Course Management, According to Faculty?" Presented at the 9th Sakai Conference (July 2008).

• "Books by the Chapter? One Man's Quest." eLearn Magazine (June 2008).

• "An Assessment of Contextual Design and Its Applicability to the Design of Educational Technologies." Doctoral dissertation, Indiana University (May 2008).

• "Libraries in Facebook and Second Life: Demos and Discussion." Presented as part of the IU Digital Library Brown Bag Series on December 5, 2007.

• Podcast interview at EDUCAUSE 2007 (recorded October 25, 2007). Interview covers Variations, Sakaibrary, Sakai, and online learning for seniors.

See complete list...

previously

• Indiana University Digital Library Program

  • Development Manager and Usability Specialist, Variations2, Digital Library Program, Indiana University (2001-2005) (NSF/NEH, $3M)

  • Usability Specialist, Integrating Licensed Library Resources with Sakai (2006-2007)(Mellon, $438,000)

  •  Technical project manager, IU Libraries Web Site  (2007-2009)
    

• Adjunct Lecturer, IU School of Library and Information Science (2001-2004)
    L542--Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction
    L595--Usability Testing Workshop

• Director of User Experience, UNext, Inc. (Now Cardean Learning Group), Bloomington, Indiana (2000-2001)

• Learning Portal Program Manager, Agilent Technologies, Fort Collins, Colorado (1999-2000)

• Productivity and Quality Manager, Project Manager, Senior Software Engineer, Software Engineer, Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, Colorado (1988-1999)

See my vita... (PDF)