Library Staff—Joseph Tan

Library Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, maintain, and manage Library's external and internal Web sites/applications and databases.
• Report and analyze Library Web site related statistics.
• Participate in Library teams (currently Web Content and Marketing).
• Participate/lead Library task forces.
• Process Medical School's electronic theses and/or dissertations.
• Liaison to designated university departments.
• Web publishing and electronic theses and dissertations consultant.
• Teach Web publishing related classes.

Contact me with questions or instruction about:

• Issues relating to the Library's external and internal Web sites/applications.
• Web publishing at UT Southwestern.
• Electronic theses or dissertations at UT Southwestern (Medical School).

Liaison Areas:

• Quantitative Biology (Grishin Lab)

Areas of interests:

• Web Development
• User Interface Design/Engineering
• Database Design/Development
• Web Content Organization
• Project Management
• Promotion and marketing of library products and services

Education:

• M.S., University of North Texas, Computer Education and Cognitive Systems, 1999
• Major: Internet Services
• Minor: Business Computer Information Systems
• M.M., University of North Texas, Music, 1998
• B.M. (Cum Laude), University of North Texas, Music, 1997
  Honors: Pi Kappa Lambda

Regular Classes:

• Web Publishing 101
• Advanced Web Publishing

Selected Publications:

• "Statistics Gathering and Reporting Simplified: A Web-based Client-Staff Interactions Repository System" poster session with Farrah Omar, South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association, 11-15 Oct 2008.
• Giles S,, Mayo HG, Radley H, Ramos T, Tan J. (2005) To Banner or Not to Banner? Research on a Web Marketing Tool., Journal of Hospital Librarianship, 52(2):89-94.

Awards and Grants: