Cliff Landis
Archivist/Librarian/Technologist

2018

Georgia Archives Institute
Certificate; Internship at Atlanta History Center

2002 - 2004

Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
Master of Science in Library and Information Science

1998 - 2002

Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy/Religious Studies
Cum Laude, University Honors Scholar

2024-06 – Present

Georgia Institue of Technology Archives
Digital Curation Archivist

• Leads the University Archives and Special Collections Repository Service
• Implements strategies, policies, and procedures for preserving, describing, and delivering born-digital special collections and university archives, based on professional good practice and collaboration with colleagues
• Co-leads the Georgia Tech Digital Repository with Digital Curation Librarian and works with vendors and local IT to design technology product workflows
• Serves as Product Owner for key digital curation systems (ArchivesSpace and Archivematica) supporting the University Archives and Special Collections Repository Service
• Consults with the Head of Archives, Records Management, and Digital Curation Department concerning born-digital collections, systems, and other related matters
• Supervises Digital Accessioning Archivist, and project-based student workers and/or interns
• Mentors and guides direct report(s) on job responsibilities and related promotion process (faculty only)

2017-03 – 2024-05

Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta, Georgia
Digital Initiatives Librarian

• Manage digitization services including digital preservation, scanning procedures and documentation, and troubleshooting hardware, software, and communication issues
• Ensure best practices in scanning, digitization, and description (DACS, FADGI, NARA, MODS)
• Provide project management for service migrations/upgrades
• Physically prepare archival collections for digitization
• Build consensus with Digital Curation and Archives on metadata management and workflow design
• Oversee digital asset management systems and archival technologies (CONTENTdm, Omeka, XTF, ArchivesSpace, Islandora, WordPress)
• Develop and implement grant-funded technology initiatives (GaNCH)
• Lead documentation and workflow revisions for an international distributed digital preservation network (MetaArchive Cooperative)

2016-07 – 2017-01

InterContinental Hotels Group, Atlanta, Georgia
Taxonomy and Metadata Manager

• Manage digital assets including metadata schema development and implementation, file naming conventions, rights management, and asset tagging in Adobe Experience Manager Assets
• Develop and maintain enterprise taxonomy including stakeholder interviews, card sorts, facet development and contextual implementation
• Clean and normalize metadata including implementation of standards for interoperability
• Work with vendors on software development and asset aggregation (SapientNitro, Ogilvy, FOAP)

2010-06 – 2016-06

Georgia State University Library, Atlanta, Georgia
Web Services Librarian / Assistant Professor

• Manage 50+ web-based applications, including public website and intranet
• Provide consistent information organization, naming, tagging, search engine optimization, and reporting
• Lead cross-functional groups in the selection and development of web-based services and software, including digital asset management systems, online exhibits, and live data feeds between tools
• Develop training materials and present workshops on best practices and new technologies
• Supervise two web programmers in the development of plugins and open source tool customizations
• Serve as Interim Department Head and Interim Systems Administrator

2004-07 – 2010-05

Odum Library, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, Georgia
Reference Librarian / Assistant Professor

• Coordinate library instruction efforts and outreach
• Facilitate Reference Team management and decision making processes
• Implement emerging technologies, including chat reference and institutional repository software

• Landis, C. (2024). Archiving without Access is Hoarding: Global Approaches to Improving Access to Born Digital Archives. CILIP Focus on International Library and Information Work 55(1), 14-21.
• Landis, C., Wiseman, C., Smith, A. F., & Stephens, M. (2021) GaNCH: Using Linked Open Data for Georgia’s Natural, Cultural and Historic Organizations’ Disaster Response. Code4Lib Journal (50). https://journal.code4lib.org/articles/15576
• Landis, C. (2019). Linked open data in libraries. In K. Varnum (Ed.), New Top Technologies Every Librarian Needs to Know. Chicago, IL: LITA. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.rwwlpub:0029
• Landis, C. (2014). A web of meaning: Linked open data resources on the web. College & Research Library News 75(9), 492-505. https://doi.org/10.5860/crln.75.9.9193
• Landis, C. (2010). A Social Networking Primer for Librarians. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/779918924
• Oguz, F., Marsh, C. V., & Landis, C. (2010). Collaboration through Communities of Practice in the Digital Age. Communications in Computer and Information Science 96(1), 18-30. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16032-5_3
• Landis, C. (2008). Friending our users: Social networking and reference services. In S. Steiner, & L. Madden (Eds.), The Desk and Beyond: Next Generation Reference Services. Chicago, IL: Association of College and Research Libraries. https://web.archive.org/web/20200806180438/https://works.bepress.com/clifflandis/3/
• Chapman, J., Landis, C., Smith, S. (2007). The development of a library research methods course for online graduate students in education. In M. F. Russo, & A. L. Daugherty (Eds.), Information Literacy Programs in the Digital Age: Educating College and University Students Online. Chicago, IL: Association of College and Research Libraries.
• Landis, C. (2007). Good idea! Connecting to users with Facebook. Georgia Library Quarterly 43(4), 6.
• Landis, C. (2007). Social networking sites: Getting friendly with our users. College & Research Library News 68(11), 709-712. https://doi.org/10.5860/crln.68.11.7907