DCMI Community Groups on DCMI

Jun-Zhi Jia

Sat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Jun-Zhi Jia is a Professor at the School of Information Resource Management, Renmin University of China. With a Ph.D. from the University of Wuhan and a solid background in Library and Information Science, her expertise spans metadata, information retrieval, and network knowledge organization. Her academic career includes significant tenures at Shanxi University and the Library of Teachers College Shanxi University. Professor Jun-Zhi is actively involved in research projects focusing on digital preservation, knowledge organization, and smart library construction, and she has published extensively in these areas. She also serves as the Head of the Department of Library and Information Science and holds positions on various editorial and advisory boards.

Wei Fan

Mon, 06 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Wei Fan is the Associate Professor at Sichuan University. He received his PhD degree in Library and Information Science from the Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences. Fan is also director of Department of Information Management Technology, Sichuan University. His research interests are metadata, KOS and semantic web application. He focuses domain modelling and linked data application in culture heritage field. He has published more than 20 academic papers (mainly in Chinese), subject about LRM, Linked Data and Controlled Vocabularies. He is a member of the Information Organization Committee of China Library Association, a member of the Youth Committee of China Index Society, a member of the Youth Editorial Committee of Journal of Library and Information Service, a member of UDC Advisory Committee.

Humphrey Kombe Keah

Wed, 01 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Humphrey Keah is an Information Scientist with a combined experience of 25 years as an employee, and as a private consultant with various multicultural organizations in Nairobi, Kenya. He has MSc. in IT, BSc. in Information Sciences, and is fluent in English and French, with a working knowledge of Spanish. Humphrey’s information science career spans the social sciences, natural sciences, and engineering domains with international research organizations, as well as public and private enterprises. He is passionate about the information profession, always exploring opportunities to support information and knowledge management initiatives while mentoring younger information professionals. Currently, he is working on digital archiving projects in the architectural, education and finance sectors, and a World-Bank-sponsored Knowledge Management project to accelerate growth of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Kenya.

Chiranthi Wijesundara

Wed, 01 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Chiranthi Wijesundara is a Senior Librarian at the University of Colombo and a visiting lecturer attached to the National Institute of Library and Information Sciences (NILIS), University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Chiranthi earned a doctorate in Informatics from the Graduate School of Library, Information and Media Studies, University of Tsukuba, Japan in 2019. Metadata modelling for digital archives, metadata aggregation, and heritage informatics are some of her research interests.

Catherine Barnes

Sun, 05 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Catherine is a Course Coordinator and Lecturer in University of South Australia, STEM with specialisations in Metadata and Descriptive Cataloguing. She has qualifications and experiences in Information Management, Information Technology and Education, with a passion for metadata and learning. As a working practitioner, a curiosity for not just the how and why of describing things, but also the who has led to further exploration of the connection between description and digital inclusion. With a broad experience in regional Australia, as well as medical, technology, theological, and vocational organisations, an awareness of engaging with communities for representation is a key aspect of her practice and teaching.

Alfred Chikomba

Wed, 13 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Alfred Chikomba is an Information Systems PhD candidate at Victoria University of Wellington. He holds an MA in Information Science (Archival Science) from the University of South Africa and a BA (Hon) in Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, and Museum Studies at Midlands State University in Zimbabwe.

Subirats

Tue, 08 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Imma Subirats is a senior knowledge and information management officer at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). She currently leads three FAO programmes (a) the AGROVOC thesaurus, (b) the International System for Agricultural Science and Technology (AGRIS) and (c) the Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture (AGORA) with the objective to enhance accessibility and visibility to knowledge, information and data produced by FAO Member Countries. To achieve this goal, capacity development activities targeting researchers, librarians, practitioners, and policy makers are organize by Imma and the team she manages.

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