EDUCATION

Ph.D. 2005: Interdisciplinary Information Science (major professor Brian C. O’Connor) University of North Texas

Specializations: Music Librarianship, Jazz Collections, Information Architecture, Digital Libraries, Philosophy of Information

Dissertation: A Multi-Dimensional Entropy Model of Jazz Improvisation for Music Information Retrieval (ProQuest, 2006)

M.S. 2002: Information Technologies
University of North Texas                                                           

B.A. 2001: Philosophy
University of North Texas                                              
           
A.A. 1992: Music
Northern Oklahoma College                                                                   

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Assistant Professor 2006-current
School of Library and Information Science, USF: Tampa, Florida
Teaching, Research, Service
LIS 5020 Foundations of Library and Information Science
LIS 6271 Research Methods in Library and Information Science
LIS 5937 Music Informatics
LIS 5937 Information Architecture
LIS 5937 Digital Libraries
LIS 5315 Instructional Graphics (Web Design)
LIS 5937 Music Sources and Services

Computer Systems Manager - Portal Administrator 2005-2006
Central Web Support, UNT: Denton, Texas
Oracle-PeopleSoft portal administration and training
Web application maintenance, development, and design
Supporting 40,000+ users including students, faculty, and staff

Information Technologist - Electronic Research Administrator 2003-2005
Office of Research Services, UNT: Denton, Texas
Research administration, database management, PeopleSoft
Oracle-PeopleSoft Web development, technical support, special projects

Doctoral Research Fellow 2002-2003
Texas Center for Digital Knowledge, UNT: Denton, Texas
Research fellow for ZLOT (Library of Texas) virtual library project
Development of information architecture, proof of concept assessments, methodology and evaluation of resource discovery service (RDS)

Network Technician 2000-2001
LAN/PC Management, UNT Libraries: Denton, Texas
LAN network support for Windows NT/Novell (3 branch libraries, 400+ client/servers)
Troubleshooting, installation and maintenance of hardware, software, and peripherals

Music Librarian 1999-2000
Music Library, UNT Libraries: Denton, Texas
Performed library services
Supported staff and patrons

GRANTS AND PROPOSALS

Texas Center for Digital Knowledge Doctoral Research Fellowship (Funded Fall 2003) $20,000.

National Endowment for the Humanities Cultural Preservation Grant. "Preservation and Access to the Drapkin Jazz Collection" (Proposal Summer 2007) approximately $350,000/2 yrs.

Florida Division of Cultural Affairs Artist Enhancement Grant (Proposal Summer 2007) $1,000.

USF New Researcher Grant (Proposal Fall 2006) “An Interface Gap Analysis for Use of iPods in Academic Libraries” $10,000.

USF CAS Faculty Research & Development Grant (Proposal Fall 2006) “An Interface Gap Analysis for Use of iPods in Academic Libraries” $1,500.

PUBLICATIONS

BOOK CHAPTERS
Simon, S. (submitted 2008). Ch. 10 Theoretical Concerns. Introduction to Information Science and Technology. ASIST Publications.  

Simon, S. (proposal 2008). Book Chapter. Structuring Music through Markup Language: Designs and Architectures‏. IGI Global.

JOURNAL ARTICLES
Simon, S. (published 2008). Antecedents of digital reproduction in jazz improvisation. Leonardo Music Journal.

Simon, S. (published 2008). Jamming in the stacks: Music as a progressive librarian ideal. Progressive Librarian.

Simon, S. (revision pending). A Multi-dimensional entropy measure of jazz improvisation. Journal of Mathematics and Music.

BOOK REVIEWS
Simon, S. (published July 2007). Computer models of musical creativity. Journal of the American Society of Information Science and Technology.

NEWSLETTERS
Simon, S. (published January 2008). Summary of 2007 SEMLA Conference. Breve Notes: Newsletter of the Southeast Chapter of the Music Library Association.

PAPERS & PRESENTATIONS
Simon, S. (10/29/2008). SIGAH Panel. ASIST Conference, Columbus, OH.

Simon, S. (4/23/2008). Library jazz. Florida Library Association Conference. St. Pete, FL.

Simon, S. (4/23/2008). Alumni Night at FLA. St. Pete, FL.

Simon, S. (3/30/2008). Library jazz. Leesburg Library.

Simon, S. (10/20/2007). Library Jazz. Southeast Chapter of the Music Library Association Annual Meeting.

Simon, S. (2/10/2008). Black history recital. John F. Germany Tampa Library.

Simon, S. (5/12/2007). Blues in the Library. Chairman's Library, The Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center Patel Conservatory.

Simon, S. (5/2007). USF SLIS Recruitment. St. Pete College Epicenter.

Simon, S. (4/22/2007). 10th Aniversary Alice Smith Lecture.

Simon, S. (2007). Blues in the library. USF Tampa Library.
           
Simon, S. (2006). Music information retrieval. USF Libraries Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL.

Simon, S. (2006). Dissertation. 2006 International Society of Music Information Retrieval Conference. Victoria, Canada.

PODCASTS
Simon, S. (2007). Blues in the library. USF iTunes U.

CONFERENCES

2008 ASIST Conference, Columbus, OH.

2008 Florida Library Association Conference. St. Pete, FL.

2007 Southeast Chapter of the Music Library Association (SEMLA) Annual Meeting
Jacksonville, FL

2007 ASIST Information Architecture Summit
Las Vegas, NV

2006 Association of Information Science & Technology Conference (ASIS&T) Austin, TX

2006 Joint Conference on Librarians of Color (JCLC)
Dallas, TX

2006 Higher Education User Group Alliance Conference (HEUG)
Nashville, TN

2006 Association of Library and Information Science Educators Conference (ALISE) San Antonio, TX

2005 Association of Library and Information Science Educators Conference (ALISE) Boston, MA

COMMITTEES

USF Libraries Multimedia Committee (2008-ongoing)

USF Libraries iTunes U Committee (2007-2008)

USF Libraries 2007-2012 Strategic Plan Technology Subcommittee (2006-2007)

USF College of Arts and Sciences Computing Steering Committee (2007-ongoing)

USF SLIS Assistant Professor Search Committee (2008-2009)

USF SLIS Personnel Committee (2007-ongoing)

USF SLIS Information Science Track Committee (2007-2008)

USF SLIS Coordinator of Communications and Marketing Search Committee (2007)

USF SLIS Website Subcommittee (2006-ongoing)

HONORS

2007 Marquis Who’s Who in America List

Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Member

Texas Center for Digital Knowledge (TXCDK) Research Fellowship

UNT Arts and Sciences Ambassador

UNT Creuzot Scholarship

UNT Dean’s List

UNT Honor Roll

UNT Volunteer Tutor

ASSOCIATIONS

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

Association of Library and Information Science Educators (ALISE)

American Society of Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T)

Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)

International Association of Jazz Educators (IAEJ)

International Society of Arts, Sciences, and Technology (ISAST)

International Society for Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR)

Music Library Association (MLA)

Southeast Chapter of the Music Library Association (SEMLA)

Special Interest Group in Information Architecture (SIGIA)

Special Interest Group in Arts and Humanities (SIGAH)

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Certifications: Oracle-PeopleSoft Enterprise Portal Administration, PeopleTools I

MS Windows NT/2000/XP, Unix, Linux operating systems

MS Office XP, Macromedia Studio MX, MySQL, Oracle-PeopleSoft, Remedy

C++, Cobol, ColdFusion (CFML), SQL, PHP, XHTML programming languages