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I manage this Web site and the following Web sites: Leslie (Blakeley) Adkins - my oldest daughter

Lori Ann Blakeley (June 20, 1985 - May 4, 2005) - my middle daughter

Evan Blakeley- my youngest child

Tony Gill

Summary

A highly-qualified knowledge management professional with experience and expertise in developing consensus-based and standards-driven solutions to networked information challenges in the museum, library and archive sectors. Extensive publications list. British male, born May 1968.

Employment

Oct 02 - present

Director of Metadata & Cataloguing, ARTstor, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Strategic and operational responsibility for analyzing, enhancing and integrating heterogeneous descriptions of art and material culture in order to best meet the needs of scholars and educators. Contribute to the wider strategic planning process for ARTstor, and actively participate in the international art and museum standards and knowledge management communities.

Jun 99 - Sep 02

Program Officer, Research Libraries Group
Responsible for supporting member programmatic activities with a focus on art, museum, and cultural heritage initiatives. Heavily involved in the development of RLG Cultural Materials, particularly the application of descriptive data standards and models for representing the knowledge within cultural collections.

1997 - Jun 99

Freelance consulting work
Clients included the Getty Information Institute (Metadata and the WWW), the University of Bristol (JIDI Metadata Schema), the Science Museum (National Collections Centre Strategy Report) and RLG (Using Web 3-D Technology for Cultural Heritage).

Jan 96 - Dec 98

ADAM Project Leader, Surrey Institute of Art & Design
Responsible for managing the development of ADAM, the Art, Design, Architecture & Media Information Gateway, which provides the UK Higher Education community with fast reliable access to high-quality digital resources in the visual arts. Initial project management of the Visual Arts Data Service.

Jun 94 - Dec 95

Technical Outreach Manager, Museum Documentation Association
Responsible for advising the UK museum and gallery community on the best use of information and communications technology.

Jan 92 - Jan 93

Graphic Designer/Typesetter, self-employed
Production of promotional literature, reports, CVs and business stationery.

Jun 87 - Jul 91

Various temporary and casual positions
Employers included London Transport Pension Fund Trustee Company Ltd, Office Angels Ltd, Chef & Brewer plc, British Telecommunications plc and the Commission for Racial Equality.

Academic Qualifications

1994 MA Communication in Computing, Middlesex University, London

1990 BSc (honours) Physics & Philosophy, King's College London

1987 A-Levels, Richmond College, Sheffield
Physics (B); Mathematics with Mechanics (C); Economics (E).

1984 O-Levels, High Storrs School, Sheffield
Mathematics (A); English Language (A); Physics (A); Chemistry (A); Biology (A); Geography (A); Technical Drawing (A); Computer Studies (B); English Literature (B); French (C).

Skills

General Project management, evaluation, team leadership, communication and presentation skills, graphic design.

ICT Data and metadata modelling (including object-oriented modelling), user interface design, information navigation design, information systems procurement, computer graphics and web3D technology, digital resource preservation, internet applications, information retrieval, user needs analysis, evaluation, user support, training, web and multimedia authoring, programming (XSLT, Visual Basic, C, Prolog).

Current Committees

ISO TC46 SC4 WG9

CIDOC CRM Special Interest Group