Tony Gill

Global Director of Library Science & Information Management
Enfatico (a WPP Company), New York, NY, USA
April 2008 - Present

• Defining and implementing global standards and procedures for enterprise content metadata and classification for a new global marketing communications startup company working with Dell Inc.;
• Implementing global digital asset management system using network of Xinet WebNative/Portal servers;
• Overseeing the cataloguing and classification of digital assets worldwide through a growing network of digital asset librarians;
• Lead information architecture and content management for global extranet;
• Develop and maintain global marketing communications taxonomies for both client and agency use;
• Contribute to the design, development and implementation of global production automation system;
• Contribute to the design, development and implementation of global enterprise content management system.

Adjunct Assistant Professor
New York University, New York, NY, USA)
September 2007 - Present

• Teaching Interactive Technologies in Museums as part of Masters Program in Museum Studies (Fall semester) at NYU's Graduate School of Arts and Science.

Director, Gruss Lipper Digital Laboratory
Center for Jewish History, New York, NY, USA
April 2005 - April 2008

• Setting up and managing a facility to digitize the museum, library and archive collections of 5 partner institutions comprising the Center for Jewish History;
• Implementing campus-wide Digital Repository and Digital Collections delivery system using Ex Libris’ DigiTool digital asset management system (digital.cjh.org);
• Establishing standards and procedures for workflow, image and audio digitization, quality assurance, metadata and classification;
• Selecting and purchasing digitization equipment;
• Recruiting & directly supervising team of 6 Lab staff;
• Chairing Digital Laboratory Advisory Committee;
• Active member of CJH Senior Management Team;

Freelance consultant
Self-Employed, New York, NY, USA
April 2005

• “Digital Asset Management @ B&b” report for Bumble & Bumble Inc. Included a review of existing DAM practices, general recommendations for improved workflow, staffing, file management, metatagging and digital archiving, and an extensive data dictionary and category taxonomy tailored to B&b requirements.

Director of Metadata & Cataloguing
ARTstor/The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, New York, NY, USA
September 2002 - 2004

• Directed development of descriptive metadata strategy for ARTstor (www.artstor.org), a digital library of over 300,000 art images and related materials for educational use;
• Led ARTstor Metadata Team, comprising three full-time staff and five part-time cataloguers;
• Contributed to the wider strategic planning process for ARTstor as part of senior management team;
• Managed metadata evaluation and quality control activities;
• Advised current and future contributors on metadata-related issues;
• Disseminated information about ARTstor in various professional fora;
• Participated in international information standards communities, especially the CIDOC CRM Special Interest Group.

Program Officer
RLG (Research Libraries Group), Mountain View, CA, USA
June 1999 - September 2002

• Co-ordinated member programmatic activities with a specific focus on art, museum and cultural heritage initiatives;
• Acted as RLG liaison/secretary for Art & Architecture Group Steering Committee and SCIPIO Advisory Task Force, and chaired RLG Cultural Materials Description Advisory Group;
• Provided expert input into information access and interface requirements for RLG Cultural Materials; led the design of the underlying relational data model;
• Liaised with RLG Cultural Materials Alliance participants and contributors;
• Active in international information standards initiatives, particularly the CIDOC CRM Special Interest Group;
• Served on RLG Focus Editorial Board.

ADAM & VADS Programme Leader
Surrey Institute of Art & Design, Surrey, UK
January 1996 - December 1998

• Led team of 5 (distributed across consortial partners) developing ADAM, the art, design, architecture & media information gateway (adam.ac.uk);
• Initial project leader for the Visual Arts Data Service (vads.ahds.ac.uk);
• Liaised with consortium partner steering committees and other projects in the JISC Electronic Libraries Programme and the Arts & Humanities Data Service;
• Represented JISC in the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative.

Freelance consultant
Self-Employed, London, UK
December 1997 - May 1999

• "Metadata and the WWW" for the Getty Information Institute (USA);
• "JIDI Metadata Schema" for the University of Bristol (UK);
• "National Collections Centre Strategy Report" for the Science Museum (UK);
• "Using Web 3-D Technology for Cultural Heritage" for RLG (USA).

Technical Outreach Manager
mda (Museum Documentation Association), Cambridge, UK
June 1994 - December 1995

• Advised UK museum and gallery community on the best use of information and communications technology;
• Created a wide range of outreach resources, including multimedia presentations, fact sheets, web resources and "The MDA Guide to Computers in Museums".

Graphic Designer/Typesetter
Self-Employed, London, UK
1992 - 1993

• Produced promotional literature, reports, CVs and business stationery.

1994

MA Communication in Computing, Middlesex University, London, UK
Final project: "Information Technology in Museums: User Interface Design for Collections Management Software."

1990

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