1. Introduce yourself.
I'm Jean Pajerek and I am the Director for Information Management at Cornell Law Library.
2. Does your job title actually describe what you do? Why/why not?
My title used to be “Head
of Technical Services.” This conveys something to people who work in libraries,
but many people outside of libraries think (understandably) that it means I’m
the head of IT. Quite a few years ago, we realized that tech services staff
were involved in activities beyond traditional tech services work; for example,
I am the administrator for our institutional repository. We think “Information
Management” is more inclusive while also being sufficiently vague so that
people still do not know exactly what it is we do!
3. What are you reading right now?
For recreational reading,
I am just finishing up Louise Penny’s “How the Light Gets In,” which I really
enjoyed. Louise Penny writes mysteries set in Quebec, a place I love visiting.
For work, I am reading “Semantic Web for the Working Ontologist,” by Allemang
and Hendler.
4. You suddenly have a free day at work, what project would you work on?
If I suddenly had a free
day at work, I would want to spend it working on my upcoming Deep Dive program
for AALL in Austin, Linked Data on Your Laptop. I want to provide a really
eye-opening learning experience for the program participants, and that’s going
to take a lot of work!
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