Ronald J. Murray, MLIS, RBP

Born: March 4, 1949. Houston, Texas

Education:

Certificate-Registered Biological Photographer; Biological Photographic Association, 1979.

BA, Media and Cognition; Brown University, 1989.

MLIS, Library and Information Studies; University of Hawai’i at Manoa, 1991.

Ph.D. Studies in Communication Theory & Research: Annenberg school for Communication. 1990 - 1993.

Ph.D. Studies in Communication Theory & Research: The role of libraries in a global communications network.; Union Institute and University. 2003 – 2004.

Career:

Aug 1999 – present          Digital Conversion Specialist and technology monitor, Preservation Reformatting Division. Library of Congress, Washington DC.

Oct 1997 – Aug 1998          Systems Analyst. Congressional Quarterly, Washington DC.

Nov 1993 – Jun 1998          Computer Specialist, Department of Surgery. Tripler Army Medical Center. Honolulu, HI.

Mar 1989 – Aug 1990          Microcomputer Systems Manager, Media Resources Service. Rockefeller University. New York, NY.

Honors and Awards:

Samuel T. Arnold Traveling Fellowship; Brown University, 1989. Multimedia representation of complex outdoor environments: Mazes and formal gardens.

Publications/Presentations:

Publication. Murray, Ronald J., Tillett, Barbara B. Cataloging Theory In Search Of Graph Theory And Other Ivory Towers. Object: Cultural Heritage Resource Description Networks. LITA. Chicago: American Library Association. 2011 v.30(4).

Presenter. Murray, Ronald J., Tillett, Barbara B. (Collab.) From Moby-Dick To Mashups: Thinking About Bibliographic Networks. Washington DC: American Library Association 2010 Annual Conference.

Presenter. Murray, Ronald J., Tillett, Barbara B. (Collab.) FRBR Exemplars: Diagrammatic Exploration of Bibliographic Problem/Solution Sets. London UK: Presentation at the British Library, January 2010.

Presenter. Murray, Ronald J., Tillett, Barbara B. (Collab.) Re-Imagining The Bibliographic Universe: FRBR, Physics, & The World Wide Web. Washington DC: Presentation at the Library of Congress, November 2009.

Presenter. The Graph-Theoretic Library: Or How (and Why) to Get From Math 1 to the World Wide Web in Steps_{(n, easy).} Brown University, April 14, 2009.

Presenter. About (FRBR) Data Modeling: Conceptual Data Modeling in Cultural Heritage Institutions. Workshop on FRBR in the European Library. National Library of Portugal. October 9, 2008.

Presenter, publication. The FRBR-Theoretic Library: The Role of Conceptual Data Modeling in Cultural Heritage Information System Design. iPRES 2008: The Fifth International Conference on Preservation of Digital Objects. September 29, 2008.

Presenter, publication. Statistical Studies of Microfilm Digitization Service Output: A Survey of Vendor Capability. Proceedings of IS&T Archiving 2007 Conference, Arlington VA. May 23 2007: 43.

Presenter. MPEG-7 as a digital album packaging standard. The Donat Group, Vancouver BC. 2007.

Presenter, publication. Managing a quality digitization practice in cultural heritage institutions: Statistical quality control tools and techniques. Proceedings of IS&T Archiving 2006 Conference. Ottawa, Canada. May 23, 2006: 96-104.

Panel presenter. JP2 + 5 = What? Using JPEG 2000 in Museums in 2005: Learning from JPEG 2000. MCN@Boston: Preserving Knowledge into the Future (Digits Fugit!). Museum Computer Network. 33rd Annual Meeting. November 2-5, 2005.

Presenter. JPEG 2000 in cultural heritage institutions: Digital imaging for reproduction, documentation, & analysis. American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY. June 10, 2004.

Presenter, publication. JPEG 2000 in practice: The effect of image content and imaging system characteristics. Proceedings of IS&T Archiving 2004 Conference. San Antonio, Texas, April 20-23 2004: 266 – 274.

Presenter. Open Archival Information System (OAIS), Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG 7, MPEG 21). 2003 RLG-CIMI Symposium: Ready to Wear-Metadata Standards to Suit Your Project New York, NY. May 12-13 2003.

Piper PS, Burkle FM Jr, Murray RJ. “Constructing A World Wide Web Site For Disaster Management And Humanitarian Assistance.” Prehosp Disaster Med (Prehospital and Disaster Medicine). 1997 Apr-Jun;12(2):92-6.

Publication. Bottini, AG, Priest JG, Murray R, Wiley K, Moore B, Smith B, Crandall DB. Development of a User-Defined Surgical Database Using a Personal Computer Network. Military Medicine 159, no. 8(1994): 571-6.

Publication. Murray RJ. Evolutionary forces in audiovisual communications. Journal of Biological Photography. July 1986. 54(3):91-106.

Professional Service:

Collaborations –

• Developing an expanded FRBR conceptual data model. Exploration of the mathematical foundations of traditional and modern cataloging theory. Collaborator: Barbara Tillett, Chief of LC Cataloging Policy and Support Office. 2007 - present

• Organizer and lead agent of the LC team evaluating the JPEG 2000 (JP2, JPX, JPM) family of file formats for archiving and access missions. PRD/ITS Technology Evaluation Team. Collaborators: University of Connecticut, OHIOLink, Aware Technologies, Adobe, Kakadu Software, Luratech, American Museum of Natural History, Xerox, USGS, Image Power). 2000 – present

• Evaluating software, hardware, and methodology for multispectral imaging-based materials analysis. Collaborator:  Lumiere Technologies (Paris France)

• Evaluating digital motion media standards for archival and delivery applications. PRD/ITS, MBRS, OSI. Collaborators : Media Matters LLC. 2005 – present

Ongoing Investigations –

• Monitoring applications of the OAIS Reference model. 2000 – present

• Investigating library applications of the CIDOC Cultural Heritage conceptual reference model. 2002 – present

• Investigating ISO 15938 MPEG-7 content description interface standard. PRD/ITS Technology Evaluation Team, (NIST, Versatile Delivery Systems Ltd. Past: IBM; Columbia Univ.; SingingFish, DSTC). 2002 – 2008

• Monitoring Pacific Film Archive project involving MPEG-21 compliant Artworks Archiving. PRD/ITS (Archiving the Avant-Garde. Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley CA.) 2002 – 2008

• Investigating ISO 21000 MPEG-21 Multimedia Content Delivery Standard. 2002 – present

• Investigating and adapting statistical process control and quality techniques to workflow management and archival processes. Evaluation of Golden Thread image quality target (Image Science Associates, Rochester NY). 2005 – present