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- id: david-schober
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name: David Schober
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last: Schober
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pronouns: He/His
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pronouns: He/Him
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institution: Northwestern University Libraries
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position-title:
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bio:
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image_alt:
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position-title: Lead Products Manager
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bio: "David Schober is an experienced product and technical manager with over 20 years in digital
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solutions and open-source projects. As Lead Product Manager at Northwestern University
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Libraries, he has directed initiatives such as the creation of the Digital Collections platform,
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the shift to generative AI, and the transition to AWS solutions. His previous roles include
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managing digital strategy for scientific journals at the American Academy of Pediatrics and
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overseeing large-scale digital properties at the Poetry Foundation and Rotary International.
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Active in the open-source community, he has served as the chair of the Samvera Board and serves
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on the IIIF Executive Committee."
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image_src: /assets/img/speakers/david-schober.jpg
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image_alt: "David in glasses and smiling stands against fall foliage in a grey sweater."
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keynote: false
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- id: denzil-phillips
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name: Denzil Phillips
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last: Phillips
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pronouns: he/him/his
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institution: Princeton University Library
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position-title:
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bio:
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image_alt:
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pronouns: He/Him
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institution: Princeton University
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position-title: Library IT Operations Fellow
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bio: "Denzil Phillips is an Early-Career Fellow with the Library IT Operations Team at Princeton
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University, where he supports library applications, automates and manages virtual infrastructure
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monitoring, and enhances digital repositories. His work focuses on servers, storage, security,
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and virtualization to ensure smooth tech operations.
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Denzil holds a Master’s in Management and Leadership (Western Governors University, 2021), a
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graduate certificate in Business Analytics (East Carolina University, 2023), and a Master’s in
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Information Science (North Carolina Central University, 2023). Prior to Princeton, he worked in
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public libraries and interned at RTI International, curating and updating metadata for research
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outputs and publications.
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Originally from Cape Town, South Africa, Denzil is passionate about using technology to improve
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library services and stay ahead of IT trends."
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image_src: /assets/img/speakers/denzil-phillips.jpg
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image_alt: "A bald headed black male with thinly trimmed mustache with hints of black and grey
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hair. Wearing a blue suit, white shirt and a light blue tie looking dapper yet professional with
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the car park in the background"
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keynote: false
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- id: devon-murphy
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name: Devon Murphy
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last: Diamond
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pronouns: she/her/hers
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institution: UCLA
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bio:
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position-title: Software Developer
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bio: "Jen Diamond is a Software Developer at UCLA and a passionate advocate for community-driven
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learning. A self-taught programmer, she led RailsGirls & RailsBridge Los Angeles for seven
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years, helping to make the tech industry more diverse and accessible. When she’s not coding,
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she enjoys lunchtime walks with her kitten, Powell, in Elysian Park, as well as playing guitar,
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sewing, painting, biking, yoga, and exploring the airwaves as a licensed ham radio operator
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(KO6FCG)."
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image_src: /assets/img/speakers/jen-diamond.jpg
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image_alt: "Profile image for Jen Diamond. She has auburn hair, short bangs, green eyes and is
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smiling with her mouth closed."
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keynote: false
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- id: jeremy-prevost
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name: Jeremy Prevost
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last: Blay
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pronouns: she/her/hers
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institution: University of Texas Libraries
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position-title:
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bio:
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position-title: Digital Preservation Coordinator
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bio: "Karla Roig Blay (she/her) is an early-career digital preservationist. In her current
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position as the Digital Preservation Coordinator, she manages the University of Texas Libraries’
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digital archive for long-term digital preservation. Her professional interests are focused on
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digital stewardship of cultural heritage materials, digital humanities, latin american
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collections, and museum studies."
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image_src: /assets/img/speakers/karla-roig-blay.jpg
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image_alt: "A young white latina woman with dark curly hair wearing dark-framed glasses is smiling
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at the camera. A library help desk is behind her."
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keynote: false
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- id: katherine-kate-deibel
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name: Katherine "Kate" Deibel
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