Biography

Curriculum Vitae

Professor Amy Jackson is the Director of Instruction and Outreach, the library liaison to the Performing Arts departments, and media librarian. She has previously held positions of Performing Arts & Digital Arts Librarian, Digital Initiatives Librarian, and Metadata Technician. Her research focuses on library outreach to creative practitioners, and metadata for digital content. She earned her Master's degree in Library Science from Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts, and a Master’s degree in Music from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University.

Books

Rebecca L. Lubas, Amy S. Jackson, & Ingrid Schneider, (2013). The metadata manual: A practical workbook (Chandos information professional series; Chandos information professional series). Oxford, UK: Chandos Publishing.                      

Selected articles and book chapters

Amy S. Jackson, Jon Wheeler, & Todd Quinn, (2015). 'Data Services and the Performing Arts.' Music Reference Services Quarterly, 18(1), 13-25.

Anne Shelley and Amy S. Jackson. "Understanding Your Role in the New Scholarly Publishing Landscape" in Monson, J. D. (2013). Jump-start your career as a digital librarian: A LITA guide (LITA guide; LITA guides). Chicago: Neal-Schuman.

Audra Bellmore, & Amy S. Jackson, (2012). 'The New Mexico Federal Music Project: Embodying the Regional Spirit of Roosevelt's New Deal.' Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association, 69(1), 23-43.

Amy S. Jackson, Kevin Comerford, Suzanne Schadl, Rebecca Lubas. "Discovering Our Library's Resources: Vendor Tools Versus In-House Tools" in Popp, M. P., & Dallis, D., (2012). Planning and implementing resource discovery tools in academic libraries. Hershey, Pa.: IGI Global.

M.J. Han, C. Cho, Timothy W. Cole, & Amy S. Jackson. "Metadata for Special Collections in CONTENTdm: How to Improve Interoperability of Unique Fields Through OAI-PMH" in Park, J.-r. (2012). Metadata best practices and guidelines : Current implementation and future trends. London: Routledge, 47-72.

Amy S. Jackson, 'Library and Information Science' in Magazines for Libraries, 21st, 19th, 17th, and 15th editions, edited by Cheryl LaGuardia, New Providence, NJ: Bowker, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2006. Pages 527-536, 534-542, 595-602, and 651-658. (multiple editions)

Amy S. Jackson. "Moving Ahead With Metadata" in Lubas, R. L. (2011). Practical strategies for cataloging departments (Third millennium cataloging; Third millennium cataloging). Santa Barbara, Calif.: Libraries Unlimited, 95-103.

M.J. Han, C. Cho, Timothy W. Cole, & Amy S. Jackson, (2009). 'Metadata for Special Collections in CONTENTdm: How to Improve Interoperability of Unique Fields Through OAI-PMH.' Journal of Library Metadata, 9(3-4), 213-238.

Oksana Zavalina, Carole L. Palmer, Amy S. Jackson, & M.J. Han, (2009). 'Evaluating Descriptive Richness in Collection-Level Metadata.' Journal of Library Metadata, 8(4), 263-292.

Oksana Zavalina, Carole L. Palmer, Amy S. Jackson, M.J. Han, (2008). 'Assessing descriptive substance in free-text collection-level metadata.' Proceedings of the International Conference on Dublin Core And Metadata Applications, 169-174.

Amy S. Jackson, M.J. Han, Kurt Groetsch, Megan Mustafoff, & Timothy W. Cole (2008). 'Dublin core metadata harvested through OAI-PMH.' Journal of Library Metadata, 8(1), 5-21.