Douglas Burns
University of North Texas
Libraries
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Education

MBA, University of North Texas, 2018.
Major: Organizational Behavior
MS, University of Texas at Dallas, 2012.
Major: Geographic Information Sciences
Certificate, University of Texas - Dallas, 2011.
Major: Geospatial Intelligence
BA, Trinity University, 2010.
Major: History; English Literature

Professional Positions

Academic - Post-Secondary
Electronic Resources Librarian, University of North Texas. (June 2018 – Present).
Research Data & GIS Librarian, University of North Texas. (September 2017May 2018).
GIS Librarian, University of North Texas. (March 2015August 2017).
Professional
Sr GIS Technician, HDR. (20112015).

Licensures and Certifications

IRB Certification, UNT. (October 11, 2016October 11, 2016).

FERPA Certification, UNT. (July 17, 2015July 17, 2015).

Development Activities Attended

Self-Study Program,"Six Sigma - Green Belt," University of North Texas, United States of America. (September 2018 – Present).

Workshop,"Higher Ed Finance," University of North Texas - System HR, United States of America. (August 2018August 2018).

Conference Attendance,"Data Analytics Summit," UNT College of Engineering, United States of America. (May 4, 2018May 4, 2018).

Workshop,"Software Carpentry," Software Carpentry, United States of America. (March 14, 2018March 15, 2018).

Workshop,"Foundations of Supervision," University of North Texas - System HR, United States of America. (November 6, 2017November 6, 2017).

Self-Study Program,"Six Sigma Yellow Belt," Six Sigma, United States of America. (August 1, 2017August 15, 2017).

Self-Study Program,"Python for Everybody Specialization," Coursera, United States of America. (April 2016April 2017).

Seminar,"Programming for Humanists," Texas A&M University, United States of America. (August 2016December 2016).

Workshop,"Software Carpentry," Software Carpentry, United States of America. (August 23, 2016August 24, 2016).

Workshop,"FAA Section 107 (UAV) training," Wright Aerospace Technologies, United States of America. (August 6, 2016August 7, 2016).

Workshop,"Leadership Seminar," Cross Timbers Library Consortium, United States of America. (July 21, 2016July 21, 2016).

Conference Attendance,"Esri UC," Esri, San Diego, California, United States of America. (June 25, 2016June 29, 2016).

Workshop,"Memorandum of Understanding Workshop: Creating a Process for Successful Digital Collaboration," UT-Arlington, United States of America. (May 24, 2016May 24, 2016).

Workshop,"Effective Teaching Presentation," Career Development Workgroup (UNT), United States of America. (May 16, 2016May 16, 2016).

Workshop,"Open Data Day," UNT Libraries, United States of America. (March 5, 2016March 5, 2016).

Workshop,"PI Roles / Responsibilities Post-Award," Office of Grants (UNT), United States of America. (January 25, 2016January 25, 2016).

Other,"ADA Implementation for Public Transit," Denton County Transit Authority, United States of America. (December 9, 2015December 9, 2015).

Workshop,"Student Employment CWS Policy," Human Resources (UNT), United States of America. (December 1, 2015December 1, 2015).

Conference Attendance,"Esri UC," Esri, San Diego, California, United States of America. (July 18, 2015July 23, 2015).

Workshop,"Hype of Swipe," UNT Libraries, United States of America. (July 15, 2015July 15, 2015).

Tutorial,"Location Advantage," Esri, United States of America. (May 1, 2015June 15, 2015).

Workshop,"EGRT Training," City of Euless, TX, United States of America. (March 20, 2015March 20, 2015).

Tutorial,"IS00700.a National Incident Management System (NIMS) An Introduction," FEMA, United States of America. (March 18, 2015March 18, 2015).

Tutorial,"IS-00100.b Introduction to Incident Command System (ICS-100)," FEMA, United States of America. (March 17, 2015March 17, 2015).

Tutorial,"IS00103 Geospatial Information System Specialist (GISP)," FEMA, United States of America. (March 17, 2015March 17, 2015).

Tutorial,"Using ArcGIS Online," Esri Virtual Campus, United States of America. (December 2014December 2014).

Workshop,"GNSS Training," South Central Arc Users Group, United States of America. (March 2014March 2014).

Workshop,"Python for Beginners," South Central Arc Users Group, United States of America. (March 2014March 2014).

Workshop,"Trimble Positions (GPS) Training," South Central Arc Users Group, United States of America. (March 2014March 2014).

Tutorial,"Creating 3D Data Using ArcGIS 10.x," Esri Virtual Campus, United States of America. (August 14, 2012August 14, 2012).

Tutorial,"Python Scripting for Map Automation," Esri Virtual Campus, United States of America. (December 23, 2011December 23, 2011).

Teaching

Non-Credit Instruction

Continuing Education, 20. (October 25, 2018October 26, 2018).

Workshop, UNT Libraries and Denton Public Library, 20. (November 2016November 2016).

Workshop, UNT Libraries, 20. (May 2016August 2016).

Workshop, UNT Libraries and Denton Public Library, 20. (May 2016May 2016).

Workshop, UNT Libraries and Denton Public Library, 20. (November 2015November 2015).

Workshop, UNT Libraries and Denton Public Library, 20. (May 2015May 2015).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

Journal Article
Burns, D., Brannon, S. D. (2018). Getting Started with Organizational Design at Your Library. Library Leadership & Management. 33(1), .
Material Regarding New Courses/Curricula
Burns, D., Levy, J. (2015). GIS and Academic Librarianship. 10(1), . BRASS. http://www.ala.org/rusa/sites/ala.org.rusa/files/content/sections/brass/Publications/Acad_BRASS/2015_spring_burns_levy.pdf

Presentations Given

Oral Presentation

Crawford, L. S. (Author & Presenter), Rodriguez, A. E. (Author), Burns, D. (Author), Electronic Resources & Libraries, Trials & Tribulations: Effective Management of Electronic Resource Trials, Austin, TX, United States of America. (2019).

Burns, D. (Author & Presenter), Beyond the Numbers, Importance of GIS Repositories, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, St. Louis, United States of America. (20162016).

Burns, D. (Panelist), Weimer, K. (Moderator), Ricker, K. (Panelist), Smith, C. (Panelist), Texas Conference on Digital Libraries, Envisioning a Geospatial Data Portal and Curation Network, Texas Digital Library, Austin, TX, United States of America. (20162016).

Burns, D. (Presenter), Rodriguez, A. (Presenter), Open Access Symposium, GIS Trends in Open Access, Denton, TX, United States of America. (20162016).

Burns, D. (Presenter), Mangum, J. (Presenter), Southwest Division of the American Association of Geographers, Geographic Applications of the Portal to Texas History, San Antonio, TX, United States of America. (20152015).

Burns, D. (Presenter), Keralis, S. (Presenter), Digital Frontiers, Beyond the Map: Visualizing the Nineteenth-Century American Children’s Book Trade Directory, UNT Libraries, Richardson, TX, United States of America. (20152015).

Panel Presentation

Burns, D. (Moderator), Open Access Symposium, Regional and Local Data, United States of America. (20172017).

Burns, D. (Panelist), Transforming an Academic Library from a Traditional Service Model to a Community Partner, Texas Library Association, United States of America. (20152015).

Burns, D. (Panelist), Transforming an Academic Library from a Traditional Service Model to a Community Partner, Oklahoma Library Association, United States of America. (20152015).

Artistic and Professional Performances and Exhibits

Curatorial Work. Burns, D., "Mean Green Mapped," United States of America. (May 2015December 2015).

Media Contributions

Internet
"Faculty Success Newsletter,". (December 6, 2017).

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Grant - Research
Andrews, P. (Principal), McIntosh, M. C. (Co-Principal), Burns, D. (Supporting), "Digital Humanities Summer Institute Tuition," Sponsored by Office for Faculty Success, University of North Texas, $1500 Funded. (September 1, 2018August 31, 2019).
Sittel, N. R. (Co-Principal), Rowe, J. L. (Co-Principal), Burns, D. (Co-Principal), "Nonprofit Capacity Building," Sponsored by Texas State Library & Archives Commission, State, $38107.39 Funded. (September 1, 2016August 31, 2017).
Keralis, S. D. (Principal), Way, J. E. (Co-Principal), Baxter, D. A. (Supporting), Barham, R. (Supporting), Andrews, P. (Supporting), Burns, D. (Supporting), Treat, L. (Supporting), Smith, S. (Supporting), Henson, B. (Supporting), "Faculty Mentoring Grant: Critical Digital Pedagogy," Sponsored by Vice Provost for Faculty Success, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (September 1, 2016May 10, 2017).
Sittel, N. R. (Supporting), Burns, D. (Principal), "Mean Green Mapped," Sponsored by UNT Libraries, University of North Texas, $2500 Funded. (June 2015July 2016).

Awards and Honors

Nicholas and Anna Ricco Ethics Scholarship, Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism (UNT). (April 20, 2018 – Present).

Nicholas and Anna Ricco Ethics Scholarship, Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism (UNT). (April 21, 2017 – Present).

Service

University Service

Co-Director, Library Assembly. (October 2018 – Present).

Member, Student Conduct Board. (September 2018 – Present).

Other, Faculty Senate. (September 2018August 2021).

Committee Member, Faculty Search Committee: Head of Library Research Support Services. (20172018).

Member, Digital Frontiers. (June 2015May 2018).

Member, Digital Scholarship Workgroup. (April 2015May 2018).

Committee Member, Faculty Search Committee: Business Information Liaison. (20162017).

Committee Chair, PAC Re-evaluation Committee. (November 2016May 2017).

Committee Member, Faculty Search Committee: Electronic Resources Librarian. (20152016).

Committee Member, Faculty Search Committee: Strategic Collections Librarian. (20152016).

Member, Library Assembly. (20152016).

Professional Service

Reviewer, Journal Article, Public Services Quarterly. (January 1, 2017 – Present).

Reviewer, Conference Paper, Digital Frontiers. (August 2017September 2017).

Track Organizer, Open Access Symposium, Frisco, Texas. (May 2017May 2017).

Reviewer, Conference Paper, Digital Frontiers. (August 2016September 2016).

Public Service

Other, Boys and Girls Club of America, Dallas, Texas. (June 11, 2018June 11, 2018).

Member, United Way Denton County. (June 2016August 2017).

Member, Denton Hunger Coalition. (April 2015August 2017).

Member, Texas Emergency GIS Response Team, Garland, Texas. (August 30, 2017August 30, 2017).

Member, Texas Health Resources - Denton. (May 2015May 2016).

Other, Seniors in Motion, Denton, Texas. (August 2015September 2015).

Other, Technology Student Association, Grapevine, Texas. (June 2015June 2015).

Awards and Honors

The George and Ruth Christy Award, UNT Libraries. (May 31, 2017 – Present).