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Jason J. Thomale

Associate Librarian

University of North Texas

Department of Library - DL - User Interfaces

(940) 891-6703

Email: Jason.Thomale@unt.edu

Education

  • MLS, University of North Texas, 2005
    Major: Library Science
    Specialization: Systems
  • BA, University of North Texas, 2002
    Major: Music

Professional Positions

    Professional

  • Resource Discovery Systems Librarian / Associate Librarian, University of North Texas Libraries. University of North Texas Libraries. (2011 - Present).
  • Metadata Librarian / Assistant Librarian, Texas Tech University Libraries. Texas Tech University Libraries. (2005 - 2010).

Professional Memberships

  • American Society for Information Science and Technology. (December 2006 - Present).

Development Activities

  • Conference Attendance, Blacklight Summit, Duke University. Durham,NC,United States of America. (October 9, 2019 - October 11, 2019).
  • Conference Attendance, Electronic Resources and Libraries, 2018 Conference, Electronic Resources and Libraries. Austin,TX,United States of America. (March 4, 2018 - March 7, 2018).
  • Conference Attendance, 2018 Code4Lib Conference, Code4lib. Washington,DC,United States of America. (February 13, 2018 - February 16, 2018).
  • Conference Attendance, 2017 Charleston Conference, Charleston Conference. Charleston,SC,United States of America. (November 6, 2017 - November 10, 2017).
  • Conference Attendance, Code4Lib - South Central, UNT Libraries. Denton,TX,United States of America. (August 11, 2017).
  • Conference Attendance, Innovative Users Group Conference, 2016, Innovative Users Group. San Francisco,CA,United States of America. (March 16, 2016 - March 18, 2016).
  • Conference Attendance, 2015 Code4lib Conference, Code4lib. Portland,OR,United States of America. (February 9, 2015 - February 12, 2015).
  • Workshop, OCLC Developer House, Online Computer Library Center (OCLC). Dublin,OH,United States of America. (December 1, 2014 - December 5, 2014).
  • Conference Attendance, DCMI 2014 International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications, Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI). Austin,TX,United States of America. (October 8, 2014 - October 11, 2014).
  • Conference Attendance, Access 2013, Access Conference. St John's,Newfoundland,Canada. (September 23, 2013 - September 26, 2013).
  • Conference Attendance, 2013 Code4lib Conference, Code4lib. Chicago,IL,United States of America. (February 11, 2013 - February 14, 2013).
  • Conference Attendance, Innovative Users Group Conference, 2012, Innovative Users Group. Chicago,IL,United States of America. (April 16, 2012 - April 19, 2012).
  • Seminar, VIVO Implementation-Fest, Washington University School of Medicine. Saint Louis,MO,United States of America. (June 23, 2011 - June 24, 2011).
  • Conference Attendance, 2nd Annual Symposium for Open Access, University of North Texas. Denton,TX,United States of America. (May 20, 2011).
  • Workshop, Load Profile Workshop, Innovative Interfaces, Inc.. Emeryville,CA,United States of America. (April 18, 2011 - April 19, 2011).
  • Conference Attendance, 2011 Code4lib Conference, Code4lib. Bloomington,IN,United States of America. (February 7, 2011 - February 10, 2011).
  • Continuing Education Program, Certified User Experience Professional Course, Texas Tech University. Lubbock,TX,United States of America. (January 2011).
  • Conference Attendance, ETD 2010: 13th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations, Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations. Austin,TX,United States of America. (June 2010).
  • Conference Attendance, Texas Library Association Annual Conference, 2010, Texas Library Association. San Antonio,Texas,United States of America. (April 2010).
  • Conference Attendance, ETD 2009: The 12th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations, The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations. Pittsburgh,PA,United States of America. (June 2009).
  • Conference Attendance, Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL), Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Austin,TX,United States of America. (June 2009).
  • Conference Attendance, Music Library Association Annual Meeting, Music Library Association. Newport,RI,United States of America. (February 2008).
  • Seminar, Managing a Website Redesign Project, Academic Impressions. Houston,TX,United States of America. (September 2007).
  • Workshop, Stephen Covey's FOCUS: Achieving Your Highest Priorities, Texas Tech University. Lubbock,TX,United States of America. (August 2007).
  • Workshop, Crystal Reports Accelerated Training Workshop, Texas Tech University Libraries. Lubbock,TX,United States of America. (July 2007).
  • Workshop, Brigham-Young University Portfolio Management Workshop, Brigham-Young University Project Management Department. Lubbock,TX,United States of America. (May 2007).
  • Conference Attendance, An International Symposium in Digital Curation, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences (IMLS). Chapel Hill,NC,United States of America. (April 2007).
  • Conference Attendance, The 2nd International Conference on Open Repositories, Texas A&M University, Texas Tech University, University of Texas, The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), Microsoft, Sun Microsystesm. San Antonio,TX,United States of America. (January 2007).
  • Conference Attendance, EDUCAUSE Annual Conference, 2006, EDUCAUSE. Dallas,TX,United States of America. (October 2006).
  • Workshop, Brigham-Young University Project Management Workshop, Brigham-Young University Project Management Department. Lubbock,TX,United States of America. (May 2006).
  • Conference Attendance, Computers in Libraries, Information Today, Inc.. Washington,DC,United States of America. (March 2006).
  • Workshop, Teams in Action, Interaction Associates. Lubbock,TX,United States of America. (February 2006).
  • Workshop, Stephen Covey's Seven Habits Workshop, Texas Tech University. Lubbock,TX,United States of America. (November 2005).

Teaching

Non-Credit Instruction

  • Workshop, Texas Digital Library, 10 participants. (October 2009 - November 2009).

Awards and Honors

  • UNT Soaring Eagle Group Award, University of North Texas.

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book Chapter

  • Thomale, J.J., Hicks, W.L., Phillips, M.E. (2016). The Bento Box Design Pattern. Exploring Discovery: The Front Door to Your Library’s Licensed and Digitized Content.

    • Journal Article

  • Robson, D.S., Sassen, C.J., Thomale, J.J., Yanowski, K.J. (2019). Enhancing the Discovery of Tabletop Games. Library Resources & Technical Services. 63 (3) Chicago, Illinois, American Library Association. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/lrts.63n3.199
  • Phillips, M.E., Weng, N., Thomale, J.J., Hicks, W.L. (2013). Resource Discovery Systems at the UNT Libraries: Phase Two Action Plan.
  • Thomale, J.J. (2010). Interpreting MARC: Where's the Bibliographic Data?. Code4Lib. (11) http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/3832

    • Research Report

  • Phillips, M.E., Weng, N., Thomale, J.J., Hicks, W.L. (2013). Resource Discovery Systems at the UNT Libraries: Phase Two Action Plan. http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc181662
  • Weng, N., Hicks, W.L., Thomale, J.J. (2011). The UNT Libraries Website Redesign 2011-2012: Project Plan. http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc171464
  • Phillips, M.E., Weng, N., Thomale, J.J., Hicks, W.L. (2011). Resource Discovery Systems at the UNT Libraries. http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc77122

    • Software

  • Thomale, J.J. (2023). Catalog REST API v2.0. GitHub. https://github.com/unt-libraries/catalog-api/releases/tag/v2.0
  • Thomale, J. (2023). fauxdoc v1.1.0. https://pypi.org/project/fauxdoc/1.1.0/
  • Thomale, J.J. (2022). solrbenchmark v0.1.0. https://pypi.org/project/solrbenchmark/0.1.0/
  • Thomale, J.J. (2022). pycallnumber v0.2.0. https://pypi.org/project/pycallnumber/0.2.0/
  • Thomale, J. (2022). fauxdoc v1.0.0. https://pypi.org/project/fauxdoc/1.0.0/
  • Thomale, J.J. (2019). Catalog REST API v1.4. GitHub. https://github.com/unt-libraries/catalog-api/releases/tag/v1.4
  • Thomale, J.J. (2019). Catalog REST API v1.3. GitHub. https://github.com/unt-libraries/catalog-api/releases/tag/v1.3
  • Thomale, J.J. (2017). Catalog REST API v1.2. GitHub. https://github.com/unt-libraries/catalog-api/releases/tag/v1.2
  • Thomale, J.J. (2017). Catalog REST API v1.1. GitHub. https://github.com/unt-libraries/catalog-api/releases/tag/v1.1.0
  • Thomale, J.J. (2017). pycallnumber. GitHub. https://github.com/unt-libraries/pycallnumber
  • Thomale, J.J. (2016). Catalog REST API v1.0. GitHub. https://github.com/unt-libraries/catalog-api
  • Thomale, J.J. (2014). Advanced Typeahead Prototype. GitHub. https://github.com/oclc-developer-house/advanced-typeahead

    • Technical Report

  • Thomale, J.J. (2014). Resource Discovery Systems Usage Report, 02-01-2012 to 08-25-2014. UNT Scholarly Works. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc499075/

Presentations Given

    Oral Presentation

  • Thomale, J. (Author & Presenter), Blacklight Summit, 2019, Discover, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States of America. (2019 - 2019).
  • Thomale, J.J. (Author & Presenter), UNT Libraries Music Cataloging Institute, What Does RDA Allow Systems to Do that AACR2 Does Not?, UNT Libraries, Music Library, Denton, TX, United States of America. (2014 - 2018).
  • Thomale, J.J. (Author & Presenter), 2018 Code4lib Conference, Pycallnumber! For Tricky Call Numbers, Code4lib, Washington, DC, United States of America. (2018).
  • Thomale, J.J. (Author & Presenter), Innovative Users Group Conference, 2016, DIY API: A Sierra-Based, Homegrown Catalog API, Innovative Users Group, San Francisco, CA, United States of America. (2016 - 2016).
  • Thomale, J.J. (Author & Presenter), 2015 Code4lib Conference, You Gotta Keep 'em Separated: The Case for "Bento Box" Discovery Interfaces, Code4lib, Portland, OR, United States of America. (2015).
  • Thomale, J.J. (Panelist), 2014 Texas Library Association Conference, Summon at UNT, Texas Library Association, San Antonio, TX, United States of America. (2014).
  • Thomale, J.J. (Author & Presenter), Hicks, W.L. (Author & Presenter), Innovative User Group, Beyond WebPac Pro: Bending the Limitations of the Web Catalog with. JavaScript., Innovative, Chicago, United States of America. (2011 - 2011).
  • Thomale, J.J. (Author & Presenter), Barba, S. (Author & Presenter), Texas Library Association Convention, 2010, Taming the Chaos: Making Metadata Work for You, Texas Library Association, San Antonio, TX, United States of America. (2010).
  • Thomale, J.J. (Author & Presenter), Starcher, C. (Author & Presenter), Music Library Association 2008 Annual Meeting, To Stream the Impossible Stream, Music Library Association (MLA), Newport, RI, United States of America. (2008).
  • Thomale, J.J. (Author & Presenter), Starcher, C. (Author & Presenter), Texas Conference on Digital Libraries, To Stream the Impossible Stream, Texas Digital Library, Austin, TX, United States of America. (2007).

    • Panel Presentation

  • West, J.L. (Author & Presenter), Mullin, C.A. (Author & Presenter), McGrath, K. (Author & Presenter), Thomale, J.J. (Author & Presenter), 93rd Meeting of the Music Library Association, A Subject, a Genre, and a Medium Walk Into a Search Bar ..., Music Library Association, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America. (2024).
  • Aronoff, K. (Moderator), Thomale, J.J. (Panelist), Varnum, K. (Panelist), Electronic Resources and Libraries, 2018 Conference, Personalizing the Discovery Experience through Custom User Interface Development, Austin, TX, United States of America. (2018).
  • French, A. (Moderator), Shaw, J. (Panelist), Thomale, J.J. (Panelist), 2017 Charleston Conference, Future Proof: Openness, APIs, and Open Frameworks, Charleston, SC, United States of America. (2017).

    • Poster

  • Thomale, J.J. (Author & Presenter), Hicks, W.L. (Author), International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications,, A REST API for Library Data, Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, Austin, TX, United States of America. (2014 - 2014).

    • Project

  • Thomale, J.J. (Author & Presenter), Code4lib - South Central, Grokking Call Numbers (pycallnumber), UNT Libraries, Denton, TX, United States of America. (2017).

    • Webinar

  • Baron, A. (Author & Presenter), Thomale, J. (Author & Presenter), Core Interest Group Week, Implementing FAST at the University of North Texas Libraries, American Library Association, United States of America. (2021).

Service

University Service

  • Other (Committee Member and Secretary), Career Development Committee. (March 1, 2022 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Circulation Work Group. (November 2013 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Cataloging Work Group. (January 2011 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Coordinating Discovery Systems Librarian Search Committee. (December 2022 - June 2023).
  • Chairperson, Digital Projects Lab Manager Search Committee. (June 1, 2022 - December 1, 2022).
  • Committee Member, Digital Libraries / External Relations Division Personnel Affairs Committee. (May 2020 - May 2021).
  • Chairperson, Digital Libraries / External Relations Division Personnel Affairs Committee. (June 2019 - May 2020).
  • Other (Vice Chair), Library-wide Personnel Affairs Committee. (June 2019 - May 2020).
  • Member, Coordinating Discovery Systems Librarian Search Committee. (May 2019 - August 2019).
  • Committee Member, Head of Access Services Search Committee. (April 2017 - August 2017).
  • Committee Chair, Digital Libraries Division Personnel Affairs Committee. (June 1, 2015 - May 31, 2016).
  • Other (Committee Vice Chair), Library-Wide Personnel Affairs Committee. (June 1, 2015 - May 31, 2016).
  • Committee Member, Head of Cataloging and Metadata Services Search Committee. (April 2015 - January 2016).
  • Committee Member, Digital Libraries Division Personnel Affairs Committee. (June 1, 2014 - May 31, 2015).
  • Committee Member, Library Assembly. (July 1, 2013 - August 31, 2014).
  • Committee Member, Cataloging Librarian Search Committee. (March 2013 - July 2013).
  • Other (Secretary), Library Assembly. (July 1, 2011 - August 31, 2012).
  • Committee Member, Library Assembly Elections Subcommittee. (July 1, 2011 - August 31, 2012).
  • Committee Member, Library Assembly Executive Committee. (July 1, 2011 - August 31, 2012).
  • Committee Member, Collection Development for Digital Collections Librarian Search Committee. (August 2011 - June 2012).
  • Committee Member, Honors and Awards Council. (August 2008 - August 2010).
  • Committee Member, Web Site Support Team. (November 2005 - August 2010).
  • Committee Member, Faculty Executive Committee. (June 2008 - May 2010).
  • Other (Steward of Faculty Event Fund), Faculty Executive Committee. (June 2008 - May 2010).
  • Committee Chair, Web Site Support Team. (December 2006 - December 2008).
  • Committee Member, Metadata Librarian Search Committee. (April 2008 - August 2008).
  • Committee Member, Digital Library Initiatives Team. (January 2006 - August 2007).
  • Committee Chair, Metadata Librarian Search Committee. (November 2006 - February 2007).
  • Committee Member, Electronic Resources Librarian Search Committee. (January 2006 - May 2006).

Professional Service

  • Other (Member and Expert Reviewer), Innovative User Group Idea Lab. (June 1, 2021 - Present).
  • Editor, Journal Editor, Code4lib Journal Editorial Board. (October 1, 2013 - January 31, 2016).
  • Committee Chair, Texas Digital Library, Vireo User Group. Texas. (May 2010 - December 2010).
  • Committee Member, Texas Digital Library, Preservation Network User Group. Texas. (April 2010 - December 2010).
  • Committee Member, Texas Electronic Theses and Dissertations Association Committee. Texas. (September 2009 - December 2010).
  • Committee Member, Texas Digital Library, Metadata Working Group. Texas. (August 2005 - December 2010).
  • Committee Member, Texas Digital Library, Electronic Theses and Dissertations Working Group. Texas. (August 2006 - June 2007).