Jason J. Thomale
University of North Texas
Library - DL - User Interfaces
(940) 891-6703
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Education

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

Professional Positions

Professional
Resource Discovery Systems Librarian / Associate Librarian, University of North Texas Libraries. (January 2011 – Present).
Metadata Librarian / Assistant Librarian, Texas Tech University Libraries. (August 2005December 2010).

Professional Memberships

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

Development Activities Attended

Conference Attendance,"Blacklight Summit," Duke University, Durham, NC, United States of America. (October 9, 2019October 11, 2019).

Conference Attendance,"Electronic Resources and Libraries, 2018 Conference," Electronic Resources and Libraries, Austin, TX, United States of America. (March 4, 2018March 7, 2018).

Conference Attendance,"2018 Code4Lib Conference," Code4lib, Washington, DC, United States of America. (February 13, 2018February 16, 2018).

Conference Attendance,"2017 Charleston Conference," Charleston Conference, Charleston, SC, United States of America. (November 6, 2017November 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, 2016March 18, 2016).

Conference Attendance,"2015 Code4lib Conference," Code4lib, Portland, OR, United States of America. (February 9, 2015February 12, 2015).

Workshop,"OCLC Developer House," Online Computer Library Center (OCLC), Dublin, OH, United States of America. (December 1, 2014December 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, 2014October 11, 2014).

Conference Attendance,"Access 2013," Access Conference, St John's, Newfoundland, Canada. (September 23, 2013September 26, 2013).

Conference Attendance,"2013 Code4lib Conference," Code4lib, Chicago, IL, United States of America. (February 11, 2013February 14, 2013).

Conference Attendance,"Innovative Users Group Conference, 2012," Innovative Users Group, Chicago, IL, United States of America. (April 16, 2012April 19, 2012).

Seminar,"VIVO Implementation-Fest," Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, United States of America. (June 23, 2011June 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, 2011April 19, 2011).

Conference Attendance,"2011 Code4lib Conference," Code4lib, Bloomington, IN, United States of America. (February 7, 2011February 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. (October 2009November 2009).

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. (20192019).

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. (20142018).

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. (20162016).

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. (20112011).

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. . (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. (20142014).

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, 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 2022June 2023).

Chairperson, Digital Projects Lab Manager Search Committee. (June 1, 2022December 1, 2022).

Committee Member, Digital Libraries / External Relations Division Personnel Affairs Committee. (May 2020May 2021).

Chairperson, Digital Libraries / External Relations Division Personnel Affairs Committee. (June 2019May 2020).

Other, Library-wide Personnel Affairs Committee. (June 2019May 2020).

Member, Coordinating Discovery Systems Librarian Search Committee. (May 2019August 2019).

Committee Member, Head of Access Services Search Committee. (April 2017August 2017).

Committee Chair, Digital Libraries Division Personnel Affairs Committee. (June 1, 2015May 31, 2016).

Other, Library-Wide Personnel Affairs Committee. (June 1, 2015May 31, 2016).

Committee Member, Head of Cataloging and Metadata Services Search Committee. (April 2015January 2016).

Committee Member, Digital Libraries Division Personnel Affairs Committee. (June 1, 2014May 31, 2015).

Committee Member, Library Assembly. (July 1, 2013August 31, 2014).

Committee Member, Cataloging Librarian Search Committee. (March 2013July 2013).

Other, Library Assembly. (July 1, 2011August 31, 2012).

Committee Member, Library Assembly Elections Subcommittee. (July 1, 2011August 31, 2012).

Committee Member, Library Assembly Executive Committee. (July 1, 2011August 31, 2012).

Committee Member, Collection Development for Digital Collections Librarian Search Committee. (August 2011June 2012).

Committee Member, Honors and Awards Council. (August 2008August 2010).

Committee Member, Web Site Support Team. (November 2005August 2010).

Committee Member, Faculty Executive Committee. (June 2008May 2010).

Other, Faculty Executive Committee. (June 2008May 2010).

Committee Chair, Web Site Support Team. (December 2006December 2008).

Committee Member, Metadata Librarian Search Committee. (April 2008August 2008).

Committee Member, Digital Library Initiatives Team. (January 2006August 2007).

Committee Chair, Metadata Librarian Search Committee. (November 2006February 2007).

Committee Member, Electronic Resources Librarian Search Committee. (January 2006May 2006).

Professional Service

Other, Innovative User Group Idea Lab. (June 1, 2021 – Present).

Editor, Journal Editor, Code4lib Journal Editorial Board. (October 1, 2013January 31, 2016).

Committee Chair, Texas Digital Library, Vireo User Group, Texas. (May 2010December 2010).

Committee Member, Texas Digital Library, Preservation Network User Group, Texas. (April 2010December 2010).

Committee Member, Texas Electronic Theses and Dissertations Association Committee, Texas. (September 2009December 2010).

Committee Member, Texas Digital Library, Metadata Working Group, Texas. (August 2005December 2010).

Committee Member, Texas Digital Library, Electronic Theses and Dissertations Working Group, Texas. (August 2006June 2007).

Awards and Honors

UNT Soaring Eagle Group Award, University of North Texas. (May 7, 2015).