Michael Seadle Dean of the Faculty of Arts at Humboldt University

Michael Seadle giving a guest lecture in Bar-Ilan University (2019)

Michael Due south. Seadle (born 1950) is an data scientist and historian.^[1] He is professor for digital libraries at the Berlin School of Library and Information Scientific discipline at Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin.^[2] He was Chair of the iSchools from 2014 to 2016. In 2017 he became the Executive Director with a term until March 2020. In 2016 he became 1 of the founders of the Humboldt-Elsevier Advanced Data and Text Centre (HEADT Centre) at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

Career [edit]

He received a BA in 1972 from Earlham College, and so a MA in 1973 and a Ph.D in history in 1977, from the University of Chicago. His thesis was on: Quakerism in Germany: the pacifist response to Hitler.^[1] He went on to become a supervisor at the library of the University of Chicago and later on an assembly language programmer, information base director and systems annotator for various corporations. From 1986 to 1987, he was a lecturer at Northwestern Academy.

From 1987 to 1989, Seadle was banana managing director of the Computer Middle for Academic Computing and User Support Services at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and subsequently became assistant manager of Library Technologies at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Between 1992 and 1996, he was president of Seadle Consulting in East Lansing. In 1997 he obtained a Master of Science in Information from the University of Michigan and received the Margaret Mann Award. From 1998 to 2006 he established the Digital and Multimedia Eye Michigan State Academy library and became assistant managing director of the library.

In 2006 Seadle became a professor at the Berlin Schoolhouse of Library and Data Science at Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin. He is currently Director of the School ^[3] and since 2010 dean of the Faculty of Arts I. In 2012 the Caucus of the iSchool group chose him as chair-elect with a term showtime in March, 2014, at the iConference in Berlin.^[4]

Professional work [edit]

• in collaboration with Peter Schirmbacher and Elisabeth Niggemann: "LOCKSS und KOPAL Infrastruktur und Interoperabilität" (LuKII), Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, 2009
• in collaboration with Rainer Kuhlen: data infrastructure on (High german) copyright in education and science (outlink:www.iuwis.de|IUWIS), Deutsche Forschungsgesellschaft, 2009-2011
• Workshop on Preservation Networks and Technologies, Deutsche Forschungsgesellschaft, 2007
• in collaboration with Ruth Ann Jones: "Making of Mod Michigan," Found of Museum and Library Services Honor, 2002-2005
• in collaboration with Richard Triemer: "The Euglenoid Projection 2: Restructuring Phylogeny And Taxonomy." National Science Foundation award, 2003-2008
• in collaboration with Peter Berg: "Feeding America: The Celebrated American Cookbook Projection," Institute of Museum and Library Services award, 2001-2004
• in collaboration with Peter Berg: "Shaping the Values of Youth: A Nineteenth Century American Lord's day School Book Drove," Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library award, 1999-2001
• "Digital Orchid Library," American Orchid Society award, 2001-2002
• in collaboration with Mark Kornbluh, John Deller, and Joyce Grant: "National Gallery of the Spoken Discussion," Digital Library Initiative (Stage ii) award, 1999-2004
• in collaboration with David Wiley, Fredric Bohm, Mark Kornbluh, Joseph Lauer: "Accessing African Scholarly Journals: Sustainable Electronic Publishing and Indexing of African Journals through International Cooperation," Title VI International Educational activity Plan accolade, 1999-2004
• in collaboration with Mark Kornbluh, David Robinson, David Wiley: "Building a Multi-Lingual Digital Library for West African Sources," International Digital Library Initiative Honour, 2000-2003

Recent books [edit]

• Seadle, Michael, 2017, "Quantifying Research Integrity" (Morgan Claypool)
• Seadle, Michael, Chu, Clara, Stöckel, Ulrike, 2016, "Educating the Profession: 40 years of the IFLA Section on Education and Training" DeGruyter. IFLA Series.

Editorial work [edit]

• Editor, Library Hi Tech, U.k., 1997-2016
• Editor-in-chief, Globe Digital Libraries: An International Periodical, Bharat, 2012-
• Editorial Board, Reference Services Review, UK, 1998-
• Editorial Lath, Bibliothek: Forschung und Praxis, Germany, 2008-
• Member, LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keeps Stuff Safe) Alliance Technical Policy Committee; chair, 2005-6
• Editorial lath fellow member, Journal for the Report of Radicalism, USA, 2007-2010
• Secretarial assistant, German-N American Resources Partnership, 2003-2008
• Chair, Germanists Discussion Grouping, Association of College and Research Libraries, 2005-2006.
• Member, Emerald / MCB University Press Research Fund Board, 2001-2004.
• Chair, Digitization Committee, Activity Team for Library Advancement Statewide, 2001-2002
• Chair, Electronic Text Centers Discussion Grouping, American Library Association, 1998-2003
• Coordinator, Digital Libraries Group, German Resource Project, Association of Inquiry Libraries, 1998-2003

References [edit]

1. ^ ^{a b} "Seadle, Michael S., 1950-". US Library of Congress author file . Retrieved x October 2013.
2. ^ "Berlin School of Library and Data Science Administration". Retrieved 21 July 2013.
3. ^ "Committees — Berlin School of Library and Informatics".
4. ^ "Archived re-create". Archived from the original on 2013-07-20. Retrieved 2013-07-21 . {{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy equally championship (link)

External links [edit]

• Publications of Michael Seadle
• Michael Seadle's homepage at the Berlin School of Library and Information Science
• Official CV
• Digital+Inquiry=Web log (Michael Seadle's web log about digital libraries and long-term preservation)

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Seadle

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