Biography

Strong advocate for the use of open source technologies in day-to-day library operations. Heavily involved with ILS system management, data (and metadata) wrangling, server administration, process automation, and a host of other technical odds-and-ends for the Consortium of Ohio Libraries (COOL), Ohio Private Academic Libraries (OPAL), and the Private Academic Library Network of Indiana (PALNI).

Interests
  • Libraries & Archives
  • DevOps Librarians
  • Process Automation
  • Systems Integration
  • Open Source Projects
Education

  • MLIS in Information Science, 2010

    Kent State University

  • BA in Cultural Studies, 2008

    The Ohio State University

  • AA in Humanities, 2006

    Columbus State Community College

Recent Posts

Jan 1, 2021 5 min read
Apps I'm Taking into 2021
Apps I'm Taking into 2021

A short list of applications that I’ve found useful in 2020.
Oct 28, 2020 18 min read
2020... the year of the great learning
2020... the year of the great learning

Tools & Services for a virtual conference
Oct 22, 2020 3 min read
Design After the End of the World
Design After the End of the World

Speculative Design & Climate Change
Mar 14, 2020 5 min read
code{4}lib - Pittsburgh, PA
code{4}lib - Pittsburgh, PA

At the emergence of a global pandemic.
Dec 30, 2019 2 min read
Apps I'm Taking into 2020
Apps I'm Taking into 2020

A short list of applications that I’ve found useful in 2019.
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Projects

Speculative Library Futures
A yearlong exploration of speculative design and libraries by TEDSIG
Speculative Library Futures
Speculative Design & Libraries
Where traditional design attempts to solve problems, speculative design attempts to open our minds to new ways of thinking and being.
Speculative Design & Libraries
Augmented Reality at Columbus State Library [Photo Essay]
Augmented Reality Exhibit at Columbus State Community College Library
Augmented Reality at Columbus State Library [Photo Essay]
Lingo
Mobile Application Developed for ILEADUSA-OHIO 2013
Lingo

Recent Publications

Derek Zoladz
July 2020 Self-Published
Contextualizing EZproxy for Improved Troubleshooting and Problem Reports

Contextualizing EZproxy is a presentation to the OhioLINK membership, primarily Ohio’s academic libraries. The presentation focuses on the challenge of troubleshooting EZproxy issues, as we need to consider the wide range of potential failures that are possible at each stage in the remote access workflow.
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Derek Zoladz
November 2017 Self-Published
Beam Me Up, Scotty: Migrating into an Evergreen Consortium

Beam Me Up, Scotty! is a presentation for the Ohio Library Council event, RightClick 2017, at the State Library of Ohio. RightClick 2017 is an annual one-day conference for sharing IT ideas, solutions, and best practices by and for library IT staff and administrators.
Code Slides
Jessica Crossfield McIntosh, Kirstin Krumsee, Julie Zaveloff, Derek Zoladz
July 2015 In Library Hi Tech News
Know the Lingo: How ILEAD Ohio Influenced Library Collaboration and Discovery for Patrons

The purpose of this paper is to share the authors’ collective experiences of ILEAD, explore the mobile app (Know the Lingo) development process and inspire further use of the open access code.
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