Jordan Shedlock

Alumni (MIMS 2016)

Focus

Metadata, data modeling and knowledge representation, information systems design, digital humanities, the role of technology in libraries, and dissemination of scientific and technical information.

Biography

Jordan earned a bachelor's degree in history and Russian studies from Hamilton College, spending two years in St. Petersburg studying Russian language and history.  He worked for four years in special libraries providing reference and acquisition services for Russian-language information resources.  While studying at the I School, Jordan was an intern and researcher at Berkeley Law's Robbins Collection, where he developed his final project, an online interface for the Collection's manuscripts.