A. M. Iliana Filby
1997
Contact Information
A. M. Iliana Filby
2660 Albany Street
Schenectady New York 12304
Home: (518) 382-0611
E-mail: if@heaven.net
WWW: http://www.netheaven.com/~mosaica/
Experience
- 9/94-present
- Board of Cooperative Educational Services Upstate New
York
Visiting Scientist
- Teach Gifted and Talented programs at school sites
across upstate New York, teaching the history of
Information Science and introducing students to Internet
concepts and protocols
- Developed syllabus, glossaries, and lesson plans for
each site visit
- 8/94-12/95
- School of
Information Science and Policy Albany, New York.
Computer Consultant
- Assisted and instructed students and faculty in
their use of computing and telecommunications
equipment, inluding 25 PCs running Windows 3.1, 15 Macintosh
Performas, and 10 Internet terminals providing access to
UNIX, VMS/VAX, and IBM mainframes
- Cared for and maintained computer lab equipment
Graduate Assistant
- General office duties
- Field and answer inquiries about the Master of
Library Science Program
- 11/93-9/94
- WAMC
Northeast Public Radio Albany, New York
Marketing Assistant and Production Assistant
- Assisted in promoting and tracking National
Productions
- Technical research for TECHNOVATION radio series
- 9/89
- Bennington College Music Library Bennington,
Vermont
Music Library Aide
- Assisted Music Librarian in creating a computer record of
both print and audio holdings.
- Bound and repaired scores
- 9/85-6/86
- WHGC/WBTN Radio Station Bennington,
Vermont
Producer and Radio Personality -- Bennington
College Report
- Created and produced weekly half-hour program
- Interviewed members of college and town community
for a program designed to open new channels of
communication between the two
- Featured original pieces of music composed by
college faculty and students
- Responsible for all aspects of the program, both
technical and administrative
- Acted as fund raiser
- 5/82-6/84
- Bossehuset Traviata Caberet Copenhagen, Denmark
General Manager
- Founded and operated English language theatre
- Responsible for all aspects of administration
- Directed productions
- Offered theatre workshops in English for children
- Designed and implemented promotional campaigns
- Acted
Education
- 6/96
- Candidate for Master of Library Science degree from the
University at Albany
School of
Information Science and Policy in Albany, New York
Current GPA: 3.82
- 6/90
- Bachelor of Arts from
Bennington College in Bennington, Vermont
- 6/83
- Teaching certificate in English and Drama from the
Suhmsgade Projeckt in Copenhagen, Denmark
Volunteer Activities
- Organized the premiere of the BBC/Ch. 4 film, Threads at
Bennington College, including fundraising and organizing panel
discussion with John Swan of Bennington Collegešs Crossett
Library, John Mepham of England's Green Party, and Reverend Whit
Dennison of Beyond War.
- Chosen as an international student participant at the Fourth and
Fifth
International World Wide Web conferences held in Boston, Massachusetts during December of 1995, and Paris, France during
May of 1996, respectively. Received recognition for my work with the Web Accessibility for
People With Disabilities Workshop.
- Volunteer team coordinator at the Fifth
International WWW Conference.
Publications
- Filby, A.M. Iliana, A Proposal For Implementing Multi-User Database
(MUD) Technology in an Academic Library, IRSQ: Internet Reference
Services Quarterly 1:2 (1996), in press (forthcoming).
- Filby, A.M. Iliana, Using MOO and the Internet for Health
Science Distance Learning, Paper to be given at the INTERACTIVE
TECHNOLOGY IN HEALTH-EDUCATION: Virtual Reality, Distance
Education, Electronic Classroom conference at SUNY
Plattsburgh on June 15, 1996, in Plattsburgh, New York. The slides
from this presentation are available.
Computer Skills
- Facile with Apple Macintosh systems. Expert user of standard
Internet, word processing, communications, and graphics software.
Working knowledge of UNIX computing environment. Familiarity
with VAX and IBM/Windows computing environments. Excellent
HTML programmer and designer. Proficient at online searching,
including DIALOG and all Internet venues.
Languages
- Read, write, and speak English and Danish; read and speak
French, Swedish and Norwegian; speak Italian.