| CV-Mr. Demian Katz | |
| Address | Email: demian.katz@villanova.edu |
| Profile | Programmer/analyst with librarian background, experienced in development and maintenance of large-scale, complex web-based applications and in management of open source projects and small development teams. Active in scholarship related to dime novels, story papers and other early forms of printed popular culture. |
| Employment | ● Villanova University, Falvey Memorial Library, Library Technology Development Specialist (2009-2016); Director of Library Technology (2016-present). ● JMI Software Consultants, Programmer/Analyst (2005-2009) ● Chester County Library, Reference Technical Assistant (2001-2005) |
| Education | ● University of Pittsburgh (Master of Library and Information Science), 2004. ● West Chester University (Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science), 2000. ● Community College of Philadelphia (Associate in General Studies), 1998 |
| Recent Publications | ● Dime Novel Monsters: The Monstrous and Prehistoric in Early Popular Fiction, Dime Novel Round-Up, Fall 2019. ● “Story Papers and Pamphlet Novels” (with Matthew Short), published in The Oxford History of Popular Print Culture, vol. 5, Oxford University Press (2019). ● Examining the “Man on Mountain” Pattern in Beadle’s Dime Novels, Dime Novel Round-Up, Spring 2019. ● Motor Stories: Dime Novels in Transition, Dime Novel Round-Up, Summer 2018. ● The Albert Johannsen Project: Digitizing The House of Beadle and Adams and Its Nickel and Dime Novels (with Matthew Short), Dime Novel Round-Up, Summer 2017. ● The Triumph of David: A Case Study in VuFind Customization, Annals of Library and Information Studies v. 63, no. 4 (2016). Online at: http://op.niscair.res.in/index.php/ALIS/article/view/14527 ● The Poetry of Kathleen’s Diamonds: An Analysis, Dime Novel Round-Up, Winter 2016. ● The Early History of Gamebooks: Some New Discoveries, Fighting Fantazine issue 15, May 2016. ● Mrs. Miller Lives: The Digitalization Process for Story Papers and Dime Novels — and Some Unexpected Consequences, Dime Novel Round-Up, Winter 2013. ● The Groom of the Tomb, self-published, 2013 (A book-length interactive fiction retelling of a 19th century story paper serial) |
| Grants | ● The Street & Smith Project ($348,630 NEH Grant, 2020-2022) ● FOLIO Innovation Grant ($10,000 EBSCO Grant, 2018) ● The Albert Johannsen Project: Digitizing the House of Beadle and Adams and their Nickel and Dime Novels ($448,893 CLIR Hidden Collections Grant, 2017-2019) |
| Committees/Memberships | ● Catholic Research Resources Alliance Digital Access Committee (member, 2011-; chair, 2013-2016) ● Historical Society of Pennsylvania Technology Committee (member, 2015-) ● PCA/ACA Children’s/YA Series Fiction and Dime Novels Area (member, 2013-; chair, 2018-) ● ReShare (Open Source Resource Sharing Project) Subject Matter Experts Group (member, 2019-) ● Universal Viewer Steering Committee (member, 2019-) |
Mr. Demian Katz
