Daniel Greenstein
Encyclopedia
Daniel Greenstein has played a number of roles in US and UK higher education. He is best known for his work with academic information services that support university-level research, teaching, and learning.
Presently a Vice Provost for Academic Planning, Programs, and Coordination at the University of California
's Office of the President, he is responsible for a range of information, publishing, and broadcast services (the California Digital Library
, the University of California Press
, and UCTV
), off-campus instructional programs (e.g. Education Abroad) as well as academic planning and accountability. With Christopher Edley, he is also leading an initiative to evaluate the effectiveness of online instruction in UC’s undergraduate curriculum and, more generally, as a strategy for expanding access to high-quality university education.
(2002-7), of the Digital Library Federation
(1999-2002) and was founding director of the Arts and Humanities Data Service
and co-director of the Resource Discovery Network, both in the UK. He holds degrees from the Universities of Oxford (DPhil) and Pennsylvania (MA, BA) and began his career as a member of the history faculty at the University of Glasgow.
Presently a Vice Provost for Academic Planning, Programs, and Coordination at the University of California
University of California
The University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...
's Office of the President, he is responsible for a range of information, publishing, and broadcast services (the California Digital Library
California Digital Library
The California Digital Library is the University of California's 11th University Library. The CDL was founded to assist the ten University of California libraries in sharing their resources and holdings more effectively, in part through negotiating and acquiring consortial licenses on behalf of...
, the University of California Press
University of California Press
University of California Press, also known as UC Press, is a publishing house associated with the University of California that engages in academic publishing. It was founded in 1893 to publish books and papers for the faculty of the University of California, established 25 years earlier in 1868...
, and UCTV
UCTV
UCTV is a 24-hour satellite television channel presenting educational and enrichment programming from the campuses, national laboratories, and affiliated institutions of the University of California system...
), off-campus instructional programs (e.g. Education Abroad) as well as academic planning and accountability. With Christopher Edley, he is also leading an initiative to evaluate the effectiveness of online instruction in UC’s undergraduate curriculum and, more generally, as a strategy for expanding access to high-quality university education.
Career
Greenstein has served as Director of the California Digital LibraryCalifornia Digital Library
The California Digital Library is the University of California's 11th University Library. The CDL was founded to assist the ten University of California libraries in sharing their resources and holdings more effectively, in part through negotiating and acquiring consortial licenses on behalf of...
(2002-7), of the Digital Library Federation
Digital Library Federation
The Digital Library Federation is an international consortium of libraries and related agencies that are pioneering the use of electronic-information technologies to extend collections and services...
(1999-2002) and was founding director of the Arts and Humanities Data Service
Arts and Humanities Data Service
The Arts and Humanities Data Service was a United Kingdom national service aiding the discovery, creation and preservation of digital resources in and for research, teaching and learning in the arts and humanities...
and co-director of the Resource Discovery Network, both in the UK. He holds degrees from the Universities of Oxford (DPhil) and Pennsylvania (MA, BA) and began his career as a member of the history faculty at the University of Glasgow.
Selected Published works
- __________. (2010). "Strategies for Sustaining the University Library." 'portal: Libraries and the Academy. 10:2.
- __________. (2004). "Not So Quiet on a Western Front." Nature. Web Focus: Access to the Literature.
- Greenstein, Daniel and Suzanne E. Thorin. (2002). The Digital Library: A Biography. Washington, D.C.: Digital Library Federation, Council on Library and Information Resources.
- __________. (2000). "Digital Libraries and Their Challenges." Library Trends. 49:2.
- __________ and N. Beagrie. (1998) A Strategic Framework for Creating and Preserving Digital Collections. London: The British Library.
- __________. (1994). A Historian's Guide to Computing. Oxford Guides to Computing for the Humanities. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- __________. (1994). "The Junior Members, 1900-1990: A Profile." In The History of the University of Oxford. Volume VIII: The Twentieth Century. Brian Harrison, ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- __________. (1991). Modelling Historical Data: Towards a Standard for Encoding and Exchanging Machine-Readable Texts. (Halbgraue Reihe zur historischen Fachinformatik / A 11) St. Katharinen: Scripta Mercaturae 10-ISBN 3-928134-45-0.
Sources/links
- Keller, Josh, and Mark Parry. "U of California Considers Online Classes, or Even Degrees." Chronicle of Higher Education. October 23, 2010.
- "The Library as Search Engine." Chronicle of Higher Education. January 5, 2007.
- Burdman, Pamela. "A Quiet Revolt Puts Costly Journals on Web", New York Times, June 26, 2004.
- Hafner, Katie. "Old Search Engine, the Library, Tries to Fit Into a Google World", New York Times, June 21, 2004.
- __________. "In Challenge to Google, Yahoo Will Scan Books" New York Times. October 3, 2005.
- Markoff, John and Edward Wyatt. "Google Is Adding Major Libraries to Its Database" New York Times. December 14, 2004.
- Riding, Alan. "France Detects a Cultural Threat in Google" New York Times. April 11, 2005.
- Terdiman, DanielDaniel TerdimanDaniel Terdiman is a journalist, who has been published in both print and non-print media, including Time Magazine, The New York Times, Wired Magazine, CNET News.com, Wired News, Martha Stewart Weddings, Salon.com, Business 2.0, and the San Francisco Chronicle...
. "A Tool for Scholars Who Like to Dig Deep" New York Times. November 25, 2004.