Julien A. Raemy

Julien A. Raemy

Knowledge Graph Engineer / IIIF Systems Architect for the Swiss Art Research Infrastructure at the University of Zurich, Research and Teaching Assistant in Information Science at the Haute école de gestion de Genève. IIIF Technical Review Committee Community Representative.

CV

Below are a selected list of things I am doing or that I have done. See here my preferred pronouns and how to pronounce my name.

Experience :office:

Since July 2020: Knowledge Graph Engineer / IIIF Systems Architect for the Swiss Art Research Infrastructure (SARI) at the University of Zurich

  • Developing an overarching strategy for the integration of IIIF
  • Implementing IIIF within the system architecture
  • Carrying out data curation using common target ontologies (CIDOC-CRM, RDF, OWL, SKOS)
  • Integrating data in alignment with the existing technology stack (ETL process)
  • Deploying and maintaining research platforms
  • Representing SARI on relevant expert committees and working groups (IIIF, Linked Art)

Since August 2017: Research and Teaching Assistant in Information Science at the HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Haute école de gestion de Genève (HEG-GE)

  • Coordinating the bilingual French-German curriculum of the BSc in Information Science
  • Teaching the course “Informations- und Dokumentationssysteme” and ensuring the hands-on exercises during the “User-centred design” and “Linked Open Data in Libraries” courses
  • Helping Professor René Schneider with his research projects, assignments, as well as the training sessions that he gives during further education programmes
    • Two-day continuing training courses on “Web Usability” at the CERN in 2017 and for members of the Handschriftenportal (HSP) project in 2019
    • Moderation of the “Rolle der Schweizerischen Nationalbibliothek (NB) in der digitalen Gesellschaft” (Role of the Swiss National Library (NL) in the digital society) workshop on 05.12.2018
    • User Friendly Online Services for Scientific Information (UFO) assignments with the Fachhochschule Graubünden (FHGR)
    • Conducting research, reporting and presentations, as well as developing models and approaches for assigning persistent identifiers as part of the “Identités de confiance pour les données de l’art et du design” (ICOPAD) project in partnership with the Swiss Institute for Art Research (SIK-ISEA), the Zentralbibliothek Zürich and the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste
    • Coordinating the “Towards IIIF-Compliance Knowledge in Switzerland” (TICKS) project and the uptake of the International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) in Switzerland
    • Coordinating the “Infrastructure Nationale d’un Complément d’Identifiants Pérennes, Interopérables et Traçables” (INCIPIT) project aimed at developing an Archival Resource Key (ARK) allocation service in Switzerland.

January 2015 - July 2017: Photo Archivist for the Montreux Jazz Digital Project at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Cultural Heritage & Innovation Center (previously MetaMedia Center)

  • Assessing the photography archives and digitizing pictures for the Montreux Jazz Digital Project
  • Checking the quality process and adding metadata to them on the Montreux Jazz Festival database
  • Conducting research and interviews in order to ensure the authenticity and integrity of the records and the added metadata.
  • Transferring data on our servers and on magnetic tapes (LTO) for long-term preservation
  • Conducting guided tours for artists, sponsors, and friends during the festival in Claude Nobs’ Chalet in Caux where the original audiovisual records are stored.
  • Defining long-term archiving strategies
  • Writing a report on Semantic Web technologies
  • Collating anecdotes for the Montreux Jazz Heritage Lab II designed by the EPFL+ECAL Lab
  • Taking part in conferences and working group sessions such as iPRES, IIIF and Museomix

August 2016 - October 2016: University Intern at the University of Basel, Digital Humanities Lab

  • Doing a survey and writing a report about the criteria for standard digital video formats for long-term preservation (based on the recommendations from IASA, FADGI and Memoriav)
  • Conducting video transcoding tests with FFmpeg
  • Writing up a conference paper which demonstrate the benefits of elaborating a structure for digital video assets based on the IIIF concepts for the use in archival environments

Memberships :busts_in_silhouette:

formerly “Bibliothèque Information Suisse” (BIS)

  • Since March 2014: Member
  • Since May 2018: Member
  • Since October 2010: Member
  • September 2013 - July 2016: Bar Manager
  • September 2010 - August 2013: Bartender
  • Since January 2008: Member

Education :school:

  • 2018-2020: Master of Science in Information Science at the HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Haute école de gestion de Genève
  • 2013-2017: Bachelor of Science in Library and Information Science at the HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Haute école de gestion de Genève
  • 2010-2011: Professional Business Baccalaureate (“Maturité professionnelle commerciale”) at the Ecole professionnelle artisanale et commerciale (EPAC)
  • 2005-2008: Federal Diploma of Vocational Education and Training - Bookseller (“Certificat fédéral de capacité de libraire”) at the Ecole professionnelle commerciale de Lausanne (EPCL)

Projects :wrench:

  • January 2020 to December 2020: Infrastructure Nationale d’un Complément d’Identifiants Pérennes, Interopérables et Traçables (INCIPIT) :link:
  • March 2018 to February 2019: Towards IIIF-Compliance Knowledge in Switzerland (TICKS) :link:
  • June 2017 to December 2018: Identités de confiance pour les données de l’art et du design (ICOPAD) :link:

Workshops, assignments and mandates :mortar_board:

  • 11 November 2019: Research Data Literacy : acquérir des compétences pour la gestion des données de la recherche One-day workshop given in the context of the Bibliosuisse’s continuing education programme at Bibliomedia, Lausanne :link:
  • 30 September - 1 October 2019: User centred design for the Handschriftenportal project Two-day workshop given in the context of the creation of the Handschriftenportal, a DFG-funded project, at the Berlin State Library (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin) :link:
  • 15 May 2019: Bern IIIF Showcase Event - presentations, moderation and organization of the event at the Swiss National Library as part of the TICKS project :link:
  • 5 December 2018: The role of the Swiss National Library in the digital society (Rolle der National Bibliothek in der digitalen Gesellschaft) - presentations, moderation of the workshop and summary of the results
  • 21 June 2018: Data Professionals Day - presentation, moderation of questions and organization of the half-day event with Professor René Schneider as part of the 100th anniversary of training in Information sciences in Geneva (100 ID) :link:
  • 27-28 November 2017: Web Usability Two-day workshop given at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
  • Since October 2017: User Friendly Online Services for Scientific Information (UFO), a mandate funded by swissuniversities-p5, in collaboration with the Fachhochschule Graubünden :link:. Assessed projects: SWITCH Swiss edu-ID (2018), Enhancer (2018), SWITCHhub (2019), histHub (2019)

Publications :pencil:

Presentations :microphone:

Posts :computer:

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