Ray Uzwyshyn

Dr. Ray Uzwyshyn is currently Head of the Department of Digital and Learning Technologies for the University of West Florida Libraries where he provides leadership and coordination of IT and digital programs including management oversight, budgets and strategic direction. Dr. Uzwyshyn was previously responsible for Web Services at the University of Miami Libraries where he was instrumental in the application of new media possibilities and development of the libraries web presence. Ray possesses a Ph.D. (Summa Cum Laude) from NYU in Media Studies and MLIS from the University of Western Ontario. His interests are in information visualization, the application of visual technologies and semiotics to information systems and multimedia possibilities for digital libraries. He has chaired the American Society of Information Science and Technology, Special Interest Group in Visualization, Information and Sound and his projects, research and applications are recognized internationally for the intelligent application of new media and technological possibilities for academic libraries and university learning environments.

Select Publications and Presentations

"Semi-Structured and Unstructured Information Systems: Information Visualization" in Introduction to Information Science and Technology,Medford: ITI Publishers, 2010.
Technology and the Next Generation Academic Library: Present, Emergent and Future Digital Possibilities (2009, ppt.)
An Arbitrage Opportunity for Image Search & Retrieval ASIS&T Bulletin: Special Issue on Visual Representation . (American Soc. of Information Science & Technology Publication of the Year, 2009). June/July 2009. 35:5 ISSN: 1550-8366. Prototype.
Mediated Translations: Reflections on Digital Scholarship , Augmenting Cognition: Knowledge Seeking Tools (Digital Videos 2009). HASTAC Scholars Forum - Humanities, Arts, Sciences & Technology Advanced Collaboratory on The Future of the Digital Humanities.
New Millennia Information Systems: UWF Libraries, Spring Faculty Presentation, John. C. Pace Library, University of West Florida, 2009.
Repurposing Open Source Software for Agile Digital Image Library Development, D-Lib Project Summary Brief, Sept/Oct 2008, Vol.14, Num 9/10, ISSN 1082-9873.
Books, Bytes, Blogs and Wikis: Web 2.0 Tool Adoption for University Learning Environments, UWF Academic Technology Center/Information Technology Services, Faculty Learning Series, 2008.
"Multimedia Visualization and Interactive Systems: Drawing Board Possibilities and Server Realities" Library High Tech 24:4, (Winter 2007). Awarded Emerald Publishing Group: Outstanding Academic Research Paper 2008
"Human Knowledge Seeking and Information Visualization: Exploring New Possibilities". Thompson ISI 2006 Samuel Lazerow Memorial Lecture. School of Information Studies. TWU, Fall 2006.