4433 N. Bernard St.

#2, Chicago, IL 60625

robdumas@gmail.com
(773) 680-7624

ROB DUMAS
SUMMARY

Rob Dumas is an innovative, high-tech information specialist with exceptional abilities in the
development, deployment, use and maintenance of technology, as well as in patron-focused work,
user experience and information architecture.

EXPERIENCE
CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY, CHICAGO, IL SEPTEMBER 2007PRESENT
Currently working as a Librarian I at Carter G. Woodson Regional Library. Providing reference
service, ordering books, teaching computer classes, planning and hosting programs.

PROJECTS:

CPL Maker Lab (20132015): Taught classes, supervised interns, maintained equipment and
helped patrons realize their projects using 3D printers, laser cutters, vinyl cutters, knitting
machines and CNC router.
Page Supervisor (20112014): Supervised the library pages at Woodson Regional. Overhauled
page procedures, resulting in faster, more consistent shelving, even after more than half of our
pages were laid off due to budget cuts.
Teen Librarian (20102011): Ran the Teen Department at Woodson Regional. Hosted
programs, ordered books and performed outreach.
Rout-O-Matic (2009present): Built a report generator, still in use today, for the daily holds
router (a list of items to pull and send to other branches) that separates the list by section,
dramatically speeding up the task of searching for and retrieving holds.
Job Guide (20082013): Created and maintained Helpful Hints for Job Hunters, a print resource
for patrons seeking employment advice. The popularity and content of the Job Guide later served
as the basis for the update to CPLs online Especially for Job Searchers resource, in which I
was a major participant.

BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY, BROOKLYN, NY JANUARY 2006APRIL 2006

Interned in Society, Science and Technology Division at BPL Central Branch. Served on the
reference desk; weeded sections (both circulating and in closed stacks); created online pathfinder
guides accessible to patrons from the BPL website; worked on government-document discards.
BEST BUY, COMMACK, NY JULY 2005SEPTEMBER 2007
Media salesperson while attending graduate school. Stocked product; made recommendations to
customers; managed departmental schedules; opened and closed the building.
SELF-EMPLOYED, HUNTINGTON, NY NOVEMBER 2003JULY 2005
Freelance web designer and developer. Built sites for a variety of clients. Web programming, graphic
design, setup and maintenance of web hosting.
CMJ NETWORK, NEW YORK, NY MARCH 2003OCTOBER 2003
Web Programmer and Digital Content Manager. Graphic and web design; developed CMJs site and
sub-sites for CMJ New Music Marathon, CMJ Rewards and contract sites for clients such as CocaCola, Royal Philips Electronics, ACCO Brands and more. Created streaming audio system for CMJs
New Music Monthly CD so web site visitors could listen to, and vote on, their favorite band
appearing on the magazines monthly CD insert.
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BARNES & NOBLE, HUNTINGTON STATION, NY APRIL 1999NOVEMBER 2003

Bookseller. Sales, customer service, inventory receiving and restocking.
CYBERTECH SYSTEMS, GREAT NECK, NY SEPTEMBER 1998APRIL 1999
Network Administrator and Head Web Developer. Designed sites for corporate clients; managed
servers; technical support; sales.
TOTAL BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, GREAT NECK, NY DECEMBER 1997AUGUST 1998
Network Specialist. IT tech support (on-site and remote); developed employers web site.

EDUCATION
PRATT INSTITUTE, BROOKLYN, NY
Masters Degree in Information and Library Science, February 2007
NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, OLD WESTBURY, NY
Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, August 2002

SKILLS

Operating systems: GNU/Linux; Microsoft Windows; Apple OS X and iOS.

Productivity suites: Microsoft Office; OpenOffice/LibreOffice; Google Apps suite; Apple iWork;
Blackboard; Vim.
Programming: Structured Query Language (SQL); Git revision control system; PHP; Python;
Java; C, C++ & Objective-C; Cocoa & Cocoa Touch frameworks.
Design, 2D and 3D: HTML and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS); Adobe Creative Suite; Trimble
SketchUp; Inkscape; Makerbot Desktop; Cura; Slic3r; OpenSCAD; Easel CNC; OctoPrint.
Content management: Drupal; WordPress; Movable Type.
Devops and virtualization: Docker; Puppet; Virtualbox hypervisor.
ILS and OPAC: TLC CARL.X; BiblioCommons; Innovative Millennium; Endeca.
Web 2.0: various social media/networking services (including, but not limited to: Twitter,
Facebook, Tumblr, Google+, HootSuite, Bitly, Delicious, Flickr, etc).
Misc. Internet: Web; email; FTP/SFTP; SSH; GNU Privacy Guard; etc.

REFERENCES (MORE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST)

Valerie Lowery-Holder, Librarian IV and Asst. Library Director, Chicago Public Library.
Email: vlowery@chipublib.org. Phone: (312) 747-6936

Yvette Garcia, Librarian IV and YouMedia Manager, Chicago Public Library.

Email: yleigh@chipublib.org. Phone: (773) 226-6629