Richard Cox

Digital Technology Consultant

Responsibilities

  • Lead, Web Applications Development Team
  • Digital Partners Grant initiative, Coordinator
  • University Libraries Web Master
  • Lead, Campus Web Outreach Team
  • Member, Server Administration Team
  • Member, Digital Projects Team
  • University Libraries Web Accessibility Representative
  • Supervisory Responsibilities of Web Application Development Team

Selected Languages and Skills

HTML5, CSS, JavaScript & JQuery, Responsive Web Design, XML & XSLT, xHTML, SQL, ASP.NET, PHP, Usability, Accessibility, Introductory Windows 2000 & 2003 Administration, Web Server Adminstration, Adobe Photoshop, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Visual Studio

Committees

  • Digital Library on American Slavery Advisory Board, Chair
  • Digital Partners Grant Review Committee, Chair
  • UNCG Digital Humanities Research and Teaching Group, Steering Committee
  • UNCG Internet Oversight Committee
    • Web Accessibility Review Subcommittee, Chair
    • Web Usability Review Subcommittee
  • UNCG Mobile Steering Committee
  • University Libraries Web Advisory Committee
  • University Libraries Development Advisory Committee

Professional Presentations and Publications

Presentations

  • Cox, R. & Rowell C. (2015, October). Building Pyramids: Creating Partnerships in Digital Scholarship. North Carolina Library Association 61st Biennial Conference, Greensboro, NC.
  • Cox, R. & Lawrimore, E.(2014, November). Taming the Born Digital Beast (or at least trying to). 2014 Georgia Society of Archivists Annual Meeting, Athens, Georgia.
  • Cox, R. et al. (2014, October). The Innovation Program Award: Transformational Experiences. Conference For Entrepreneurial Librarians, Wake Forest University.
  • Cox, R. (2014, October). Developing Mobile Apps. Wake Forest University Campus Collections Group.
  • Cox, R. & Nanez, D. (2009, March). Content Collage: Institutional Repositories. Computers in Libraries, Washington, District of Columbia.
  • Cox, R. & Kellam, L. (2009, March). Customized Content Portals. Computers in Libraries, Washington, District of Columbia.
  • Cox, R. & Kellam, L. (2009). Outreach & Personalization. Librarians' Association at UNC-Chapel Hill Spring Conference (LAUNC-CH) , Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
  • Cox, R. & Kellam, L. (2008, May). Progress Update: UNCG University Libraries 'Library Resources' Tool. Triangle/Triad Instructional Technology Meeting, Greensboro, North Carolina.
  • Cox, R. & Kellam, L. (2008, May). Delivering a service-oriented architecture within a Blackboard framework. Triangle/Triad Instructional Technology Meeting, Greensboro, North Carolina.
  • Cox, R. & Kellam, L. (2008, April). Customizing Blackboard. Computers in Libraries, Washington, DC, District of Columbia.
  • Cox, R. (2008). Delivering a Service-Oriented Architecture within a Course Management System. UNC CAUSE Conference, Greensboro, North Carolina.
  • Cox, R. & Kellam, L. (2008). Customizing Blackboard. UNC Teaching and Learning with Technology, Greensboro, North Carolina.
  • Cox, R. (2007, November). Delivering Targeted Library Resources into a Blackboard Framework. Charleston Conference, Charleston, South Carolina.
  • Owens, R. & Cox, R. (2007, July). Using Web Services to Deliver Library Resources in Blackboard. Blackboard Developer's Conference, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Cox, R. & Kellam, L. (2007, July). Going to Where the Food Is: Delivering Library Resources in Blackboard with ASP.NET Web Services and AJAX. Triangle/Triad Instructional Technology Meeting, Greensboro, North Carolina.
  • Cox, R. & Kellam, L. (2007, June). Delivering Library Resources into Blackboard. Journal Finder Users Meeting, Greensboro, North Carolina.
  • Lyle, D. B. & Cox, R. (2006, November). Finding Library Resources: A Discussion of the Navigability of Library Webpages. Charleston Conference, Charleston, South Carolina.

Articles

  • Cox, R., Kellam, L., & Winkler, H. (2009). Hacking Blackboard: Customizing access to library resources through the Blackboard course management system. Journal of web librarianship, 3(4), 349-363.

Book Chapters

  • Cox, R. (2007). "Delivering Targeted Library Resources into a Blackboard Framework", In Laura B. Cohen (Ed.) Library 2.0 Initiatives in Academic Libraries. Association for College & Research Libraries (ACRL).