About

MLIS | Metadata and Taxonomy Specialist

Throughout her diverse 10-year career in content intelligence Leala has worked extensively in both for-profit and non-profit sectors. During this time she has helped many organizations address their needs by developing resource description guidelines (metadata and taxonomies), recommending appropriate technology solutions (DAM/CMS), and conducting usability analysis on information retrieval systems. Leala Abbott holds her Masters in Library and Information Science, also known as a “license to classify” from Rutgers University.

Leala is also a frequent lecturer and blogger on topics such as, metadata and taxonomies, information systems, social media privacy and usability for information retrieval. She is the founder of the NY Cultural Technology meetup group and a member of Alpha One Labs, a community hackerspace in Brooklyn, NY.

When not doing this-or-that, she spends an awful lot of time drinking coffee, picking locks and having existential dilemmas while writing about herself in the third person.

Connect with her on LinkedIn and follow her on Twitter @tardissauce

About me:

Metadata and Taxonomies are my thing. I spend an awful lot of time drinking coffee and having existential dilemmas on how to categorize myself. I like technology and humans, but only at the same time (HCI). You can find me out in the real world picking locks (only ones that belong to me), watching Doctor Who or playing soccer.

Nerdy things I blog about for other nerds: metadata and taxonomies, digital asset management (DAM), technology transitions and business change, professional development, social media privacy, and usability for information retrieval.

Disclaimer: This is a personal weblog and does not represent the thoughts, intentions, plans or strategies of my employer (any of them). It is solely my opinion lame as it may be.

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